Caldera Rewrites Rollup Rules

Rollups used to be like a group of "lone wolves": Arbitrum claims to be fast, Optimism claims to be stable, zkSync claims to be economical, but they hardly interacted. @Caldera Official brought along #caldera to "set up a meeting"—using the Metalayer to pull them into the same "chat room"; this is how multi-chain should be.

This "chat room" is absurdly efficient: previously, to query data across Rollups, one had to run three chains and wait for five confirmations. Now, with Metalayer's unified aggregation, responses are in seconds. Developers building cross-chain DApps no longer need to write a bunch of compatibility code; just connect to the #caldera interface, regardless of which Rollup's data it is, and use it directly. A DeFi team tried it out, creating cross-chain liquidity pools, and after integration, the user experience significantly improved.

$ERA is the "meeting fee" and also the "maintenance fee": want to send messages in the "chat room"? Pay some ERA; want to be an "administrator" (validator)? Stake ERA; want to change the rules of the "chat room"? Those holding ERA vote. This ties everyone's interests together— the more vibrant the ecosystem, the more valuable $ERA becomes, and everyone is willing to maintain it well.

@Caldera Official is now expanding the "chat room scale", not only connecting Rollups but also integrating data and settlement layers. @calderaxyz seems to have seen through it: in the multi-chain era, it's not about whose chain is stronger, but about who can tighten everyone together. If #caldera can achieve this, it will be indispensable for future cross-chain interoperability.