I really have to complain about the current public chains; they are becoming more and more of a headache. Not only are the transaction fees outrageous, but during peak times, it becomes impossible to use. When project teams try to run applications on them, it's like driving a car in a traffic jam on an elevated road, burning gas painfully while progress is so slow it’s frustrating. What’s even more annoying is that the rules of public chains are absolute; if a project wants to implement some custom features? Basically no chance, they can only follow someone else's pace.
So now many project teams have come to realize: instead of suffering on public chains, it's better to create their own dedicated chain, designing it however they want, flexible and free. But the problem arises, building a chain from scratch isn’t that easy? Security, scalability, and interacting with other chains—these things can’t be handled without some technical know-how and resources.
At this point, Caldera (ERA) stands out as particularly "capable." It’s like a ready-made "chain factory"; project teams don’t have to start from scratch, they can quickly create a customized Rollup using its tools—benefiting from Ethereum's security and decentralization while being able to adjust features according to their needs, it’s simply tailor-made.
Even better, its "Metalayer" essentially builds a "shared social circle" for all chains built using Caldera. Whether you are using optimistic Rollups or zero-knowledge Rollups, you can communicate and share resources smoothly without worrying about isolated islands.
With this, how much hassle does it save project teams? They don’t have to tackle tough challenges themselves; they can directly use Caldera's ready-made solutions to create their dedicated chain and easily interact with other chains. And as the platform’s token, ERA has real utility: cross-chain interactions require transaction fees, node validation requires staking it, and platform upgrade voting depends on it.
In simple terms, the more domineering the public chains are, the more project teams want to go solo, and Caldera just happens to pave a fast track for these teams wishing to go independent. While others are busy building chains, it provides tools and connections effortlessly, and the value of ERA naturally rises along with it—this kind of opportunistic business is indeed quite clever.