Caldera: Making building and using blockchain as simple as 'playing with building blocks'

Recently, there is a project in the blockchain circle called @Caldera Official that is quite popular. In simple terms, it aims to solve a headache: there are more and more various blockchains (especially Layer 2 solutions for scaling), but they are like 'islands' that are difficult to connect, and building a new chain is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly.

Caldera has created a 'one-click chain building' platform. Developers do not have to start from scratch with the underlying technology; they can quickly deploy their own customized blockchain (based on popular technologies like Arbitrum or OP Stack) with just a few clicks. Want to use a specific virtual machine? You choose! Want to save on storage costs? You can pick! Even the 'gas fees' for this chain can be paid with whichever token you prefer. It is said that this can reduce the time and cost of building a chain to a fraction of the original, and transaction fees are cheap enough to be almost negligible (around $0.001 per transaction).

What’s even more thoughtful is that Caldera has created something called Metalayer, specifically to solve the 'island' problem. It allows users to swiftly transfer assets between different Caldera chains in just seconds, without relying on less secure external bridges. This weaves many chains together (like the game chain ApeChain) into a network, making things much more convenient.

It also has its own token called ERA. Users can use it to pay for all transaction fees on Caldera chains (without needing to swap back and forth), and holders can participate in voting to determine the future direction of the project or stake it to earn some returns.

In short, Caldera's goal is to make building and using blockchain super simple, flexible, and interconnected. It has seized the current trend of 'modular' blockchains, attracting many developers and funds, and has performed quite brilliantly after its launch. Many believe that its approach to lowering the threshold is beneficial for the popularization and development of the blockchain ecosystem.