Exploring Caldera: The Interconnected Bridge in the Blockchain World At the end of the day, what has been the biggest pain point in the blockchain industry in recent years? Congestion, high fees, and fragmented cross-chain interactions. Whenever a bull market arrives, the network becomes slow and expensive, making it impossible for ordinary users to participate. The emergence of Rollup solutions has given everyone a glimmer of hope, but the reality is that ecological fragmentation and poor asset mobility continue to plague the entire industry. The arrival of Caldera seems to provide a real possibility for the slogan of "infinite scalability" to take root. Remarkable Achievements Let's start with some hard facts: Caldera already supports 1/4 of Ethereum's active Rollups, with a total of 1 billion transactions and a TVL exceeding 400 million USD. What does this mean? In the Rollup space, such achievements have directly placed it among the top players. Moreover, it is not a project that relies on "big promises" to maintain its presence; the investment lineup behind it makes me exclaim "luxurious". Sequoia Capital, Dragonfly, Founders Fund, and even established players in the Web3 space like Alliance DAO are involved. I am very familiar with the style of these institutions; they never act lightly and certainly do not casually lock up assets for the long term. However, all of Caldera's investors are locked in for a year, which is a rare long-term bet in the primary market. The Impressive Performance of the $ERA Token What excites me even more is this token. On the day of its launch, it went live simultaneously on three major platforms. To be honest, I have seen very few instances of such a high-level simultaneous debut in the industry. This is not only about resource integration capabilities but also about extreme control over compliance, technology, and operations. It is hard to imagine that an infrastructure project could push its native token to such heights. Not to mention, ERA has also opened up a high probability of ecological airdrops and additional incentives for holders. Innovative Breakthroughs of Metalayer What fascinates me most about Caldera is actually its Metalayer. The industry often talks about "interoperability", but very few can achieve "instant cross-chain messaging". Most bridging protocols are still stuck in "homogeneous internal circulation"; for example, OP Stack can only communicate with OP Stack, and Arbitrum Orbit can only interact with Orbit. However, Caldera's Metalayer has already realized cross-group bridging between different Rollups like OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbit, and zkSync Elastic. You can even perform KYC on one chain, and another chain can directly read the certification results without needing to repeat the operation. One KYC, usable everywhere, has become a reality 😄.