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Taiko DAO Appoints Three Heavyweight Board Directors and Advisor as Governance Goes Live

Taiko DAO has appointed three Board Directors to provide strategic oversight for the security council and community decision-making to coincide with the activation of its binding on-chain governance. These directors serve the DAO specifically, not Taiko Labs or any centralized entity. Their role is to guide the security council and decentralized community as they are granted certain controls over the governance of the protocol through dao.taiko.xyz. Their backgrounds in regulation, competitiv...

Introducing Our New Testnet Taiko Hoodi and Sunsetting Taiko Hekla

Greetings developers, We are pleased to announce the launch of our new testnet, Taiko Hoodi, which will now serve as the primary test environment for the Taiko ecosystem. At the same time, we will be sunsetting our long-standing Taiko Hekla testnet. Taiko Hekla was based on Ethereum’s Holesky testnet, which will also be deprecated at the end of September. Hekla has been with us since before mainnet and has been instrumental in enabling developers across the ecosystem to test, refine, and ship...

Taiko Integrates Chainlink Data Streams As Official Oracle Infrastructure to Supercharge DeFi Ecosystem

Today, we announced the integration of Chainlink Data Streams on Taiko Alethia, establishing Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, as the official oracle infrastructure for our network. This integration provides reliable, highly granular market data to accelerate the growth and adoption of onchain apps across the Taiko ecosystem. This strategic integration reinforces our vision for maximum reliability and security while delivering tangible performance benefits. By bringing high-qu...

Trailblazers Evolves: The Arena and The Undercity Await

Greetings, Trailblazers! Trailblazers has been a cornerstone of daily activity for many Taiko network participants over the past year. It is one of our most beloved programs, distributing more than 30 million TAIKO tokens so far. We are excited to announce the next step in the evolution of Trailblazers. The new version introduces two unique tracks you can join: The Arena and The Undercity. We've designed these two distinct tracks to serve different purposes:The Arena creates a protected ...

Trailblazers Season 5 Ending, Trailblazer Role, and Season 6 Changes

Greetings, Trailblazers! We are fast approaching the end of another Trailblazers season, which saw the launch of preconfirmations. We are thrilled to hear that the user experience has improved significantly for our Trailblazers. Season 5 ends on September 15, 2025, at 12:00 UTC (noon). Make sure you complete your final transactions before then. And true to Trailblazer fashion, Season 6 will begin right after. Rewards and the Trailblazer Role We introduced the Trailblazer Role last season, and...

Preconfirmations Are Live on Taiko Mainnet. A New Era Begins!

Taiko Alethia, the first-ever based rollup, went live just over a year ago. A fully Ethereum-aligned network that represented the best of blockchain, decentralization, and innovation. But it needed to go even further. A based rollup like Taiko Alethia has no centralized sequencer. It uses Ethereum validators, and in doing so, it inherits the decentralized nature of Ethereum. This opens the door for block builders to participate in a permissionless way, making the rollup just as decentralized ...

Trailblazers Season 4 Rewards Are Here!

Greetings, Trailblazers! The moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. Eligible users from Season 4 and S3 Form can now claim their TAIKO tokens within their Trailblazers profile. Congratulations to all who are eligible!🏆 TAIKO Token Rewards for Trailblazers S4 🏆Level 14 (LEGEND): 2,607.87 Level 13 (Densetsu): 1,621.97 Level 12 (Kodai): 1,136.94 Level 11 (Hashira): 617.80 Level 10 (Shogun): 384.35 Level 9 (Taichou II): 199.18 Level 8 (Taichou I): 162.90 Level 7 (Sensei II): 113.82...

Taiko x Dune: Data Awakens

“Forget the spice. On Taiko, data is the real power.”— Blobby of ArrakisWe're incredibly excited to partner with Dune and bring Taiko's data to life in a way that's open, accessible, and truly empowering for the entire community. Taiko data is now live on Dune, giving everyone—from protocol builders to curious explorers—a clear, real-time view of what’s happening on-chain. With sleek, customizable dashboards, turning raw activity into actionable insight has never been easier.Wh...

Trailblazer Role Update and Taiko Status Advantages

Nearly a month ago, we introduced the “Trailblazer” role to recognize our most passionate community members. The deadline to obtain this role was July 10, and we're happy to see how many of you embraced this change and supported our decision. This role unlocks 100% of the rewards earned by reaching a certain level. Trailblazers is a community-driven initiative, and its mission clearly states that each user should have one participating wallet. We expected committed users to obtain the ro...

Taikolights: Community Update Q2 2025

Foundation Built, Future Ignited. What a standout quarter for Taiko! We deployed Pacaya on mainnet, unveiled pre-confirmation on testnet, launched our DAO, and secured a listing on Binance. Q2 2025 has significantly deepened Taiko’s technical capabilities, governance structures, and ecosystem footprint, fortifying our path toward an Ethereum-equivalent, based rollup. Let's look at what we've accomplished so far in Q2 2025 and the momentum we're building for the future: Q2 2025 ...

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.

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• 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.