The Rollup Coaster is a newsletter diving into Ethereum’s dynamic ecosystem, focusing on rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS, and more.

This edition is crafted by Taiko’s Community Success Manager Oleh.

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Disclaimer: This newsletter is not financial advice nor a reflection of Taiko’s official stance. Conduct your own research.

• Max Resnick on Ethereum's Roadmap, Economics, and Alignment Taxes.

• Mike Neuder breaks down why ETH is permissionless money, highlighting rollups’ property rights, stablecoin limitations, and ETH’s competitive inflation compared to BTC.

• The Ethereum Foundation’s 2024 Report highlights EF’s work, ecosystem funders, and new organizations shaping Ethereum’s future.

• Bedlam Research’s "Consensus Where it Counts" delves into the evolving design space for next-generation ZK-enabled base layers.

• Mamy Ratsimbazafy announces a breakthrough in validator privacy, solving key performance bottlenecks using torus-based cryptography and endomorphisms.

• Cointelegraph explores based rollups and their potential to restore interoperability in Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem, while highlighting the challenges ahead.

• The Eigen Foundation introduces EigenGov, a decentralized governance framework for Eigenlayer.

• Linea announces a major milestone with the launch of the Linea Association, an independent Swiss non-profit dedicated to advancing ecosystem development, governance, and true network decentralization.

• Movement Network introduces $MOVE, the utility token driving the foundation’s mission and ecosystem goals.

• Ethereum Layer 2s just hit a record-breaking 450 million transactions in a month.

• EigenLayer integrates with Boundless to redefine security and efficiency in the restaking ecosystem.

• Nethermind introduces Surge Rollup, built on the Taiko stack.

• FourPillarsFP explores how preconfirmation improves rollup finality and user experience by securing transaction order.

• Taiko proves mainnet blocks with SP1, leveraging multi-proof zkVM architecture for fast, affordable proofs, powered by SuccinctLabs and RiscZero

• Aligned’s ZK verification layer mainnet beta is live on Ethereum.

• 2077 Research explores Ethereum’s evolution towards trivial verifiability, detailing how stateless, stateful, and full/archive nodes contribute to a more decentralized, secure, and scalable network.

• Shea Ketsdever introduces BuilderNet, a decentralized block building network for Ethereum leveraging TEEs to share MEV and gas fees with users.

• Albicodes highlights how TEEs and platforms like Teleport are redefining social engagement by enabling secure, decentralized co-creation, gamification, and authentic connections between creators and audiences.

• Mteam challenges assumptions about MEV competitiveness in a thought-provoking article that redefines the narrative.

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