Scaling Ethereum has unleashed dozens of high-performance rollups Optimism, Arbitrum, ZKsync, Polygon, and many more. But here’s the problem: they operate like separate cities with their own rules, resources, and user bases. Moving assets, liquidity, or data between them is slow, expensive, and risky. Developers are forced to build duplicate infrastructure for each rollup, while investors face scattered opportunities and inefficient capital allocation.
Instead of trying to make one rollup dominate, imagine building the “interstate highway system” for Ethereum a universal layer that connects every rollup, enabling seamless movement of value, information, and users. This is not about replacing existing rollups it’s about making them all work together as one.
Caldera’s Metalayer is exactly that: a unifying infrastructure that links 60+ rollups into a single interoperable ecosystem. At the core is the $ERA token, which is more than just a speculative asset:
It’s omnichain gas, powering transactions and data flows across all connected rollups.
It’s the security backbone, with staking protecting the network and rewarding participants.
It’s a governance tool, giving holders the ability to decide which integrations, upgrades, and ecosystem expansions happen next.
For developers: One deployment can serve an entire network of rollups less cost, more reach.
For investors: One token ERA captures the economic activity of the entire rollup ecosystem, instead of being tied to one chain’s success.
For the market: Eliminates fragmentation, boosts capital efficiency, and accelerates adoption of Ethereum scaling.
Caldera is not competing with rollups it’s making them stronger together. And with $ERA, you’re not just watching this transformation, you’re holding a stake in the very rails it runs on.
