# Taiko Community Update #2

By [Taiko Labs](https://paragraph.com/@taiko-labs), 2022-11-25

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Hey everyone 👋, we want to update you on the progress we’ve made since our [last community update](https://mirror.xyz/labs.taiko.eth/dCl9V1KkqF99xlDbho6fAOm5zoqU4Irk7PymLMwTiCc).

R&D
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### Node & Client

*   Deployed a Grafana dashboard to monitor our own testnet nodes / services.
    
*   Deployed HIVE for the L2 nodes / services integration tests.
    

### Protocol

*   Published the initial tokenomics proposal (in review), which can be viewed at the [latest whitepaper](https://taikoxyz.github.io/taiko-mono/taiko-whitepaper.pdf).
    
*   Reduced commitBlock gas cost (in review).
    

### Bridge

*   Made progress on the bridge relayer and bridge UI.
    
*   Moved stack from React to Svelte + Tailwind + daisyUI.
    
*   Improved bridge documentation.
    

### ZK-EVM

*   Miscellaneous contributions to the community [ZK-EVM project](https://github.com/privacy-scaling-explorations/zkevm-circuits) such as a `RETURENDATACOPY` opcode implementation and circuit benchmarks.
    
*   Ongoing investigation into newer proving systems (HyperPlonk, FRI based solutions) and circuit optimizations (non-native field arithmetic).
    

### All

*   Open sourced [taiko-mono](https://github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-mono) with [contributing guide](https://github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-mono/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
    
*   Added code coverage calculations and badges for our projects.
    
*   Fleshed out requirements and design for the testnet launch.
    
*   Published the [Taiko jobs page](https://www.notion.so/Taiko-Jobs-828fd7232d2c4150a11e10c8baa910a2).
    
*   Updated all link handles to point to `taikoxyz` instead of `taikochain`.
    

Community
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### Events

Talked about [Layer 2 Finality](https://hackmd.io/@taikolabs/HkN7GR64i) at the [IOSG conference](https://twitter.com/IOSGVC/status/1587432916753481729?s=20&t=GewTXWDoqCW3z9iqf83Nig) in Lisbon.

### Discord

Added a new moderator, welcome `ex_sxcr`!

### Website

*   Updated [taiko.xyz](http://taiko.xyz) with some good ‘getting started’ materials and a Talks section.
    
*   Moved all presentations from Google slides to HackMD, and added them to Talks.
    

### Publications

*   Published an internal presentation from Daniel to new engineers at Taiko, explaining the Taiko protocol — this can be viewed on our new [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@taikoxyz).
    
*   Published a blog post on [The Type 1 ZK-EVM](https://mirror.xyz/labs.taiko.eth/w7NSKDeKfJoEy0p89I9feixKfdK-20JgWF9HZzxfeBo).
    

### Contributors

*   Progress on GitPOAP for contributors has been made, you can look forward to that soon!
    
*   Added contributors section to the [taiko-mono README](https://github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-mono/blob/main/README.md).
    
*   Added [issue templates](https://github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-mono/issues/new/choose) so you can now easily report bugs and request features (will be recognized on our README and eligible for a GitPOAP).
    

Thank you
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As a decentralized and open source project, we’d like to thank those who have helped out in our community to improve Taiko.

*   `HV` for creating a blog post: [What is Taiko? For Beginners](https://mirror.xyz/0x465918b217D2eF4a70ee8983C2C92D2Cfc4347eF/QVf_0otb_MYt9aAkaICjuG9WjjxXh7WVXkDUUjLC-Wg)
    
*   `ex_sxcr` for joining as a moderator and helping answer questions + provide clarity.
    
*   `qukuaizhao` for the good vibes in Discord ❤️.
    
*   Everyone else on the Discord helping to answer questions and promote learning about Ethereum and Taiko.

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*Originally published on [Taiko Labs](https://paragraph.com/@taiko-labs/taiko-community-update-2)*