At the critical moment of the Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) ecosystem transitioning from 'point expansion' to 'holistic collaboration', Caldera breaks out of the limitations of traditional infrastructure, which is 'functionally singular and ecologically isolated', focusing on 'technical architecture breaking, ecological collaboration upgrade, and token economy empowerment' to build a three-dimensional system of 'lightweight RaaS development + real-time cross-chain hub + dynamic governance network'. Its innovative design not only addresses the core pain points of high L2 development thresholds, low cross-chain efficiency, and weak ecological linkage but also redefines the value of the RaaS track with the vision of the 'Internet of Chains', becoming a key force in upgrading Web3 infrastructure from the 'tool layer' to the 'value layer'.
I. Technical Breaking: From 'Standardized Development' to 'Scenario Adaptation', reconstructing the L2 technical foundation
Caldera's technological innovation is not a simple iteration, but rather a construction of an efficient and flexible technological system through 'lightweight architecture + refined functionality'. Its professionalism and foresight create a unique barrier in the RaaS track, deeply aligning with the differentiated needs of various scenarios.
1. Rollup Engine 5.0: Lightweight Scenario-Based Development System
Traditional RaaS platforms require developers to have underlying technical capabilities for Rollup deployment, making it difficult to adapt to segmented scenarios. Caldera's Rollup Engine 5.0 achieves dual breakthroughs in development thresholds and scenario adaptability through 'templated + scalable' design:
• Scenario-Based Prefabricated Template Library: For the four core tracks of NFT, DeFi, RWA, and chain games, 'plug-and-play' prefabricated templates are launched - RWA templates come with built-in compliant identity verification and asset rights preservation modules. Enterprises only need to fill in basic parameters (such as asset type and auditing institution information), completing Rollup deployment within 30 minutes; game templates integrate high-concurrency trading processing and item cross-chain mapping functions, supporting 4,500 transactions per second to meet the needs of 10,000 simultaneous interactions. The template library currently covers 12 types of segmented scenarios, shortening development cycles by 90% compared to traditional models.
• Multi-VM Adaptive Compatibility: Breakthrough 'Single VM Binding' limitations, supporting three mainstream virtual machines: EVM, SolanaVM, and MoveVM - DeFi projects can use EVM to adapt to Ethereum ecological liquidity, game projects can use SolanaVM to enhance concurrency efficiency, and RWA projects can use MoveVM to strengthen asset security. Developers can deploy across VMs without needing to refactor code, increasing ecological adaptability by three times;
• EigenDA Deep Integration: Upgraded data availability (DA) solutions in collaboration with EigenLayer, using a 'layered storage architecture' - high-frequency trading data stored in EigenDA's high throughput layer (150MB/s) and low-frequency proof of existence data stored in Celestia's low-cost layer. DA costs are reduced by 40% while transaction confirmation speed is improved to 0.5 seconds, thoroughly addressing the traditional Rollup issues of 'high DA costs and slow confirmations'.
2. Metalayer 2.0: Real-time Cross-Chain Hub, breaking chain silos
Traditional cross-chain relies on third-party bridges, resulting in issues of 'state unsynchronization and non-atomic operations'. Caldera's Metalayer 2.0 constructs a non-custodial, highly efficient native cross-chain system through 'real-time state synchronization + atomic contract execution':
• Real-Time Cross-Chain State Synchronization: Based on 'Global State Hash Chain' technology, the state updates of each Rollup are aggregated in real-time into a unified hash on-chain. When users query the status of cross-chain assets, they no longer need to wait for the target chain's confirmation; they can directly verify via the hash chain, reducing state synchronization delay from 10 minutes to 3 seconds;
• Atomic Execution of Cross-Chain Contracts: Supports multi-chain contracts 'initiating once and completing atomically' - for example, when a user initiates 'NFT collateral lending' in zkXPLA (chain game Rollup), Metalayer 2.0 can simultaneously trigger the lending contract in inEVM (DeFi Rollup) and the NFT locking contract in zkXPLA. If any part fails, the entire process rolls back, thoroughly resolving the risk of 'partial success and partial failure' in cross-chain operations;
• Low-Threshold Cross-Chain Interaction: Launched the 'Cross-Chain Intent Translation Module', allowing users to input natural language requests (e.g., 'Borrow 1000 USDT using NFT from RARI Chain') without needing to understand the underlying technology. The module automatically converts this into cross-chain instructions and matches the optimal path, reducing the cross-chain operation threshold to 'Web2 level', and increasing the onboarding rate for ordinary users by 60%.
