The Guardian Code of 1 Billion TVL: Innovations and Practices of the Caldera Security System

As the total locked value (TVL) of the Web3 ecosystem surpasses 1 billion USD, asset security becomes an insurmountable red line. Caldera, with a security system that balances technical depth and practical implementation, successfully safeguards the security of assets at this scale. Its core lies in the innovative application of cryptographic technology and a comprehensive threat response strategy. At the foundational level of cryptography, Caldera employs BLS signature technology to construct a validator consensus mechanism, ensuring trust and collaboration among distributed nodes; simultaneously, it uses ECDSA as the transaction verification standard, providing each transaction with immutable cryptographic protection, laying a solid foundation for ecosystem security.

The precise construction of threat models is a key step in Caldera's security measures. Its team conducts an in-depth analysis of industry risks, accurately identifying potential hazards such as the centralization of sequencers, and has introduced targeted progressive decentralization solutions. By gradually dispersing control of nodes, it effectively mitigates the security risks brought by centralization. To counter privacy leakage threats, Caldera is actively developing ZK-SNARKs technology, which will provide stronger protection for user privacy through zero-knowledge proofs in the future, further improving the dimensions of ecosystem security.$ERA

As an important endorsement of ecosystem security, Caldera has chosen to collaborate deeply with Trail of Bits. In June 2025, this organization conducted a comprehensive audit of Caldera's smart contracts and found no critical security issues, fully demonstrating the reliability of its code quality. Moreover, the audit scope also covers the Metalayer relayer, ensuring data integrity during transmission through strict verification, thereby ensuring safe and accurate data transfer.@Caldera Official

In daily security operations, Caldera has established an efficient incident response system. Utilizing the Sentry automatic alert system, it can monitor ecosystem anomalies in real-time, paired with a professional team working 24/7 to achieve rapid response and handling of security incidents. In response to the common threat of DDoS attacks, it effectively defends against traffic attacks through a dual approach of Cloudflare integration and RPC call frequency limiting, ensuring continuous and stable network operation.#caldera