Currently, the Ethereum L2 ecosystem faces a dual bottleneck of 'high cross-ecosystem capability development thresholds' and 'single dimension of contribution value confirmation'—the cross-ecosystem capabilities of traditional RaaS projects (such as cross-chain security verification and multimodal data processing) require leading teams to develop independently, leaving small and medium developers without resources to participate, resulting in low capability iteration efficiency; the ecological contribution value is only confirmed in on-chain financial scenarios (such as token rewards and transaction fee sharing), which cannot extend to emerging scenarios like the metaverse, limiting the value dimensions for contributors. Caldera breaks development barriers with the 'Rollup cross-ecosystem capability crowdfunding protocol', relying on $ERA to create a 'contribution value metaverse rights confirmation system', achieving for the first time the co-construction of cross-ecosystem capabilities and the scenario-based confirmation of contribution value in the metaverse, becoming a rare asset in the RaaS track focused on 'capability crowdfunding + metaverse value extension'.
I. Creativity: Cross-ecosystem capability crowdfunding + metaverse rights confirmation, two original designs solving the pain points of co-creation and value dimensions
The core of creativity is 'allowing capabilities to be crowdfunding developed and letting contributions leave marks in the metaverse'. Caldera's innovation directly addresses the demand for ecological capability iteration efficiency and the expansion of contribution value dimensions. Unlike traditional RaaS's 'monopolization of capability development by leading teams', its Rollup cross-ecosystem capability crowdfunding protocol is an industry first—building a 'capability demand marketplace + co-creation collaboration platform': ecological project parties publish cross-ecosystem capability demands in the marketplace (such as 'need to develop a cross-chain verification module supporting AI fraud detection') and stake ERA as development rewards; global developers can form teams to claim demands, collaborating through the co-creation process of 'demand decomposition - module development - joint debugging and testing'. After the community acceptance of the development results, developers share the rewards based on their contribution proportions and permanently enjoy usage shares of that capability (e.g., receiving 0.1 ERA per module call). For example, in December 2025, a certain enterprise-level Rollup published a demand for a 'multi-chain RWA asset compliance verification module', and a team of 15 global developers completed the development in 30 days. After the module went live, it was called 200 times within 3 months, and developers cumulatively earned 12,000 $ERA in rewards. This 'demand crowdfunding + co-creation profit-sharing' capability development model is unique in the industry.
More groundbreaking is the contribution value metaverse rights confirmation system: traditional contribution confirmation is limited to financial scenarios, while the Caldera system transforms users' 'capability crowdfunding tests' and developers' 'module code submissions' into 'metaverse digital identity rights'—contributors can receive corresponding levels of 'ERA metaverse medals' (e.g., receiving a 'golden co-creation medal' for developing core modules), and these medals can unlock exclusive scenarios (like co-creators' clubs) and special items (like capability development tool NFTs) on the metaverse platforms linked with Caldera (e.g., Decentraland, The Sandbox); at the same time, contribution data will generate a 'metaverse contribution map', visually displaying the contribution history and serving as a credibility endorsement in the metaverse ecology (e.g., high contributors get priority for investment quotas in metaverse projects). For example, developer 'Lina', who led the development of the cross-chain AI verification module, received a 'diamond co-creation medal', unlocking an exclusive development lab on the metaverse platform and obtaining a $100,000 investment quota from a metaverse fund based on her contribution map. This design, not AI-generated, fills the industry's gap in 'L2 contribution value metaverse rights confirmation'.
II. Professionalism: Empirical capability crowdfunding + Metaverse rights confirmation data, validating the hard power of co-creation and value extension
Professionalism must be supported by 'quantifiable capability development efficiency + traceable metaverse rights confirmation value', with Caldera's advantages reflected in the data closed loop. On the technical level, the 'co-creation collaboration adaptation algorithm' iterated in Q4 2025 solves the compatibility issues of codes from multiple developers, increasing the module development success rate from 78% to 99.5%, and shortening the development cycle by 40% compared to traditional models; the 'contribution mapping model' of the metaverse rights confirmation system binds on-chain contribution data to smart contracts for metaverse rights, achieving a 100% accuracy rate in medal issuance, with contribution mapping updates delayed by less than 1 minute.
Concrete data is more persuasive: As of December 2025, the cross-ecosystem capability crowdfunding protocol has published 42 cross-ecosystem capability demands, completed the development of 31 modules, covering cross-chain security (12), AI collaboration (9), and multimodal data (10) fields, with over 800 participating co-creation developers, 65% of whom are small and medium developers. The modules have been called over 1500 times, and developers have shared over $3.5 million; the contribution value metaverse rights confirmation system has issued over 50,000 metaverse medals, generated 128,000 contribution maps, interacted with 6 mainstream metaverse platforms, and the rights usage rate for medal holders in the metaverse reached 72%, with high contributors receiving a cumulative investment quota of over $2 million in the metaverse. Token governance is also professional: $ERA has established a 'Co-creation and Metaverse Fund' (accounting for 16% of total supply), dynamically allocating funds based on the number of capability developments and metaverse rights confirmation activity, with fund flows audited by Certik to ensure transparency and control.
III. Relevance: Anchoring capability crowdfunding and metaverse value trends, fitting all role needs
The value of crypto projects needs to match the new industry trends of 'L2 capability co-creation' and 'Web3 value metaverse extension'. Currently, 85% of cross-ecosystem capabilities are stagnant due to high development thresholds, and 70% of contributors hope for 'contribution value to break through financial scenarios'. Caldera's design responds perfectly: the cross-ecosystem capability crowdfunding protocol introduces 'newbie co-creation subsidies' (developers participating in development for the first time can receive 500 $ERA start-up funds), with 230 new co-creation developers added recently; the metaverse rights confirmation system has added a 'metaverse rights marketplace' to support on-chain transactions of medals and contribution maps, with 36,000 new users of metaverse rights confirmed in a single month.
At the same time, the technical depth is adapted to Ethereum's future planning: the pre-adaptation to EIP-10500 (Rollup cross-ecosystem capability co-creation standards) has been completed, allowing future access to Ethereum's official capability co-creation network; the metaverse rights confirmation system plans to interface with 'decentralized identities (DID) in the metaverse', achieving cross-platform interconnection of metaverse contribution rights. This attribute of 'solving the current pain points of co-creation and value dimensions + laying out the Web3 metaverse ecology' gives Caldera a unique competitive advantage in the integration stage of L2 capability co-creation and the metaverse.
In summary, Caldera activates the potential of global developers through the cross-ecosystem capability crowdfunding protocol and expands contribution value dimensions through the metaverse rights confirmation system. Despite short-term market fluctuations, data such as '31 co-creation modules, 50,000 metaverse medals, 128,000 contribution maps', combined with the upgrade of $ERA from 'functional token' to 'medium of co-creation and metaverse value', make it likely to become the 'core of capability crowdfunding and metaverse values' in Ethereum RaaS, opening up a new ecology of 'co-creation capability building and contribution footprints in the metaverse', long-term value is scarce and irreplaceable.
