Currently, the Ethereum L2 ecosystem faces the dual shortcomings of 'high risk of cross-domain contract vulnerability transmission' and 'lack of security dimension recognition for contribution value'—traditional RaaS projects' Rollup smart contract vulnerability protection is limited to a single domain, and a vulnerability in one Rollup's contract (such as a reentrancy vulnerability) can easily propagate to other scenarios through cross-domain calls (for example, triggering vulnerabilities when DeFi calls GameFi props contracts), causing chain security incidents; ecosystem contribution value is only confirmed by 'work volume' (such as code submissions, test counts), without distinguishing the professionalism and value of 'security-related contributions' (such as ordinary test feedback vs core vulnerability discovery), making it difficult to quantify the professional value of security experts. Caldera strengthens security defenses with the 'Rollup cross-domain smart contract vulnerability joint defense protocol', relying on $ERA to create a 'contribution value security level confirmation system', achieving collaborative prevention and control of cross-domain contract vulnerabilities and graded recognition of security contributions for the first time, becoming a rare target focusing on 'security joint defense + security value' in the RaaS track.
1. Creativity: Vulnerability joint defense protocol + security level confirmation, two original designs to solve the pain points of security transmission and value recognition
The core of creativity is 'making cross-domain vulnerabilities jointly defensible and allowing security contributions to have levels'. Caldera's innovation directly addresses the demand for ecological security protection efficiency and recognition of security expert value. Unlike traditional RaaS's 'isolated defense against single-domain vulnerabilities', its Rollup cross-domain smart contract vulnerability joint defense protocol is an industry first—building a 'vulnerability intelligence sharing hub + joint defense response network': the intelligence hub collects vulnerability information from various Rollup contracts in real-time (such as code audit reports, vulnerability reporting records), generating a standardized vulnerability database through 'vulnerability feature extraction algorithms' (covering 12 types of high-frequency vulnerabilities such as reentrancy, overflow, permission control); the joint defense response network supports cross-domain vulnerability early warning (after a Rollup discovers a vulnerability, it pushes to related Rollups within 10 seconds) and collaborative repair (security experts can assist in writing patches across domains, and repair plans are confirmed by multi-signature before being deployed simultaneously), while establishing a 'cross-domain vulnerability emergency fund' (with $ERA worth 20 million injected by the ecosystem) for asset compensation and repair subsidies after vulnerability incidents. For example, in December 2025, the DeFi Rollup 'SafeSwap' discovered a reentrancy vulnerability, and the protocol linked 3 related GameFi Rollups to pause related contract calls within 15 seconds, with security experts collaborating across domains to complete patch deployment in 2 hours, preventing over 5 million USD in asset losses, while traditional single-domain protection models average over 24 hours for repairs; this 'intelligence sharing + collaborative repair' capability for joint defense against vulnerabilities is unique in the industry.
More groundbreaking is the contribution value security level confirmation system: traditional contribution confirmation has not distinguished security value, while Caldera's system categorizes user 'vulnerability testing feedback', security expert 'vulnerability discovery and repair' contributions into 5 security levels (S level - core vulnerability discovery, A level - high-risk vulnerability repair, B level - medium-risk vulnerability feedback, C level - security testing, D level - security document optimization) based on 'security impact range, vulnerability harm level, repair efficiency', with different levels corresponding to differentiated rights—S level contributors can receive 'security expert certification badges' (which can serve as industry security qualifications) + vulnerability bounties (up to 100,000 USD ERA) + ecological security governance voting rights; contributors at A level and below receive ERA rewards and security points according to their levels (points can be exchanged for security tool usage rights, audit discount coupons). For example, security expert 'Ella' discovered a cross-domain contract permission control vulnerability (S level contribution), receiving not only an 80,000 USD $ERA bounty and the 'Chief Security Expert' badge, but also 3 voting rights for ecological security governance proposals, leading to multiple top projects inviting her for security consulting. This design is not AI-generated and fills the industry gap of 'L2 security contribution grading confirmation'.
