Some time ago, a friend asked me: 'Are you still playing in the crypto circle now?'

I lit a cigarette and said with a wry smile:

'Of course, I want to play... desperately trying to break even.'

You might not believe it, but I am the type who interacted all the way from Dogechain to Blast, ZKsync,

People who have been on airdrop whitelists, filtered out by thresholds, and swallowed by runaway projects.

From 2022 until now, project interactions have made my wallet nearly explode.

What about the earnings? Less than 320 dollars in total, averaging a loss of 13 dollars per project 🤡.

Until recently, I decided not to actively interact anymore.

But instead, it starts 'reverse filtering'—only participating in projects with ERA accounting.

What is ERA? It's not just on-chain behavior points; it's also a project filter.

The smartest aspect of Caldera ERA is not 'issuing tokens' or 'high returns',

But it uses a points system to quantify the value of user behavior.

At the same time, it also recorded 'projects that seriously do things'.

How do I judge now whether a project is worth spending time on?

✅ Has it connected to ERA?

✅ Has ERA set up behavior tracking for it?

✅ How many community/on-chain participation actions has it accumulated on ERA?

If a project never allows scoring, does not connect to ERA, and has no recorded actions,

Then I basically don't touch them—99% are just there to exploit.

In the past, projects relied on 'stories' to exploit people; ERA retains people based on 'behavior'.

Have you had this experience:

• Before the project goes live, various visions are discussed, but once the tokens are issued, it collapses immediately.

• You are required to interact dozens of steps, but in the end, no one records you.

• Community spamming for points, whitelists taken by bots.

ERA just reverses that:

• Regardless of whether you are a KOL, as long as you did something, there will be a record.

• Every post, interaction, proposal, vote, and content will add points.

• These points will become your ticket to participate in the Caldera ecosystem.

You don't need sharp insight; you just need to be 'serious for a long time' to score.

How do I play now? Using ERA as an 'anti-competition tool'.

I set a small goal:

Weekly ERA points +100, only participating in 3 projects supported by ERA each month.

For example, these are some I participated in recently:

1. 👨‍🔧【Some tool project】: Wrote a Chinese tutorial, scored.

2. 🧪【Some ZK project】: Helped run a test script once, scored.

3. 👥【Some Caldera DAO】: Voting + joining TG group interactions, scoring

Compared to before, I was 'randomly interacting everywhere + blindly waiting for airdrops'.

Now only participate in projects with ERA records and points accumulation.

My mindset is much more stable, and I'm not afraid of being exploited in vain.

Summary: ERA is not an airdrop project, but a system to prevent exploitation.

It uses a combination of 'points + behavior verification',

Helping you:

• Record efforts ✔

• Skip low-quality projects ✔

• Accumulate ecological identity ✔

• Enhance filtering standards ✔

This is not about 'earning more', but the first step to 'not losing'.

💬 The comment section is open for questions:

What is the most outrageous project you have interacted with? How much did you lose?

I am preparing to organize a (ERA behavior anti-exploitation checklist),

Including content like 'which projects are worth participating in, how to participate without being exploited, how to plan ERA points', etc.

Comment [ERA anti-exploitation] to receive it.

Stop blindly participating; ERA is the starting point for finding direction amid chaos.

Don't ask me why I chose it, just know: I've been exploited too much, and finally learned to be smart.