#Gate广场征文活动第二期

Caldera: The Future of Ethereum Rollups Begins Here ????

🔹Web3 is changing rapidly, and Caldera is at the forefront by addressing one of Ethereum's greatest pain points: fragmentation.

Ethereum's rollups have assisted in scaling, yet they've also built silos—every rollup operates like its own mini city-state with minimal interaction, slow bridges, and isolated user bases. That's where Caldera steps in—with a revolutionary breakthrough called the Metalayer.

🔹What is the Metalayer?

Imagine the Metalayer as a highway system that brings together Ethereum rollups. It interconnects various Layer 2s and Layer 3s—such as Optimism, Arbitrum, zkSync, and so on—so they can communicate, exchange, and thrive as one.
The Metalayer is not only about chain interconnects. It's an end-to-end platform developed for developers, by developers. It provides:

✉️ Message Passing & Relays – Pass data and assets between chains, seamlessly.

⚡ Fast Finality & Preconfirmations – For almost instant transactions and better user experience.

🔹Guardian Nodes – Additional security with community-validated verification.

🔹 Native Yield Mechanisms – Support for novel economic models integrated directly into the system.

🔹 Powered by $ERA Token

Behind this system lies $ERA, Caldera's native utility + governance token. It serves as:
A one-token gas token for cross-chain operations.

A staking instrument to lock up the network.

A governance vote on protocol upgrades, funding allocations, and council elections.

🔹Tokenomics Snapshot:

Market Cap: ~$184M

Total Supply: 1B ERA

Circulating Supply: 148.5M

Airdrop: 7% (already occurring)

Foundation: 35.94%, R&D: 10.23%, Core Team: 14.75%, Investors: 32.07%

🔹Actual Adoption Is Already Underway With 60+ rollups already deployed on Caldera, 1.8M+ wallets, and more than $550M total value locked, Caldera is no pipe dream—it's a rapidly expanding ecosystem. Major chains such as ApeChain, Manta Pacific, and Zero Network are already signed up.

🔹 If you're a dev, an investor, or simply a curious crypto adventurer, Caldera's Metalayer is charting the course to a genuinely unified Ethereum.

🔹Market Cap comparison view with $BTC

🔹Listing on CEX top exchanges view.

🔹Statistics of Caldera.

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