Taiko has now shifted its focus to developing new features and improving existing ones, and plans to upgrade the Ontake mainnet in the fourth quarter.

According to TechFlow, Taiko, a zkRollup-based Ethereum second-layer network, has been optimizing its Rollup protocol since the launch of its mainnet, reducing L1 Gas costs by more than 30%. It will now focus on developing new features and improving existing ones:

1. Enhanced L2 EIP-1559;

2. Transaction Preconfirmation

3. Introduce a new transaction type: Sponsored Transactions;

4.Cancun EVM support;

5. Enable the contract to use Calldata as DA;

6. Enhanced Min-Tier selection.

In addition, the Ontake upgraded version will include several of the features and improvements outlined above, and is scheduled to begin testing on the Hekla testnet by October, followed by a mainnet upgrade in the fourth quarter of this year.