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What Is Caldera (ERA)?

Caldera is a blockchain infrastructure platform designed as a rollup-as-a-service (RaaS), allowing developers to deploy custom, high-performance Layer-2 rollups—specialized blockchains that inherit Ethereum’s security. It helps projects scale horizontally by enabling tailored rollups across frameworks like Optimism, Arbitrum, zkSync, and Polygon CDK.

Central to its architecture is the Metalayer, a coordination layer that facilitates communication, fast finality, message passing, preconfirmations, guardian nodes, and shared infrastructure between these rollups.

Founded by Matthew Katz (CEO) and Parker Jou (CTO), Caldera was initially developed by Constellation Labs and is governed by the Caldera Foundation, a Cayman Islands entity. Governance is community-driven via the Caldera DAO.

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ERA Token — Utility, Governance & Tokenomics

Ticker: ERA

Launch: Official launch in July 2025; earlier announcements and airdrop news began in early 2025.

Token Supply:

Max / Total Supply: 1 billion ERA

Circulating Supply: ~148.5 million ERA

Airdrop: 7% of total tokens were allocated to community supporters via an airdrop. Core team and investor tokens are locked for 1 year, then vest over 24 months.

Utility & Governance Functions:

Omnichain Gas: ERA is used for gas fees across cross-rollup transactions within the Metalayer.

Staking & Node Participation: Nodes must stake ERA to participate in consensus.

Governance: ERA holders can propose and vote on Caldera Improvement Proposals (CIPs), protocol upgrades, treasury decisions, and elect governance/security councils via the Caldera DAO.