I used to think the chains I was using were independent.
For example, I've played:
• ZK check-in on Manta;
• NFT flipping on ApeChain;
• Creator mining on Rari chain;
• GameFi listings on Treasure;
Every chain claims to innovate independently, and every project makes me switch wallets, change networks, and find bridges...
Until one day, I suddenly found during an interaction:
These chains are all actually built on Caldera.
In that moment, I realized:
I'm not using four chains; I am flowing within a multi-chain network called Caldera.
🔁 The underlying logic of Caldera: it's not about 'creating many chains', but 'allowing chains to communicate with each other'
Upon deeper inspection, Caldera's core does two things:
1️⃣ One-click chain deployment (Rollup-as-a-Service)
→ All chains can go live in minutes, built by modules, with one-stop infrastructure packaging;
2️⃣ Metalayer connectivity system
→ All Caldera Rollups automatically connect to a unified 'collaboration network':
• Assets can be exchanged between chains
• Users can switch seamlessly
• Projects can share data, invoke status, and collaborate across chains;
It's like creating a 'bottom-layer inter-chain local area network' in the Web3 world.
🪙 I finally understand the meaning of ERA
What is ERA?
I used to think these were the 'speculative tokens' launched by exchanges,
But now I understand:
ERA is the unified energy unit in this 'multi-chain operating system'.
• Transfers between chains → ERA pays transaction fees
• Ecological project deployment resources → ERA settlement fees
• Network governance, parameter configuration → ERA voting rights
You can't avoid it because as long as you are 'alive' in this network, you will use it.
💡 Why do I think Caldera is a 'trend'?
Because it achieves three points:
1. ✅ Lower the barrier for chain construction (so projects can have chains)
2. ✅ Break the isolation between chains (so users can traverse)
3. ✅ Provide a unified incentive mechanism (to capture value)
This is not just a pile of functions, but it creates a 'sustainable, collaborative, convertible' multi-chain economic system.
Caldera is the engine of this system, and ERA is its lifeblood.
🎯 Here's a light yet profound question:
When you're playing with chains, do you often find yourself switching wallets and bridging assets back and forth?
Do you hope these interactions can be more seamless, smoother, and more automated?
If so, Caldera and ERA might just be the friends you should have known earlier.
Let's chat in the comments about what you've been working on in the Caldera chains recently?