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Rollup Decentralization

This post explores definitions and high-level ideas of rollup decentralization. It does not cover deep technical detail about decentralizing rollup implementations. We identify Taiko as a decentralized Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup. Ethereum-equivalent - the moniker of a type-1 ZK-EVM - is a technical design decision that we describe here. In this post, we’d like to talk about the other descriptor in that statement: decentralized. We will explore:What is the definition of a decentralized roll...

Taiko Community Update #3

Taiko Community Update #3 has arrived 🥁 We do these to provide transparency into the progress we’ve made since our last community update. These updates represent our most recent two-week work iteration.Team wide ✨Added the MIT License to taiko-mono.Posted a blog entry: Taiko is fully open source.Updated the Taiko website at taiko.xyz.Added protocol contract documentation to the website.Added language channels to the Discord. Join us!Minted 2022 Taiko Contributor (Founding Year) GitPOAPs.ZK-E...

Taiko Is Fully Open Source

This blog post was authored by d1onys1us. Feel free to follow me on Twitter @indraynor. Taiko is fully open source -- you can view all the code on our GitHub. By "open source" we mean free to see the source and modify it. Specifically, we use the permissive MIT license for all of our code except our minimally modified geth fork, where we maintain the original GPL license. Here is a summary of the code powering Taiko:Protocol smart contractstaikoxyz/taiko-mono: MITL2 node softwaretaikoxyz/taik...

Taiko Community Update #2

Hey everyone 👋, we want to update you on the progress we’ve made since our last community update.R&DNode & ClientDeployed a Grafana dashboard to monitor our own testnet nodes / services.Deployed HIVE for the L2 nodes / services integration tests.ProtocolPublished the initial tokenomics proposal (in review), which can be viewed at the latest whitepaper.Reduced commitBlock gas cost (in review).BridgeMade progress on the bridge relayer and bridge UI.Moved stack from React to Svelte + Tailwind +...

The Type 1 ZK-EVM

Taiko is building a Type 1 (Ethereum-equivalent) ZK-EVM. What benefits come from using a Type 1 ZK-EVM? To answer this, we need to understand the changes a ZK-EVM can make at various levels and the tradeoffs they incur. Let’s learn together. This post makes a few assumptions about your understanding of Ethereum. We are going to suggest that you first understand the following:What a ZK-EVM (EVM-compatible ZK-Rollup) is at a high levelHow Ethereum stores data in the form of a Merkle Patricia Tr...

Taiko Community Update - Q3 2022

Dear Taiko community, Welcome to our first community update. We would like to share with you Taiko’s progress during Q3, and will continue to do so every quarter. Of course, there will also be interim updates more frequently.TeamIn July, Brecht Devos joined Taiko as our third co-founder. Brecht used to work for Loopring as the Chief Architect, but over the last 12 months or so, he had been working on PSE’s zkEVM with researchers and engineers from the Ethereum Foundation and other open-source...

Introduction to Taiko

Taiko scales Ethereum in a manner that emulates Ethereum as closely as possible - both technically and non-technically. More specifically, Taiko is an Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup, scaling Ethereum by supporting all EVM opcodes in a layer-2 architecture that is decentralized, permissionless, and secure. Ethereum represents an enormous leap forward in the mechanisms available for human coordination and personal freedom. As a global, credibly neutral settlement layer, Ethereum provides strong ...

L2 MEV wat

Special thanks to Nikete Della Penna, RJ, Matthew Finestone, and Brecht Devos for review and valuable insights.TLDRIn this article, we “map” the current landscape of L2 MEV, thinking about different MEV consequences for different L2 designs. We also briefly overview different ways of L2s decentralization and how it might impact L2 MEV.Wat is MEVDisclaimer: feel free to skip if you are familiar with MEV. For a detailed MEV explanation, check the article “Ethereum is a dark forest” by Paradigm ...

Eldfell L3 (alpha-4) is live!

Taiko’s fourth testnet has arrived! Eldfell L3 (alpha-4) is our first experiment with inception layers and a new staking based proving design. We are launching this testnet in order to test two things:Deploying Taiko on Taiko as an L3 inception layer (a rollup on a rollup 😏)Testing a new staking based prover economicsOur alpha-N releases are always experiments to test our hypothesis on the protocol and build a more robust system. So let's dive in!Inception layersInception layers are a n...

Based Rollup FAQ

Special thanks to Brecht, Archie, and Dave for comments and review. TL;DR In this article, we briefly cover a general rollup architecture and the rollup properties required for long-term robustness and safety. Then, we mention the origination history of the based rollup and unpack its architecture. In the FAQ section, we answer questions about based rollups. Disclaimer: rollup definitions struggle from lack of alignment sometimes. In this article, we refer to the rollup layers taxonomy provid...

ZK-EVM types: Ethereum-equivalent, EVM-equivalent, Type 1, Type 4, and other cryptic buzzwords

TL;DR A year ago, quite a few ZK-EVMs announced the upcoming launch of testnets. The community wondered what the difference between all these projects was and what Ethereum-equivalence, EVM-equivalence, and other popped-up buzzwords meant. To bring clarity, Vitalik wrote an article, “The different types of ZK-EVMs,” providing a taxonomy for different types of ZK-EVMs and explaining the difference. The core idea is: Type 1 (e.g., Taiko) is perfectly Ethereum-equivalent, and Type 4 (e.g., zkSyn...

Closing in on Stage 1: The Shasta Upgrade Is Almost Here!

A redesign of Taiko’s protocol that reduces proposing costs by over 20x and supports permissionless preconfirmations.

• Ethereum
• Layer2
• Rollups

Wrapping Up Season 6, Trailblazer Role and the Road Ahead

Greetings, Trailblazers. Learn about the Season 6 rewards and the future of Trailblazers program.