In the summer of 2025, I was still mocking my friends for buying altcoins until @Caldera Official @Caldera Official suddenly went viral on Crypto Twitter — developers were praising its modular data layer for "crushing traditional infrastructure." FOMO hit hard, and despite cursing the "exit liquidity" with my mouth, I still gambled half a month's salary at three in the morning.

After buying, #Caldera #Caldera was immediately cut in half, and while staring at the candlestick chart, I remembered my ex-girlfriend's words: "You don’t even know how to set a stop loss!" Just as the community was filled with criticism, Caldera suddenly announced a collaboration with a top L2 — the coin price shot up 120% in seconds. I nervously took a screenshot and tweeted it out, and #OnChainMagicalRealism surprisingly trended.

I hope that a year later, I will be wearing an "I ❤️ Caldera" T-shirt at a conference in Dubai. The initial FOMO has long turned into faith: its data indexing speed leaves competitors in the dust. Even more astonishing, my holding story was turned into a meme by KOLs, and the comments section was full of @mentions from others: "Bro, can I still hop on now?" #ERA #ERA Odyssey, holding on is what makes you a winner!