If we want to explain the significance of Caldera, the best way is to compare it with the traditional internet. In the early days of the internet, different networks were isolated, and users had to remember a long string of complex IP addresses, resulting in a very poor experience. It wasn't until the emergence of DNS, browsers, and search engines that the internet truly entered the public eye.
Today's Rollup ecosystem is at a similar stage. Different Rollups are like different early networks, isolated from one another, requiring users to prepare different Gas, use different bridges, and adapt to various interaction methods. Caldera's Metalayer is like the 'DNS + TCP/IP' of the Web3 world, connecting all chains together and hiding complexity in the background through intentional abstraction.
This comparison helps us understand why the existence of Caldera is not just an enhancement but an inevitable trend. Without a similar interoperability layer, the explosion of Rollups would only lead to more fragmentation; with the Metalayer, Rollups can interconnect like internet websites, creating a true network effect.
In other words, Caldera is not fixing existing problems but is laying the groundwork for internet-level infrastructure for Web3.
