#Caldera and $ERA
🟢 Caldera
1. What is Caldera?
• Caldera is a modular blockchain infrastructure platform focused on enabling developers to launch their own high-performance, customizable Layer-2 rollups quickly and easily.
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2. Key Features:
✅ Rollup-as-a-Service:
Allows projects to deploy dedicated rollups without building full blockchain infrastructure themselves.
✅ Optimistic & zk Rollups:
Supports both optimistic rollups and zk rollups depending on project requirements.
✅ High Scalability:
Each rollup runs as an app-chain, avoiding congestion from unrelated dApps and allowing tailored parameters.
✅ Integration Ready:
Built to integrate with Ethereum, OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbit, and Cosmos SDK chains, ensuring wide ecosystem compatibility.
✅ Use Cases:
• Gaming projects needing high TPS.
• DeFi protocols seeking custom fee structures.
• Enterprises requiring private or semi-private chains.
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3. Recent Updates (2024–2025):
• Raised $9 million seed funding (May 2024) from Sequoia Capital and Dragonfly.
• Deployed multiple production rollups for gaming and DeFi partners.
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🟠 $ERA
1. What is $ERA?
• $ERA is the native token of zkSync Era, an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution using zero-knowledge rollups (zk-rollups) for fast, secure, and low-cost transactions.
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2. About zkSync Era:
✅ What is zkSync Era?
A zkEVM rollup developed by Matter Labs, fully compatible with Ethereum smart contracts but with higher throughput and lower fees.
✅ Key Benefits:
• Uses zk-SNARKs for scalability and security.
• EVM compatibility: Developers can deploy existing Ethereum dApps with minimal changes.
• Faster finality and cheaper gas fees compared to L1 Ethereum.
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3. $ERA Token Utility:
• Transaction fees: Paying for gas on zkSync Era network.
• Staking: Securing the protocol (future implementation under decentralization plans).
• Governance: Voting on protocol upgrades and ecosystem decisions.