II. Ecological Upgrade: From 'Project Stacking' to 'Collaborative Network', constructing a holistic ecological value
Caldera abandons the rough model of traditional infrastructure that 'only brings in projects without considering linkage', building an ecological network of 'projects-users-industries' through 'track collaboration + enterprise empowerment', with its ecological scale and vitality continuously leading the RaaS track, fully validating the practicality of its innovative model.
1. Track Collaborative Ecological Network: Breaking inter-chain scenario barriers
Caldera promotes the formation of a 'functionally complementary and traffic-interconnected' collaborative network among different track Rollups:
• NFT + DeFi Collaboration: RARI Chain (NFT Rollup) and inEVM (DeFi Rollup) connect cross-chain interfaces, allowing users to directly pledge NFTs from RARI Chain to inEVM for USDT loans without first transferring assets across chains, improving cross-scenario interaction efficiency by 80%. By the third quarter of 2025, this function drove the TVL of both Rollups to grow by 35% and 28%, respectively;
• Chain Game + Metaverse Linkage: zkXPLA (chain game Rollup) and Treasure (metaverse Rollup) achieve item interoperability, allowing players to use equipment acquired in (XPLA Knights) directly in the metaverse scenarios of Treasure, with item attributes synchronizing in real-time, increasing player retention rates by 35%;
• RWA + DeFi Integration: Ozean (RWA Rollup) collaborates with Clearpool (DeFi Rollup) to split on-chain credit assets into 'small yield certificates', allowing users to purchase certificates in Clearpool for stable returns, enhancing RWA asset liquidity by 50%, attracting more financial institutions to settle in.
II. Enterprise-Level Ecological Expansion: From 'Web3 Endogenous' to 'Industry Spillover'
Caldera extends RaaS capabilities to traditional industries, creating 'Enterprise Chain Transformation Solutions':
• Logistics Field: Collaborated with international logistics giant DHL to customize 'Cargo Traceability Rollup', achieving full-process data on-chain from factory to delivery, reducing data tampering risk to below 0.01% and improving customs clearance efficiency by 25%;
• Financial Sector: Developed a 'compliance credit Rollup' for a regional bank in Europe, integrating KYC verification and auditing log on-chain modules, meeting EU (MiCA Act) regulatory requirements, managing credit asset scale on-chain to reach $300 million within six months;
• Core Ecological Data: By the third quarter of 2025, Caldera has supported over 60 mainnet Rollups, covering the entire Web3 track and three traditional industry sectors, with total locked value (TVL) surpassing $800 million, serving over 14 million independent wallet addresses, with total cross-chain transaction volume increasing by 280% year-on-year, and ecological influence continuously expanding.
III. Token Empowerment: From 'Single Function' to 'Ecological Hub', $ERA drives long-term development
$ERA abandons the limitations of traditional infrastructure tokens 'only for Gas or staking', becoming the core hub for ecological collaboration through 'dynamic equity adjustment + governance efficiency upgrade'. Its design balances practicality and long-term value, deeply binding ecological growth with community interests.
