What is Caldera (ERA)?

Deep Dive

1. Purpose and technology

Caldera provides “Rollup as a Service”: tools that make it easier for teams to create and operate custom blockchains, rather than building the infrastructure from scratch. These rollups can process activity separately from Ethereum, helping apps scale while using Ethereum as part of their security model. Caldera

Its Metalayer is intended to help separate rollups communicate and move assets between chains, addressing fragmentation across blockchain networks. CoinTR

2. ERA token

ERA is Caldera’s native ecosystem token. Project descriptions associate it with fees, staking to support network validators, and governance participation. Caldera Foundation CoinTR

The precise role of ERA can depend on how Caldera deploys these functions across its network, so it is useful to distinguish the token from the infrastructure itself: Caldera builds and connects chains; ERA is intended to support activity in that ecosystem.

Conclusion

Caldera is a platform for launching application specific rollups and connecting them, with ERA intended to provide token functions across its ecosystem. How effectively will the Metalayer make activity between those chains work together?