Caldera (ERA) Introduction
Caldera is a modular Rollup deployment platform that allows developers to launch high-performance, customizable dedicated Layer 2 blockchains (Rollup chains) with one-click using visual tools. It supports mainstream frameworks like Arbitrum Nitro and Optimism Bedrock, significantly lowering development thresholds and optimizing transaction efficiency. Its core features include:
1. High-Performance Architecture: By optimizing the execution layer, settlement layer, and data availability layer (DA), it achieves hundreds of transactions per second and sub-second confirmations, reducing Gas costs.
2. Cross-Chain Interoperability: Built-in standardized protocols support seamless asset interactions with over 50 public chains, including Ethereum and Polygon, breaking down liquidity silos.
3. Metalayer Ecosystem Integration: Build a unified interconnection layer that connects decentralized Rollup chains, with over 60 live chains deployed and a total locked value (TVL) reaching $800 million, and over 1.7 million users.
**Native Token ERA** (Total supply of 1 billion) is used for paying transaction fees, cross-chain validation staking, and community governance. 7% of the tokens are airdropped to ecosystem participants, and 2% are distributed through Binance HODLer activities [1,4,6](@ref). The project has received investments from **Dragonfly, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund**, raising a total of $24 million, with its technical strength and ecosystem scale highly recognized by the market [1,2,3](@ref). After launching on Binance on July 17, 2025, the price of ERA surged by 216 times, with a market capitalization exceeding $119 million, becoming a new benchmark in the Layer 2 track.
