Enable a prover

Prerequisites

• You are already running a Taiko node with Docker or from source.
• You have an SGX v2 capable machine.

Enable a prover with simple-taiko-node

Note

These are the bare minimum required settings along with a functional Taiko node to run a proposer, feel free to customize the rest of the variables in the .env file as you see fit!

1. A Taiko prover needs to be able to generate SGX proofs at the moment. To do that, you need to run raiko. Please follow the Docker setup guide here.

2. After successfully setting up raiko, set the SGX_RAIKO_HOST endpoint in your .env file.

3. Set the L1_PROVER_PRIVATE_KEY to an L1 account’s private key which will send the Prove Block transactions.

4. You may optionally deploy a ProverSet contract to run your proposer. If you are working with a third party prover, you will have to follow the guide with them to negotiate allowance and deposit of TAIKO/TTKOh. A ProverSet is recommended for a longer term stable setup to avoid nonce issues. For testing purposes, you may not feel the need to deploy a ProverSet.

5. Finally set ENABLE_PROVER to true in simple-taiko-node .env.

6. Set COMPOSE_PROFILES=prover or add prover to the list.

7. You can then run your prover with docker compose up -d!

Approve TaikoL1 as TAIKO spender (mainnet)

1. Approve the TaikoL1 contract as a spender.

   Visit the TAIKO contract on Ethereum here.

2. Click the Connect to Web3 button.

3. Click the approve function and set the spender address to the TaikoL1 contract address: 0x06a9Ab27c7e2255df1815E6CC0168d7755Feb19a.

   Note

   Please verify contract addresses are correct before moving forward. You can check the respective ENS domains on Etherscan.

4. Set the amount to at least the minimum bond amount of 125 TAIKO.

   You will need 125 TAIKO for each bond you sign. After entering 125, you need to set the 18 decimals that the TAIKO contract takes, you can click the plus button and then select 10^18.

5. Finally, click the Write button.

Approve TaikoL1 as TTKOh spender (testnet)

You will need TTKOh deposited on the TaikoL1 contract to secure the bond for the proofs you generate.

1. Approve the TaikoL1 contract as a spender.

   Visit the TTKOh contract on Holesky here.

2. Click the Connect to Web3 button.

3. Click the approve function and set the spender address to the TaikoL1 contract address: 0x79C9109b764609df928d16fC4a91e9081F7e87DB.

4. Set the amount to at least the minimum bond amount of 125 TTKOh.

   You will need 125 TTKOh for each bond you sign. After entering 125, you need to set the 18 decimals that the TTKOh contract takes, you can click the plus button and then select 10^18.

5. Finally, click the Write button.

Register the prover on the prover marketplace

Finally you can choose to register your prover endpoint on the community prover marketplace so other can use it to propose blocks.

Troubleshooting

If you run into any problems, please visit the node troubleshooting page for help. If you run into an error that isn’t yet listed, please reach out in our Discord!