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-EVM 🔬

Added tests for math gadgets.
Adding support for skipping over invalid transactions in the circuits.
Reviewing and refactoring the Merkle Patricia Tree circuit.
Investigating alternative proving systems.

Protocol 🧑‍🔬

Simplified the protocol contract documentation.
Various small improvements and optimizations.

Node 🌐

Enable p2p blocks fast synchronization among L2 nodes.
Added the ability to enable prover allowlisting for the testnet.

Bridge 🌉

Worked on the bridge deployment.
Connecting the bridge UI with the relayer.
Improved bridge UI, including mobile responsiveness.

Join us

Explore open positions on our job board.

Join the community on Discord and follow us on Twitter!

To stay updated on the latest from Taiko:

Website: https://taiko.xyz
Discord: https://discord.gg/taikoxyz
GitHub: https://github.com/taikoxyz
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/taiko_xyz
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taikoxyz

Contribute

Contribute to Taiko and earn a GitPOAP! You will also be featured as a contributor on our README. Get started with the contributing guide.

Thank you 🙏

Big thanks to all our community members and contributors. ❤️

We might miss a few of you, but specific shoutouts to:

omahs for fixing a typo in the documentation
1xDeFi for adding the meaning of "Taiko" to Frequently asked questions
Etherdad.lens for the educational Twitter thread
wolfderechter for tidying up the footer links on taiko.xyz
Vitalik Buterin for the recognition & shout out on Twitter

Taiko Community Update #3