Taiko
Taiko is a decentralized Ethereum-equivalent ZK-EVM and general-purpose ZK-Rollup.
Taiko is a decentralized Ethereum-equivalent ZK-EVM and general-purpose ZK-Rollup.
Taiko's CTO Gus Gonzalez is stepping down from his role, as announced by the project on X. The team thanked him for building the rollup's engineering foundation. Gonzalez will remain part of the Taiko ecosystem as an advisor. A replacement CTO was not announced in the post.
The Pheasant Super App launched on Taiko, providing a single AI-powered interface for on-chain interactions. Users tell Pheasant what they want and it converts that intent into on-chain execution, which Taiko promoted as "tAIko."
Taiko enabled Unzen on mainnet, making a ZK proof mandatory for every block. No single proof system can finalize the chain on its own going forward — Validity Proofs are enforced at the protocol level, giving the rollup verifiable and always-on ZK security that runs on mainnet today.
Gus Gonzalez stepped down as CTO of Taiko and moved to an advisor role. He had been responsible for building the rollup's engineering foundation.
Taiko activated Unzen, requiring a ZK (Validity) proof for every block, enforced at the protocol level.
The TAIKO token launched with a Phase 1 genesis airdrop of 5% of the initial supply (~50 million tokens) to eligible users, claimable from June 5 to July 5, 2024.
Taiko was deployed on Ethereum mainnet as the first based rollup, with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposing the inaugural block.
Ahead of its mainnet launch, Taiko announced a $15 million Series A round led by Lightspeed Faction, Hashed, Generative Ventures and Token Bay Capital, bringing total funding to $37 million.
Taiko launched Katla, its sixth and final testnet, implementing the Based Contestable Rollup design with a multi-proof system, ahead of its planned mainnet release.
Taiko Labs announced it had raised $22 million in two seed rounds, including a $10 million round led by Sequoia China and a $12 million round led by Generative Ventures, to build its Ethereum-equivalent Type 1 zkEVM.
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