Vitalik has proposed the first block on the Taiko mainnet and expressed his anticipation for its launch

ChainCatcher message shows on-chain data that about 50 minutes ago, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed the first block on the Taiko mainnet as a block proposer, and in the block's note stated: "I am glad to see Taiko launched as a Based Rollup platform. Ethereum benefits from the adoption of various L2s, and I appreciate that Taiko is one of the first projects to develop in this direction."

Additionally, the block also expressed gratitude to the core contributors, praising their critical support in achieving decentralization and driving the network launch, including Alexander De Villiers, Amy Ruijia Ke, Benton Wan, Bernat Garceran, Brecht Devos, Byron Wiebe, Cai Wei David, Daniel Keszey, David Mirzadeh, d1onys1us, Elizaveta Minaeva, Einar Rasmussen, Florian Greiner, Georgios Gkitsas, Guo Yu Gavin, Jane Bizzoni, Javier Francisco, Jeffery Walsh, Jorrin Bruns, Joaquin Mendes, Jonathan Daniel Chan, Karim Taha, Kenneth Bassig, Khaled Kadal, Korbinian Kasberger, Krzysztof Paliga, Li Wen Lu Lora, Lim Keng Hin, Lin Xianling, Liu Huan, Liu Shangliang Alex, Mamy Ratsimbazafy, Marcus Wentz, Mario Barbara, Matthew Finestone, Mevlana Gemici, Mikko Markus Ikola, Mohamad El Laz, Nebojsa Jovic, Oleksii Aleksei, Patryk Beza, Petar Vujovic, Piergiacomo Palmisani, Qin Yi, Roger Lam, Saniya More, Shadab Khan, Terence Lam, umede.eth, Victor Lopez, Vincent Ramsey, Wang Yue, Wu Lifu, Xu Shuai, Yanhong Lin Ryan, Zhang Yixing Cecilia, Zhong Kongliang, and others who wish to remain anonymous.