A ZK rollup on an open source and Ethereum equivalent to ZK rollup to expand the Ethereum ecosystem, Taiko has launched a new partnership with software and research company Nethermind. This collaboration focuses on establishing a resilient infrastructure to drive the roll-up ecosystem. The platform provided details about the partnership on social media.
Taiko x Nethermind: Building to empower the base roll-up ecosystem
We are pleased to announce our strategic partnership with @nethermindeth to build an infrastructure that will enhance the entire base roll-up ecosystem without compromising. pic.twitter.com/TQQH07DZAP
– Taiko.Eth (@taikoxyz) July 4, 2025
Taiko will forge its partnership with Nethermind to boost Ethereum Rollup Infrastructure
The Taiko and Nethermind partnership seeks to provide a strong infrastructure to advance the Rollup World Network. In this respect, this development brings together several Ethereum-Local teams with comprehensive alignment, security, decentralization, and production scale performance. Therefore, strategic collaboration is set to revolutionize the L2 landscape of Ethereum by transforming large-scale research into real systems without permission to carry out mainnet deployments.
The joint efforts take into account research, upstream contributions, implementation, standardization, client changes, and proof of concept (POC). Therefore, the partnership aims to promote the Ethereum roll-up ecosystem without compromising on decentralization. Notable areas covered by this development include pre-registration infrastructure, layer 2 fee mechanism planning, ZK metering, profiling, and implementation of EIP-7917.
Promote open source contribution, decentralization and permissions
With this in mind, Taiko considers this collaboration to be more than just technology. In particular, the mutual initiative highlights Ethereum’s upstream protocol alignment, open source contributions, and a common commitment to the spirit of decentralization. Overall, this development enhances the advancement of the roll-up ecosystem by establishing a permitted and robust system for the mainnet.
