Caldera is a Rollup-as-a-Service (RaaS) platform enabling developers to spin up app-specific rollup chains (e.g. for DeFi, NFTs, gaming) quickly and securely. These rollups are automatically connected via Caldera’s Metalayer, a trust minimized interoperability fabric that supports intent based bridging, fast settlement, shared liquidity, and decentralized validation through guardian nodes. This architecture unifies disparate rollups into a cohesive network, tackling fragmentation across Ethereum's Layer 2 ecosystem.
The ERA token is Caldera’s native utility and governance asset with a fixed total supply of 1 billion tokens. It functions as the universal gas currency for all Caldera-powered rollups, enables stake based network validation (e.g. for cross-rollup message security), and supports decentralized governance (voting on protocol upgrades, ecosystem funding, council elections) via the Caldera DAO. Token distribution includes a 7 % community retroactive airdrop, with remaining tokens allocated to investors, treasury, team, R&D, and ecosystem incentives under long term vesting schedules