Currently, Layer2 generally faces two major pain points: the “centralized sorter bottleneck” and “singular value capture” — most projects rely on a single node or a few nodes for sorting, leading to risks of censorship and performance bottlenecks; at the same time, value is concentrated solely on transaction fees, making it difficult for developers, nodes, enterprises, and other roles to benefit deeply. Caldera's core breakthrough lies in breaking the opposition between performance and resistance through a “dynamic decentralized sorting network”, and then reconstructing the revenue distribution logic with a “symbiotic value mechanism for all roles”, allowing Layer2 to upgrade from a “transaction carrying tool” to a “value network co-created and shared by multiple entities”.
1. Dynamic Decentralized Sorting Network: Breaking the “Performance-Resistance” Dichotomy
Caldera abandons the traditional “fixed sorting node” model and constructs a three-layer system of “dynamic sorting pool + sharded sorting + anti-censorship backup”, ensuring decentralization while achieving millisecond-level sorting efficiency. Its dynamic sorting pool selects nodes through “staking competition + real-time scheduling”: nodes must stake 50,000 ERA to qualify for entry, and the system dynamically allocates sorting tasks based on node computing power, network stability, and historical performance. Idle nodes can join through temporary staking (10,000 ERA), and the number of sorting nodes can be flexibly adjusted between 10-100, avoiding the issues of “too few nodes leading to monopoly, and too many slowing down efficiency”. The sharded sorting technology splits all ecological transactions by chain and scenario into different sorting shards, with each shard coordinated by 5-10 nodes for sorting, then aggregating results through “meta-sorting proof”, reducing overall sorting delay from 500ms in traditional centralized solutions to 150ms, and supporting concurrent processing of 20,000 TPS. After integrating with a certain DEX, the transaction confirmation success rate increased from 88% to 99.9%. The anti-censorship mechanism sets up “sorting backup nodes”, allowing backup nodes to take over sorting rights within 3 seconds if the main sorting node refuses to process compliant transactions (such as transfers to specific addresses), while penalizing the main node with a 50% forfeiture of their staked $ERA. Tests show that this mechanism reduces the occurrence probability of censorship to below 0.01%, with anti-attack costs exceeding $100 million.
2. Symbiotic Value Mechanism for All Roles: From “Single Transaction Revenue” to “Multidimensional Value Distribution”
Caldera breaks the limitation of “transaction fees = sole revenue”, constructing a multidimensional value pool around the sorting network with “sorting revenue + state leasing + trust services”, allowing nodes, developers, enterprises, and users to capture value deeply. In terms of sorting revenue, sorting nodes not only receive a basic fee share (40%), but can also gain additional ERA rewards for “low-latency sorting” and “zero-error processing”, with some top sorting nodes earning an average of 300,000 ERA per month, which is 2.5 times that of traditional fixed nodes; in terms of state leasing, enterprises or developers can lease the sorting network's “priority sorting position” (such as in high-frequency trading scenarios) or “exclusive state storage area” (such as enterprise sensitive data), with a high-frequency quantitative trading team leasing a priority sorting position, increasing transaction execution speed by 40%, resulting in a stable monthly income of 100,000 $ERA; in terms of trust services, the “sorting proof” generated by the sorting network can serve as an on-chain trust certificate, allowing financial institutions to purchase this proof for compliance audits. A cross-border payment institution simplified its regulatory compliance process by purchasing sorting proof, paying an annual service fee of $500,000, with 30% of this revenue feeding back into the ecological fund for user subsidies and technological research and development.
3. Scenario-Based Sorting Optimization: Adapting Sorting Strategies to Diverse Needs
Caldera rejects a one-size-fits-all sorting logic, customizing sorting strategies for different scenarios, making the sorting network a “scenario value amplifier”. In financial scenarios, it employs “priority dynamic adjustment” — large transactions (greater than $100,000) automatically receive high sorting priority, ensuring fund security and timeliness; small high-frequency transactions (such as retail payments) consolidate sorting to reduce costs, leading to a 60% reduction in costs for a payment platform after integration, with large transaction confirmation times reduced to 1 second. In gaming scenarios, it utilizes “latency-sensitive sorting” — marking real-time interaction transactions such as battle commands and item transfers as “high priority” for priority sorting; non-real-time data (such as user chat records) is sorted later, with a certain blockchain game using this strategy reducing battle interaction latency from 300ms to 80ms, increasing user satisfaction by 75%. In enterprise scenarios, it adopts “privacy-protecting sorting” — private enterprise transactions are encrypted during the sorting process, only nodes participating in sorting can decrypt, and must sign a privacy agreement. A manufacturing enterprise’s supply chain transactions through this model ensure data privacy while achieving on-chain traceability, satisfying commercial confidentiality and compliance requirements.
In summary, Caldera's innovation is not merely about optimizing sorting efficiency, but reconstructing the trust foundation of Layer2 through a decentralized sorting network, and then activating ecological vitality with a symbiotic value mechanism involving all roles. Ultimately, it uses scenario-based sorting optimization to connect the links of “technology-scenario-value”. This system allows Layer2 to no longer be limited to the role of “scaling tools”, but rather become a “decentralized infrastructure hub” supporting diverse scenarios such as finance, gaming, and enterprise services, providing a new paradigm that balances “performance, security, and value” for the long-term development of Layer2.