1. Dynamic Equity System: $ERA value strongly binds with ecological contributions
• Layered Staking Rewards: Dynamically adjusts rewards based on ERA staking amount and ecological contributions (cross-chain verification times, governance participation). For example, staking 100,000 ERA and participating in cross-chain verification over 50 times a month yields an annualized return of 15%; staking 10,000 $ERA with only basic participation yields an annualized return of 9%, encouraging users to engage deeply in the ecology;
• Cross-Chain Transaction Fee Dividend: 40% of the cross-chain transaction fees from Metalayer 2.0 will be distributed as dividends according to the proportion of ERA holdings. Users holding over 10,000 ERA can receive daily dividends, with the average monthly dividend per user reaching 950 $ERA by the third quarter of 2025, a 30% increase from the second quarter, further enhancing the value of token holdings;
• Cross-Chain Margin Function: Introduced the 'ERA Cross-Chain Margin' mechanism. When users initiate large cross-chain transactions (over $10,000), they must pledge 1% of the transaction amount in ERA as collateral, which gets unlocked after the transaction is completed without exceptions, effectively reducing cross-chain fraud risk, with ecological demand for $ERA increasing by 25%.
2. Governance Efficiency Upgrade: From 'Process-Oriented' to 'Agile'
• Emergency Governance Channel: For urgent proposals such as security vulnerability fixes and major risk management, a '24-hour fast voting channel' is opened, becoming effective if support exceeds 65%, shortening the traditional 72-hour voting cycle by 67% and significantly enhancing ecological risk response capabilities;
• Governance Agent Optimization: Launched the 'Professional Governance Node' certification, selecting 50 professional nodes based on technical capability and ecological contribution. Users can delegate their voting rights to professional nodes, solving the problem of 'not understanding technology and being unable to vote', while ensuring the quality of proposal decisions, with a professional node delegation rate reaching 40%;
• Governance Reward Upgrade: Users participating in voting can earn 'Governance Medals'. Accumulating a certain number of medals allows for the redemption of $ERA rewards from the ecological fund (for example, 10 medals can be exchanged for 500 $ERA). By the third quarter of 2025, over 650,000 users participated in governance, with the proposal pass rate increasing from 88% to 92%, significantly optimizing ecological decision-making efficiency.
Summary and Future Predictions
Through three-dimensional innovations in technology breaking, ecological upgrading, and token empowerment, Caldera has become a benchmark project in the RaaS track: Lightweight RaaS development reduces the entry barriers for all scenarios, the real-time cross-chain hub breaks chain silos, and the dynamic governance system ensures ecological vitality. Over 60 Rollups, $800 million TVL, and 14 million users' core data confirm the feasibility of its 'Internet of Chains' vision. Despite facing challenges such as intensified competition in the RaaS track and changing crypto regulatory policies, endorsements from top venture capital (Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital), differentiated technological advantages, and industry-level ecological layouts still give it significant first-mover advantages.
Looking ahead to the next 1-2 years, Caldera is expected to achieve three major breakthroughs: First, deepening technical scenario adaptation by launching 'AI-assisted Rollup customization' functionality, allowing developers to input natural language requests (e.g., 'high-compliance RWA Rollup'), with AI automatically generating deployment plans, reducing development cycles to under one hour; second, expanding the cross-chain ecological capacity, promoting cross-chain interoperability with mainstream L2s like Arbitrum One and Optimism, expanding the coverage of the 'Internet of Chains' by five times, with total cross-chain transaction volume exceeding 30 million transactions per quarter; third, enhancing token value. If a 'cross-chain transaction fee burn' mechanism is introduced (burning 50% of fees), combined with the increased $ERA demand brought by industry-level ecology, the token market value is expected to exceed $3.5 billion, entering the top 50 in cryptocurrency market capitalization.
From breaking technical barriers to empowering industries, Caldera is not only a provider of L2 infrastructure but also a core builder of the Web3 'Internet of Chains'. Its innovative model is driving the infrastructure platform from 'serving Web3' to 'linking industries', and is expected to become a core pillar for the scaling of Web3 and the transformation of traditional industrial chains, opening up new paths for industry development.
