Whenever it comes to 'data availability', many teams subconsciously only recognize Ethereum. I tend to be conservative as well, but after working in operations for a long time, I've found that the requirements for DA vary greatly in different scenarios. Caldera's advantage lies in making mainstream options like Ethereum DA, Celestia, EigenDA, etc., into selectable components, allowing a chain to shift from an expensive and stable option to a cost-effective solution, and then adjust as the business evolves. Official and various resources emphasize this modular combination, and I have personally seen teams quickly iterate using cheaper DA during the development phase, then switch back to a more conservative combination just before the main launch.
A more realistic change is that in August 2025, the official announcement stated that EigenDA V2 can be integrated with one click in the Caldera console, and new rollups can be enabled by selection. I shared this news with my technical colleagues, and the feedback was straightforward: it eliminated a lot of manual wiring and pitfalls, and with the bandwidth support from large companies like AVS, we are more willing to scale during peak activity times. For operations, this means the budget is more controllable and the throttling strategy is more flexible.
Security is not everything for DA, but it must never be lacking. Caldera integrated Hypernative's real-time threat monitoring early on, providing anomaly identification and response for the transaction layer of such dedicated chains. In the past, I feared being tripped up by low-probability events in contracts during activities, with no alerts from the chain, causing the community to blow up first. Making this kind of monitoring a default feature of the platform is a real peace of mind for project teams.
The choice of DA also influences gas and fee strategies. Caldera supports multiple gas assets and customizable fee curves, which are crucial for strong experience scenarios like gaming and social applications. You can design the payment currency on the user side to be more friendly, and then conduct internal settlement through the platform's abstraction layer. Many community technical interpretations have pointed out the combination advantages of 'multiple gas, selectable DA, precompiled extensibility, and high concurrency'. I have experienced this myself and it indeed allows 'technology stack choice' to remain with the business rather than the architecture.
My criteria are quite simple: choose DA not for a one-time solution, but for smooth migration and flexibility as needed. The more thoroughly Caldera implements 'switchable' and 'one-click integration', the more I dare to run the main business on it.
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