After all, what has been the biggest pain point in the blockchain industry in recent years? Congestion, high transaction fees, and cross-chain fragmentation. Whenever a bull market arrives, the network becomes sluggish and expensive, making it difficult for ordinary users to engage. The emergence of Rollup solutions has given people a glimmer of hope, but the reality is that ecological fragmentation and poor asset mobility continue to plague the entire industry. The advent of Caldera seems to provide a real possibility for the slogan of 'infinite scalability' to take form.
Remarkable achievements
Let’s start with some hard data: Caldera has already supported 1/4 of Ethereum's active Rollups, with a cumulative total of 1 billion transactions and a TVL exceeding 400 million USD. What does this mean? In the Rollup space, such achievements directly place it among the top players. Moreover, it’s not the kind of project that relies on 'big promises' to maintain its presence; the investment lineup behind it makes me exclaim 'luxurious'. Sequoia Capital, Dragonfly, Founders Fund, and even legacy players like Alliance DAO from the Web3 circle. I am very familiar with the style of these institutions; they never act lightly and are not prone to long-term lock-ups. However, all of Caldera's investors have locked their investments for a year, which is very rare for long-term bets in the primary market.
$ERA token's outstanding performance
What excites me even more is the $ERA token. On July 17th, the TGE was launched simultaneously on three major top CEXs: Coinbase, Binance, and Upbit. To be honest, I've seen very few instances of this level of synchronized launch in the industry. This is not only about resource integration capabilities but also about extreme control over compliance, technology, and operations. It’s hard to imagine that a Rollup infrastructure project could elevate its native token to such heights. Not to mention, $ERA has also provided holders with a high probability of ecological airdrops and additional incentives.
Innovative breakthroughs of Metalayer
What fascinates me most about Caldera is actually its Metalayer. The industry has been talking about 'interoperability', but very few can truly achieve 'instant cross-chain and message passing'. Most bridging protocols are still stuck in 'homogeneous internal circulation', for example, OP Stack can only interact with OP Stack, and Arbitrum Orbit can only communicate with Orbit. However, Caldera's Metalayer has already realized cross-group bridging between different Rollups like OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbit, and zkSync Elastic. You can even perform KYC on one chain, and another chain can directly read the certification results without repeated operations. One KYC, usable everywhere, has become a reality 😄
