In the context of an expanding blockchain ecosystem and the urgent demand for speed – cost – connectivity between chains, Caldera emerges as a revolutionary solution: building an 'Internet of Rollups' – where millions of blockchains can operate smoothly, interconnect, customize, and never congest.
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🌐 What is Caldera?
Caldera is a pioneering blockchain infrastructure platform that allows the creation of countless customizable child blockchains (rollups) in just a few minutes, while also providing Metalayer – a powerful cross-chain linking layer that enables blockchains to interact as if they are using the same network.
👉 Imagine: you could transfer assets, play games, trade, and use apps across chains without barriers or bridges. That’s the future Caldera is building.
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⚙️ Two core pillars:
1. Rollup Engine – Tool for deploying rollups in minutes, supporting advanced technologies like Optimistic, ZK Sync, Arbitrum and currently beta stacking SVM.
2. Metalayer – Comprehensive cross-chain solution, enabling cross-chain processing, resource sharing, and connecting all dApps without the need to 'recode from scratch'.
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🚀 Highlights:
• No more high fees, delays, or network congestion
• Scale horizontally – Create thousands of independent chains that can still connect with each other
• Highly customizable – Serves all applications from gaming, AI, DeFi, DePin, social networks, enterprises…
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📊 Rapidly growing ecosystem:
Caldera is no longer an 'idea on paper'. As of now:
• 🔹 $400M+ TVL (Total Value Locked)
• 🔹 850 million transactions
• 🔹 27 million independent wallets – surpassing both Scroll and ZKSync
Notable projects running on Caldera:
✅ Manta Pacific
✅ ApeChain
✅ Kinto
✅ And many names in the AI, DePin fields like Bluwhale, Spheron, Huddle01…
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🧠 Philosophy and Vision
1. Go Horizontal – Expand horizontally
Blockchain should not be a race for '1 chain to rule them all'. Caldera believes that the future is millions of specialized chains, just as the Internet does not rely on a single server.
2. More is More – The more, the better
More chains → more applications → more opportunities → an explosion of innovation.
3. Make it a Chain – Transform every application into a blockchain
With Caldera, any business, application, social network, or payment system can 'transform into its own blockchain' with just a few clicks.
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🎯 Competitive advantage:
✅ Multi-stack rollup support: Optimistic, ZK, SVM
✅ Multi-layer settlement: Caldera is running the first chain on Hyperliquid (Sovrun) and Berachain
✅ Superior performance: Over 30 active mainnet chains
✅ Developer-friendly interface – easy to deploy, easy to customize
✅ Supports cross-chain natively with Metalayer – no need for bridges
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💼 Team and Backing
Led by seasoned professionals:
• Matt Katz (CEO) – in crypto since 2011, previously studied operating systems at Stanford
• Parker Jou (CTO) – worked on systems at Nvidia & Waymo
• The team comes from Stanford, MIT, Google, Meta, Coinbase, Stripe…
📌 Backed by top-tier funds:
Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Dragonfly, AllianceDAO, etc.
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🔮 The future of millions of blockchains
Caldera is not just a rollup platform – it is the infrastructure for the Web3 Internet, where applications, data, and users are no longer limited by any chain. With the current pace of development, Caldera has the potential to become a core part of the new on-chain world.
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🪂 Currently Binance is organizing a retroactive airdrop of the ERA token (native token of Caldera)
👉 If you ever held BNB in Simple Earn, don't miss out: you might receive ERA for free!
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📌 Follow Caldera for updates on new chain launches, airdrops, and the next Web3 trends.