Running the Taiko Node l Enabling the Alpha-6 Testnet and Proposer

Bridge Horse and ETH with Taiko Chain after Sepolia ETH Faucet

FAUCET the ETH on the Sepolia testnet before starting the Taiko node.
1. Infura(0.5ETH)
2. Alchemy(0.5ETH)
3. sepolia-faucet.pk910.de POW Mining

I used #3, but I will assume that you did it with 1,2. If you got 1ETH testnet coin, go to
Go to https://bridge.jolnir.taiko.xyz/faucet and connect your wallet and mint HORSE as well.

After minting, go to Bridge on the left menu and transfer your HORSE and ETH.
You can transfer all the HORSE you have minted, or you can transfer about 90% of your ETH.

Swap Bridged Ether for TTKO

Go to the swap page,connect your wallet, add Taiko Chain, and swap the incoming ETH to TTKO.

Sign up and connect your VPS

Now let’s proceed with the node installation

First, you need to sign up for a VPS to get started.
I chose contabo VPS which is a popular choice, and signed up for the VPS2 plan.

After signing up, you should receive an email like the one below within 10 minutes.

The email will contain your VPS IP, but not your password for security reasons. You’ll need to memorize the password to use later.

Now we need to make a connection. Install PUTTY.

Run Putty and enter your IP and memorized password in the window that appears.

Connect and paste your password (right mouse + Enter)

Taiko node Install

The connection is complete.

First, let’s install the screen.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install screen

Select YES during installation to continue

Create a screen

screen -S taiko

Enter the following code to continue

sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update

Install and run Docker

sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose

sudo docker run hello-world

Run Taiko

git clone https://github.com/taikoxyz/simple-taiko-node.git

cd simple-taiko-node

cp .env.sample .env

nano .env

The editor will open. We need to create a value to put in the editor.

Get the Endpoint API

Go to BLOCKPI ,sign up, go to My Page, and create a new API from the API KEY LIST.

Paste the https value and wss:// into the REQUIRED entry in the editor

REQUIRED 

L1_ENDPOINT_HTTP=
L1_ENDPOINT_WS=

When editing the following, edit the paragraph below, not the optional part

# If you want to be a proposer who proposes L2 execution engine's transactions in mempoot to Taiko Lap
# contract (be a "mining L2 node"), you need to change'ENABLE_PROPOSER' to true, then filL 'LI_PROPO> 




Change ENABLE_PROPOSER from false to True.

Paste your own private key into L1_PROPOSER_PRIVATE_KEY.

For BLOCK_PROPOSAL_FEE, clear the value of 1 and enter 30.

Clear the address in the PROVER_ENDPOINT part and replace it with the endpoint of your ZKPool.

taiko-a6-prover.zkpool.io:9876 (ZKPOOL on Twitter)

When you’re done editing, press Ctrl+X -> Y -> Enter to save and exit the editor.

Running a Node

Running a Node

docker compose up -d

Once it’s running, be sure to press Ctrl+A+D to quit Putty.

Check in your dashboard

http://Your VPS IP address:3001/d/L2ExecutionEngine/12-execution-engine-overview?orgId=1&refresh=10s

I don’t see the Propose Block method in my scans yet because the block sync is not working yet.
If it does, I will update it. https://holesky.etherscan.io/ Please check it by entering your wallet address.

Please also try to FAUCET HOLESKY testnet ETH through https://holesky-faucet.pk910.de/

The Propose Block transaction has been created, but since Testnet6 is in its infancy, the number of Prover nodes is not high, so the Propose Block is not allocated to the wallet smoothly. This will be resolved over time, so in the meantime, you can start or stop other nodes or wait.

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