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Taiko x Nethermind: Building Ethereum-Aligned Based Rollup Infrastructure

We’re excited to announce a strategic partnership with Nethermind, bringing together two teams deeply aligned on the vision of a decentralized, performant, and production-ready based rollup stack. This collaboration is grounded in a shared commitment to advancing the frontier of Layer 2 infrastructure with a clear focus on decentralization, sequencing innovation, and trust-minimized design. Together, we’re working to accelerate the evolution of the based rollup ecosystem, turning research int...

10 Takeaways from the Based Rollup Summit – Cannes 2025

Alongside EthCC Cannes 2025, we, as the first based rollup scaling Ethereum, hosted the second Based Rollup Summit in Cannes, continuing the vital conversation around the future of Ethereum scalability.Team TaikoIndustry leaders, developers, and innovators came together to dive deep into the latest advancements in based rollup technology, preconfirmations, and the evolving ecosystem shaping Ethereum’s next chapter. Here are 10 key takeaways from the summit’s thought leaders. 1 - Preconfirmati...

The Trailblazers Guild Role is Here to Elevate the Program to the Next Level

Just over a year ago in June, we launched Trailblazers, a program that rewards Taiko mainnet participants every three months. Thanks to the incredible interest and passion from our community, it quickly became one of the most successful community initiatives to date. Now, we are ready to take Trailblazers even further, building around a focused community that believes in the based future being shaped by Taiko. Community Feedback We’ve always valued how vocal our community is, especially when ...

Trailblazers Season 5 is Here!

It’s time to kick off another exciting season of Trailblazers, the community favorite program that rewards users for interacting with the Taiko Alethia mainnet. This season is full of excitement and great opportunities for our community. But before we dive in, let’s wrap up Season 4. Wrapping Up Season 4 Season 4 ends on June 16 at 12:00:00 UTC (noon). That means you’ll have half a day to complete your transactions for Season 4, just like last season. Season 4 was a wild ride, during which we...

Liquidity Royale Continues in Season 5 of Trailblazers!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: AS OF JULY 18 2025, THE LIQUIDITY ROYALE PROGRAM HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.Greetings, everyone!Total Value Locked (TVL) is the lifeblood of any blockchain, driving the network’s stability and growth. At Taiko, we are committed to fostering a sustainable TVL that strengthens the ecosystem, enhances user trust, and supports long-term development. By ensuring ample liquidity, we aim to deliver the best experience for everyone who chooses Taiko.Wr...

One Year of Taiko Mainnet: Scaling Ethereum Without Compromise

On May 27, 2024, Taiko officially launched its mainnet - an Ethereum-equivalent ZK rollup pioneering a new model called the "based rollup." Since then, Taiko has grown into one of the most technically advanced and community-driven Layer 2 ecosystems. In this special anniversary post, we take a detailed look at the technology, the ecosystem, the numbers, and the people who’ve made it all possible.Year One Highlights:Mainnet Launch with Vitalik: Deployed Taiko on Ethereum mainnet (May 27, 2024)...

Basedliners: Your First Step into the Preconfirmation Era

Based rollups prioritize decentralization above all else. This is a deliberate choice made to enable scaling without compromise. However, it does come with trade-offs. The biggest trade-off is speed. Since based rollups like our own Taiko Alethia don’t use a centralized sequencer like traditional rollups, transactions can take longer to finalize. Based Preconfirmations are here to change that in a big way. Based Preconfirmations will significantly improve the user experience on Taiko by makin...

Final Update on the Form: Making Genuine Community Members Whole

Greetings, Trailblazers! As you all know, after the Season 3 claim period, we observed some irregularities that led to some fair-playing Trailblazers not receiving their well-deserved rewards. To address this, we created a form to gather your complaints and feedback. The Trailblazers program has always been about the community, and we always listen to your thoughts and this time was no different. We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes for the Taiko Community. The Check Process We collected...

The Pacaya Fork is arriving on the Taiko Alethia Mainnet

The Pacaya Hardfork, a crucial step toward based preconfirmations, is coming to the Taiko Alethia mainnet next week. This marks one of the most important milestones for Taiko to date. Let’s take a closer look at what’s about to happen.What’s Changing?The Taiko Alethia protocol in it’s current iteration (Ontake fork) utilizes the based contestable rollup design. The design has been battle-tested and proven to be secure and cheaper to use than L1 over almost 1M blocks and 653M transactions! How...

Taiko DAO is Live on Mainnet!

We’re excited to announce that the Taiko DAO is now live on mainnet, marking the beginning of a new era of decentralized governance for the Taiko protocol.This launch represents a soft rollout, meaning the DAO is operational, but the full transition to complete decentralization will unfold gradually and responsibly. As of today:The DAO website is live for the community to explore and inspect,Security Council members are operating the DAO in a testing capacity to ensure systems work as intende...

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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Wrapping Up Season 6, Trailblazer Role and the Road Ahead

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