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Taiko Trailblazers: The Countdown for Season 1 Rewards has Begun!

TL;DRAre you ready? Trailblazers Season 1 rewards are almost ready for claiming. When the countdown reaches zero, you will be able to claim your rewards. Claiming window will be open for one month, until 12th November, 00:00 UTC.You can follow the countdown within your Trailblazers profile.Celebrating Our TrailblazersSeason 1 was an incredible success, thanks to your enthusiastic participation. Now it's time to reap the rewards of your efforts. Here are your Taiko token rewards for Trail...

The Rollup Coaster #32

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Researcher Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Vitalik wrote a new blog post. He says ...

Binius: Surfing on Binary Fields

Thanks to Jim, Brecht, Cecilia and Lauri for review. TL;DRBinary fields {0,1} are fundamental in cryptography, offering efficient operations for digital systems.SNARKs (Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) use fields for complex calculations and proofs.Current trend; reducing field size in SNARKs for better efficiency (i.e., Mersenne Prime fields and tower of binary fields).Binary fields can build a "tower" structure: F2 → F2^2 → F2^4 → F2^8 → ..., allowing flexible computations.A...

Trailblazers: Season 2 Announcement

Season 1 snapshot has officially been taken, and Season 2 is now underway. A big congratulations, and a deep thank you to all those that participated in Season 1. You can find all the Season 1 conclusion details in our previous article, but if you’re ready to learn more about Season 2 keep reading.Duration and RewardHere is the timeline for Season 2:Start Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 00:00 UTCEnd Date: Monday, December 16, 2024, 23:59 UTCDuration: 91 days, 13 weeksThe Rewards for Season...

The Rollup Coaster #31

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Researcher Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Max Resnick joined the Bankless episode...

We’re almost there! Season 1 of Trailblazers ends in less than one week!

With the launch of the Taiko mainnet earlier this year, we also launched the Trailblazers program. This initiative was designed to inspire curiosity and exploration of the Taiko ecosystem, with the added benefit of rewarding our most dedicated network participants. Despite a few rough patches along the way, Season 1 has been a great success. We saw dozens of projects deploying on Taiko, including some native projects choosing Taiko as their home. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of partici...

The Rollup Coaster #30

The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, based sequencing/preconfirmations, TEEs, MEV/PBS and much more. This edition is written by Taiko’s Researcher Jünger. Hold on tight! 🎢 Disclaimer: This newsletter is neither financial advice, nor is indicative of Taiko’s position on any of the material presented. Please do your own research.Highlights 🎢Yet another SGX vulnerability Last week...

Where We Are? 90 Days of Taiko

It's been an incredible 90 days since we announced the mainnet launch of Taiko, the very first based rollup! In this short time, we've not only achieved remarkable milestones but also reshaped the Ethereum community's understanding of rollups. Taiko has proven that a rollup can be fully compatible with Ethereum, both technically and philosophically. This journey wouldn't have been possible without our incredible community – thank you for your unwavering support and enthusi...

To Be Based or Not To Be Based

TL;DR Rollup centric roadmap caused fragmented and separated blockchains. This fragmentation caused lack of value transfer between rollups. As a solution to this problem, shared sequencer mechanisms emerged such as Espresso, Astria and Radius. But this solution inherently requires new trust assumptions. Because such a layer has to have its own security set. If we want to build a shared sequencing layer for rollups, Ethereum is the most credible neutral layer that we can build/use as shared se...

The Trailblazers Trail 8: DeFi with Stargate

Exciting news, Trailblazers! We’re thrilled to announce that the Call of Taiko, in collaboration with Stargate Finance and several other DeFi protocols, is launching a special Trail to end Season 1 of Trailblazer with a bang. Starting on August 19th, 2024, this initiative aims to unify liquidity and reduce asset fragmentation across Taiko-based dApps and ecosystem projects. Since we take pride in both DeFi and Gaming, we’re wrapping up Season 1 with overlapping Trails. You can earn both the D...

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.