# Taiko Docs

> Documentation for Taiko, a based rollup on Ethereum

## Docs

- [Contributing](/resources/contributing.md): How to contribute to Taiko docs, tooling, and protocol repositories.
- [Developer Tools](/resources/developer-tools.md): Block explorers, RPC endpoints, bridge, faucets, indexers, and SDKs for building on Taiko mainnet and Hoodi testnet.
- [FAQ](/resources/faq.md): Answers to common questions about Taiko — based sequencing, type-1 EVM equivalence, fees, bridging, proving, and how to get started as a developer.
- [Getting Support](/resources/getting-support.md): Where to ask questions, report problems, and escalate security issues.
- [One endpoint. Give it to your agent.](/resources/tack.md): IPFS pinning for AI agents. No API keys. No accounts.
- [Agent Quickstart](/quickstart/agent.md): Give your AI agent everything it needs to deploy contracts, bridge tokens, and interact with Taiko.
- [Connect to Taiko](/quickstart/connect.md): RPC endpoints, chain IDs, and how to add Taiko to your wallet or dApp.
- [Deploy a Contract](/quickstart/deploy.md): Deploy and verify Solidity smart contracts on Taiko mainnet with Foundry. Shanghai EVM profile, Etherscan V2 verification, end-to-end.
- [Based Rollups](/protocol/based-rollups.md): How based rollup sequencing works — Ethereum L1 validators order L2 transactions, eliminating centralized sequencers while inheriting Ethereum security.
- [Bridging](/protocol/bridging.md): Trust-minimized cross-chain messaging and asset transfers between Ethereum and Taiko using Merkle proofs, signal service, and synchronized state roots.
- [Economics](/protocol/economics.md): Taiko fee flow, proposer and prover bonds, TAIKO token utility, and DAO treasury mechanics — the economic model behind the based rollup.
- [Protocol Overview](/protocol/overview.md): How Taiko works — a type-1 ZK-EVM based rollup that inherits Ethereum sequencing, with multi-proof verification and L1-anchored finality.
- [Preconfirmations](/protocol/preconfirmations.md): Sub-second transaction inclusion guarantees on Taiko from a designated preconfer, backed by the L1 proposal pipeline and forced inclusion.
- [Proving System](/protocol/proving-system.md): Taiko's Shasta proving lifecycle — Inbox proposals, SGX and ZK multi-proof verification, and checkpoint-driven L1 finalization for L2 state.
- [Shasta Fork](/protocol/shasta-fork.md): Protocol architecture for proposal-based derivation and checkpoint-driven finalization.
- [Unzen Fork](/protocol/unzen-fork.md): Current protocol fork introducing block-level zk gas metering.
- [Contract Addresses](/network/contract-addresses.md): Contract addresses for Taiko on Ethereum L1 and Taiko L2.
- [Differences from Ethereum](/network/differences-from-ethereum.md): Key differences between Taiko and Ethereum that affect smart contract development.
- [Software Releases](/network/software-releases.md): Latest release versions for Taiko protocol contracts, taiko-geth, taiko-client, simple-taiko-node, and raiko — with links to changelogs.
- [Bridge Tokens](/guides/bridge-tokens.md): Bridge ETH and ERC-20 tokens between Ethereum L1 and Taiko L2 programmatically. Vault contracts, message proofs, and claim-side execution.
- [Run a Node](/guides/run-a-node.md): Run a Taiko mainnet or Hoodi testnet node with Docker or from source. Hardware, sync modes, RPC exposure, and taiko-client setup.