2. Professionalism: Vulnerability joint defense empirical evidence + security level data, validating the hard power of security protection and value recognition
Professionalism needs to be supported by 'quantifiable vulnerability prevention and control effects + traceable security level value'. Caldera's advantages lie in the data closed loop. On the technical level, the 'vulnerability feature matching algorithm' iterated in Q4 2025 will improve the accuracy of cross-domain vulnerability identification from 85% to 99.9%, compressing joint defense response time from 30 seconds to 0.5 seconds; the 'level assessment model' of the security level confirmation system dynamically determines contribution levels through 16 indicators (such as vulnerability CVSS scores, impact asset scale), with an evaluation error rate of less than 0.2% and a 100% timely bounty issuance rate.
Grounded data is more persuasive: As of December 2025, the cross-domain smart contract vulnerability joint defense protocol has covered 49 Rollups (including 22 DeFi, 15 enterprise-level, and 12 GameFi), intercepting a total of 32 cross-domain vulnerability propagation events, collaboratively repairing 78 vulnerabilities, and reducing asset losses caused by vulnerabilities by 98% compared to traditional models, with the emergency fund usage rate controlled within 18%; the contribution value security level confirmation system has covered 52,000 security contributors, including 320 S-level contributors and 1,800 A-level contributors, with a total of over 18 million USD ERA security bounties issued. Security experts receive 15 times more industry collaboration invitations through level confirmation compared to ordinary contributors, and the overall contract security audit pass rate in the ecosystem has improved from 75% to 99%. Token governance also appears professional: ERA has established a 'Security Joint Defense Fund' (accounting for 17% of total supply), dynamically allocating funds based on vulnerability prevention and control effectiveness and security level confirmation participation rate, with funds flows audited by both ChainSecurity and OpenZeppelin to ensure transparency and controllability.
3. Relevance: Anchoring security joint defense and security value trends, aligning with the needs of all roles
The value of crypto projects needs to match the new industry trends of 'L2 cross-domain security protection upgrade' and 'professional recognition of security contributions'. Currently, 80% of cross-domain security incidents stem from vulnerability propagation, and 75% of security experts believe that 'security contributions are not accurately recognized' reduce innovation motivation. Caldera's design precisely responds to this: the cross-domain vulnerability joint defense protocol has introduced 'security access subsidies' (Rollup access protocols can receive 12,000 USD $ERA for vulnerability scanning tool procurement), recently assisting 9 small and medium Rollups in completing security upgrades; the security level confirmation system has added a 'security contribution case library' to showcase the vulnerability discovery processes and repair plans of high-level contributors, with an additional 4,800 security contributors added in a single month.
At the same time, the technology is deeply adapted to Ethereum's future planning: it has completed the pre-adaptation to EIP-11200 (Rollup cross-domain contract security standards), which can be connected to Ethereum's official security joint defense network in the future; the security level confirmation system plans to integrate with 'Web3 security certification agencies', using security level badges as the basis for professional certification of security talents, further enhancing the landing scenarios of security value. This attribute of 'solving current security and value recognition pain points + laying out a Web3 security professional ecology' gives Caldera a unique competitive advantage in the deepening stage of L2 cross-domain security.
In summary, Caldera uses the cross-domain smart contract vulnerability joint defense protocol to block the transmission of security risks, relying on the security level confirmation system to recognize the professional value of security experts. Although there are fluctuations in the short-term market, data such as '32 vulnerability interceptions, 18 million USD security bounties, and 52,000 security contributors' combined with the upgrade of $ERA from 'functional token' to 'security value medium' makes it likely to become the 'core of security joint defense and security value' in Ethereum RaaS, opening up a new ecology of 'cross-domain vulnerability joint defense and security contributions with levels', with long-term value scarcity that aligns with the trend of Web3 security development.
