# Taiko

> Track Taiko's market cap with daily on-chain data across 2 chains. Compare Taiko with other blockchains (L2). See charts and datasets in one place.

Source: [Taiko on Token Terminal](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko). This page has no metric values. For current values, use the [Token Terminal API](https://tokenterminal.com/docs/api-reference/introduction) or the [MCP server](https://tokenterminal.com/docs/mcp/introduction).

- Token: TAIKO
- Sectors: Blockchains (L2)
- Chains: ethereum, taiko

## About

### What it is

Taiko is an L2 smart contract platform for decentralized applications on Ethereum. Taiko was founded by Daniel Wang, Brecht Devos, and Terence Lam and launched in 2024.

### Who uses it

TAIKO tokenholders own and govern the protocol. Taiko's investors include Hashed, GSR, IOSG Ventures, Generative Ventures, etc.

### How it works

A proposer batches users' transactions and assigns proposed blocks to a prover. Both the proposer and the prover earn a portion of the transaction fees collected.

## Metrics

Token Terminal tracks these metrics for Taiko daily. Each page has a chart with the full history.

- [Price](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/price)
- [Fully diluted market cap](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/market-cap-fully-diluted)
- [Circulating market cap](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/market-cap-circulating)
- [Token trading volume](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/token-trading-volume)
- [Token turnover (fully diluted)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/token-turnover-fully-diluted)
- [Token turnover (circulating)](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/token-turnover-circulating)
- [Token holders](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/tokenholders)
- [Circulating supply](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/token-supply-circulating)
- [Bridge deposits](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/bridge-deposits)
- [Core developers](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/active-developers)
- [Code commits](https://tokenterminal.com/explorer/projects/taiko/metrics/code-commits)

## Links

- [github](https://github.com/taikoxyz)
- [twitter](https://x.com/taikoxyz)
- [discord](https://discord.com/invite/taikoxyz)
- [website](https://taiko.xyz/)