The Rollup Coaster is a bi-weekly newsletter that dives into the fascinating world of Ethereum, exploring the latest in rollups, zero-knowledge proofs, MEV-PBS, and much more.
This edition is written by Taiko’s Community Advocate 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 🎢
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Vitalik discussed the enhancement of Ethereum staking decentralization through the introduction of more anti-correlation incentives. The proposal aims to penalize correlated failures among validators to incentivize decentralization by reducing the advantage that large stakers have over smaller ones.
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Vitalik also discussed the activation of the Dencun, also known as blobs. Blobs are now cheaper than calldata, marking a crucial milestone in Ethereum's scaling efforts. This transition signifies a shift from a "zero-to-one" scaling problem to a "one-to-N" challenge, requiring ongoing work to enhance blob count and optimize rollups' utilization of each blob. Additionally, the discussion includes the implementation of EIP-7623 to set limits on block sizes and enhance safety in increasing blob targets and the L1 gas limit.
ZK and rollup research 🧙
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Aztec discussed based rollup in the context of reducing block time in a new post.
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A paper has been published that examines accumulation schemes built only from hash functions.
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Lagrange published Reckle Trees paper. Reckle is a new vector commitment based on succinct recursive arguments and Merkle trees.
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Ingonyama described a new game mechanic enabled by ZK and MPC in the blog post, Cryptographic Fog of War.
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Alex discussed the ZK proofs in the context of blockchain scalability on The Block Podcast episode.
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Ingonyama announced the Aleo IP Core, a privacy-focused L1 with a consensus mechanism based on KZG puzzles. It incentivizes efficient provers to solve ZK coinbase puzzles, promoting demand for ZK proofs.
ZK and rollup updates 🗞️
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Gevulot devnet is live. It is possible to test the network by running Taiko’s open-source prover.
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Optimism enabled fraud proofs on Sepolia testnet.
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Citrea published Clementine, a trust-minimized two-way peg program.
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Blobs announcement from Scroll.
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Starknet’s block size is getting bigger.
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RiscZero shared zkVM’s roadmap.
MEV/PBS/staking research and updates 🔍
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Mike Neuder published a research post explaining the risks of LSTs.
Education and events 🎫
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ZK is wandering around Athens. Two exciting events will be organized;
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ZKAccelerate on April 11th by Ingonyama.
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ZKsummit11 on April 10th by ZeroKnowledgeFM.
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Meme of the week 👅
https://twitter.com/ballsyalchemist/status/1773107980910596421/photo/1
Additional resources 📖
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FHE Resources in crypto.
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opp/ai: Optimistic Privacy-Preserving AI in Blockchain.
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