Ethereum layer-2 Taiko has launched the Hoodi public testnet, adding faster preconfirmation support as developers migrate from the retiring Hekla network before the Sept. 30 cutoff.

Ethereum layer-2 project Taiko has launched a new public test network called Hoodi, which went live on Sept. 25 and now serves as the primary environment for developers building on the protocol. Hoodi introduces faster preconfirmation support, improving the user and developer experience by allowing transactions to receive earlier soft confirmations before final settlement. The network is designed to better reflect Taiko’s current architecture and roadmap than its predecessor, offering updated tooling, infrastructure endpoints, and a dedicated testnet bridge for moving ETH and ERC-20 tokens between Ethereum and Taiko. The launch comes as Taiko’s earlier public testnet Hekla approaches its scheduled retirement, with developers given until Sept. 30 to migrate their deployments and testing workflows to Hoodi before Hekla is fully sunset. This planned transition consolidates development activity onto a single, more advanced testnet and is framed as a key milestone ahead of Taiko’s longer-term mainnet and ecosystem expansion plans. For teams building dApps, infrastructure, or tooling on Taiko, the shift to Hoodi is significant because it both modernizes the testing environment and sets stricter timelines for maintaining compatibility with the network’s evolving rollup design.

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