Happy 1st Anniversary Taiko TGE! Why is this an L2 project you cannot ignore?
Today, @taikoxyz officially celebrates the 1st anniversary of the TGE (Token Generation Event). In this year, Taiko has rapidly grown from an 'emerging L2' to one of the industry's most recognized and promising Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions. Compared to many other L2s on the market that prioritize performance at the expense of centralization, Taiko has a unique philosophy and practice—it is not replacing Ethereum, but instead returning to Ethereum's essential spirit: decentralization, security, and openness.
Let’s dive deep into Taiko and explore a few reasons why I believe Taiko is particularly worthy of attention.
1. Cutting-edge Technology: The First Based Rollup + Preconfirmation Mechanism
Taiko is the first truly Based Rollup L2, meaning it no longer relies on centralized sequencers but coexists with Ethereum, being inherently censorship-resistant and trust-minimized.
Notably:
1.1🔄 Preconfirmation Mechanism: Through preconfirmation logic, transactions can gain reliability assurance before being finalized on-chain, enhancing user experience.
1.2🧩 Synchronous Composability: Solves the composability gaps caused by current asynchronous architectures, enabling instant interactions across Dapps.
1.3🏗️ Modular Design: From prover to proposer, each component can be replaced and upgraded through community governance, fully realizing openness and flexibility.
Taiko is not replicating Optimism or Arbitrum; it is building L2 the Ethereum way. This is quite rare.
2. Real User Verification: Trailblazers Reward Program
Taiko has not rushed to climb the rankings or throw money at marketing; instead, it has quietly and effectively built real transaction volume through a long-term community reward program called Trailblazers.
2.1:🧾 Over 700 million transactions: Achieving this number even before fully launching the mainnet is rare.
2.2:🧑🤝🧑 Transparent incentives, low participation threshold: From early testnets, GitHub contributions, to on-chain active users, the Trailblazers reward mechanism truly allows everyone to participate.
Additionally, Taiko’s Takeoff is a plan to encourage new projects to complete their TGE on the Taiko mainnet and airdrop tokens to the Taiko community. Projects gain exposure and early users, the community benefits, and the ecosystem grows—everyone wins.
The first to launch is Avalon Labs, which has successfully completed its airdrop and received widespread praise from the community. And this is just the beginning; more projects are on the way, and this “Takeoff” is far from over. Rather than simply an “airdrop,” it is a value distribution co-created by the community.
This is not a short-term behavior of “doing the official airdrop and running away,” but rather a systematic reinforcement of the holding value of $TAIKO: holders can continuously earn airdrop benefits from projects; forming a positive cycle of “holding → profiting → retaining”; creating Taiko's “community dividend model.”
Among the many L2s currently available, Taiko is one of the few that truly implements this “ecosystem linkage + holding rewards” mechanism!!
3. A Huge Community Ecosystem
Taiko's development is not a solitary endeavor; it is rapidly forming an ecosystem with its own narrative:
3.1:🌐 Over 1 million users, covering platforms like Discord, X, etc., with high developer community engagement.
3.2:🚀 More than 130 projects have been deployed or are preparing to be deployed on Taiko, covering various sectors including DEX, NFT, AI Infra, DePIN, and blockchain games.
3.3:🧪 Ethereum developers can migrate without hurdles: Because Taiko is fully compatible with Ethereum (Type-1 ZK-EVM), the development experience is highly consistent.
4. Token Economy and Unlocking Period Approaches: Value Emergence
With the 1st anniversary of TGE approaching, the first round of large-scale token unlocks is imminent. Currently, the market value compared to other L2s (like OP, ARB) still has significant undervaluation potential. Combined with community engagement, technological originality, and protocol revenue, Taiko's potential value is gradually emerging. If the market refocuses on the L2 narrative, Taiko is likely to be one of the “new leaders,” and with more token unlocks, its market value is expected to rise steadily!
5. Clear and Aggressive Strategic Roadmap
Taiko has clear rhythms in DAO governance, industry collaboration, and narrative building:
5.1/🗳️ Launch a fully on-chain governance mechanism; DAO governance will be fully implemented this year.
5.2/🧭 Initiate the Taiko Takeoff Ecosystem Fund to support innovative projects.
5.3/🧠 Host the Based Rollup Summit, with Vitalik Buterin personally appearing to support it.
5.4/🤝 Collaborate with mainstream projects like Scroll, EigenLayer, and Lattice to build the Layer 2 ecosystem together.
Taiko does not aim to be “L2 Ranking No. 1”; it aims to define the paradigm for the next generation of L2. In today’s hyper-competitive L2 environment, where narratives are often recycled, Taiko's value lies in:
1/ Technological originality: It is not about “forking + speed competition,” but rather a redefinition rooted in the spirit of Ethereum.
2/ User-driven: It is not about “institutional volume accumulation,” but genuine user participation and co-creation.
3/ Controlled pacing: It does not rush to unleash all potential, but steadily advances step by step.
As token circulation, DAO implementation, and ecosystem explosions approach, Taiko is no longer just “another L2,” but the “belief coordinate” of L2. If you are paying attention to Layer 2, decentralization, and the future direction of Ethereum—Taiko must be on your watchlist. Let’s look forward to the subsequent developments together!
