Taiko Reveals Post-Mainnet Optimizations and Future Roadmap

Following its mainnet launch, Taiko has announced significant optimizations and future enhancements to its rollup protocol, according to taiko.mirror.xyz. The team has successfully reduced L1 gas costs by over 30% while maintaining contract upgradability, marking a major milestone in their development efforts.

Enhancing L2 EIP-1559

Taiko's current implementation of EIP-1559 has faced challenges due to incorrect configuration, leading to overselling of L2 block space and a base fee often reaching the minimum of 0 wei. To address this, Taiko plans to conduct thorough data analysis and adjust fee settings over time. Additionally, incorporating the L1 base fee into L2 base fee calculations is under consideration, although it presents challenges due to required protocol changes.

Transaction Preconfirmation

In collaboration with industry experts, Taiko is working on transaction preconfirmation to provide users with sub-second confirmation of their transaction's execution status. This improvement will allow block proposers to operate more efficiently, proposing blocks only when necessary rather than at fixed intervals, leading to better utilization of blob space.

Cancun EVM Support

Taiko plans to upgrade its mainnet to support new opcodes introduced in the Cancun version of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), excluding EIP-4844. Staying current with EVM releases is crucial for maintaining compatibility with Ethereum's evolving ecosystem.

Enabling Contract Use of Calldata as DA

Taiko's BCR protocol currently only supports EOAs as proposers when using calldata for data availability. With recent protocol upgrades unifying proposers and provers into one role, Taiko aims to enable contracts to use calldata for L3 blocks, as blobs are not available on L2s.

Enhancing Min-Tier Selection

To address a design flaw identified during audits, Taiko plans to improve the randomness of min-tier selection, which determines the percentage of blocks proven by different tiers. This improvement will depend on its impact on client and prover software changes.

The Ontake Fork

The upcoming Ontake release will incorporate several of the outlined features and improvements. Testing is planned to begin on the Hekla testnet before October, with a mainnet upgrade aimed for Q4 of this year. Taiko's roadmap for Ontake is ambitious and carefully structured, reflecting their commitment to pushing the boundaries of scalability, efficiency, and user experience in the blockchain space.

As Taiko continues to evolve its protocol, the team appreciates the ongoing support from the community and looks forward to sharing more updates on these exciting developments.