A friend sent me a link and said, 'Do you want to try sending a chain?'
I said: 'Huh? Are you saying to create an L2 Rollup chain by myself? I'm not a big VC.'
He said: 'Just click and see for yourself.'
I really clicked to look, and then my worldview shattered.
🧩 At first, I thought I was just playing around, but Caldera is genuinely doing a 'chain factory'.
It's like opening a menu page for you:
• Should we use zk technology? → Check zkStack or Polygon CDK
• Should we pre-install the bridge? → Check
• Should there be a block explorer? → Check
• Do you need one-click deployment on the testnet? → Check
After clicking the configuration, I waited for it to say 'Please upload your code'.
Then it directly said: Deploying, please wait...
Me??? Can chains really be deployed like this?!
🧠 Later, I seriously researched it; it's not just a chain factory, it's a chain 'network factory'.
Caldera's real killer feature isn't 'sending chains', but:
The chain you deployed is not an island, but automatically connects to the Caldera Metalayer network.
What does this mean?
• The chain you deployed is a 'neighbor' to other chains;
• There’s a unified bridge, a unified communication protocol, and a unified settlement system;
• Users playing NFTs on other chains can seamlessly jump onto your chain to play DApps;
It's like you didn't just open a separate restaurant, but joined a food delivery platform + office building cafeteria + city-wide delivery system.
🪙 So ERA is the universal currency of this inter-chain 'logistics system'.
You need to use it for sending chains, transferring assets, inter-chain communication, and governance.
Other coins are project tokens, while ERA is network fuel.
It's not something that's hyped up; it's something that's used.
And the more people send chains, use chains, and interoperate, the more ERA is used, and the more stable its value.
🚀 So what exactly did Caldera do?
In summary:
Turning chains that 'only big shots can send' into an inter-chain platform that 'everyone can play and use'.
• Technical threshold? Zero
• Deployment time? 5 minutes
• Connectivity? Out of the box
• Token value? System-level support
This thing is a combination of 'WordPress + Alibaba Cloud + WeChat Mini Program platform' in Web3.
🎯 If sending a chain only takes 3 minutes, what would you use it for?
• Send a dedicated NFT chain?
• Set up an on-chain group chat for your friends?
• Create an automatically settling DAO side chain?
• Or... just for the experience of 'launching on-chain'?
Feel free to brainstorm in the comments below 👇
Maybe Caldera will see your idea and directly include it in the menu next time! #Caldera $ERA
