Web3 is built on verifiable data; however, the tools for establishing trust and reputation remain fragmented and siloed. While blockchains have been validated as the go-to solution for securing financial assets, they have yet to unlock a native "Web of Trust" where information itself becomes a first-class, programmable asset. This gap prevents the emergence of truly decentralized identity, robust reputation systems, and more intelligent AI applications.
Intuition, an innovative protocol building a token-curated knowledge graph, is creating the answer. To realize their vision of Information Finance, they are launching the Intuition Network, a dedicated appchain built on the Arbitrum Orbit stack, using Caldera’s Rollup Engine.
Intuition is also one of the first protocols to leverage Caldera’s Metatoken protocol, a new protocol for creating omnichain wrapped tokens. This allows their native $TRUST token to achieve universal reach from day one.
Intuition, The Protocol for Verifiable Knowledge
At its core, Intuition is a decentralized knowledge repository. It functions as the first token-curated graph where users can contribute and curate flexibly structured, semantic data. The goal is to give both humans and machines better "intuition" by providing the data they need, from the sources they trust, right at the moment they need it.
The protocol allows any user to make verifiable claims, or "attestations," about anything, from a smart contract’s trustworthiness to a user's reputation. This crowdsourced information bootstraps a decentralized knowledge graph, creating a composable "Web of Trust." This system moves beyond simple data storage; it creates dynamic information markets where users can stake on claims, turning knowledge into a tradable asset.
To solve the "cold start" problem of data collection, Intuition developed the beta Intuition Launchpad, a series of guided experiences, including a Questions App, designed to onboard users by allowing them to share their preferences, opinions, and identity. In return for these contributions, users gain access to personalized AI informed by the Intuition Knowledge Graph, and earn IQ points, which align incentives and reward meaningful participation.
Why a Custom Appchain Was Essential
During its successful beta on Base, a general-purpose L2, the Intuition team proved the demand for its core primitives: a system where users can make verifiable claims about anything, bootstrapping a decentralized knowledge graph. However, to scale this model to become the "data liquidity layer for the internet," the limitations of a shared network became clear.
A protocol designed to handle trillions of attestations and complex information markets could not be built on a general-purpose L2 without compromise. It required:
Deep Protocol Customization: Implementing a new model for "Information Finance" as a native, chain-level feature requires deep control over the execution environment and economic model.
Economic Sovereignty: A custom rollup gives Intuition full control over its fee structure and incentive mechanisms, allowing it to capture value to fund future R&D and ensure long-term sustainability.
An Optimized, Uncongested Environment: To guarantee the performance and reliability needed for its core functions, Intuition required its own dedicated blockspace, free from competition with unrelated DeFi or NFT activity.
Caldera as the Engine for Information Finance
To bring its vision to life, Intuition needed an infrastructure partner that could provide the flexibility of a custom rollup without the immense overhead of building from scratch. Caldera’s platform delivered the ideal solution.
Caldera’s Rollup Engine provided a fully managed, production-ready Arbitrum Orbit rollup. This handled the underlying complexities of running a sequencer, batching transactions, and settling to Base, freeing the Intuition team to focus entirely on developing its groundbreaking protocol for verifiable data.
Introducing Metatoken: A New Standard for Omnichain Tokens
Beyond launching their sovereign chain, Intuition needed a way for their native token, $TRUST, to be accessible across a variety of other networks. They are achieving this as the second-ever project, after Caldera’s own $ERA token, to adopt the Metatoken protocol.
Metatoken is a lock-and-mint bridge protocol that leverages the Metalayer’s secure message passing service to create wrapped, omnichain versions of a token. While the Metalayer's intent-based bridging is the ideal solution for canonical assets like stablecoins and ETH, Metatoken is designed specifically for "long-tail" assets like protocol tokens, memecoins, or custom gas tokens that need to exist everywhere without a native deployment on each chain.
For Intuition, this means their $TRUST token, which is canonical to their appchain, can be seamlessly bridged and used on any other Metalayer-connected chain. This is a critical advantage, offering a nimble and cost-effective way to expand their token's utility across the entire Caldera ecosystem, including Base and BNB Chain.
Key benefits of the Metatoken protocol include:
Cost-Effective Deployment: Caldera rollups receive complimentary Metatoken deployment, avoiding the six-figure integration fees charged by alternative solutions.
Enhanced Security: Token deployers can set custom rate limits to prevent illegitimate bridging and protect their communities.
Seamless User Experience: The protocol supports deterministic addresses, meaning the token has the same contract address on every chain, making it easier for users and developers to verify and integrate.
Building the Future of Sustainable Onchain Economies
Intuition’s launch introduces a new model for onchain economies. By deploying its protocol on a dedicated Caldera rollup while using Metatoken to make its native asset available across many networks, Intuition has established a clear framework where economic rewards are tied directly to meaningful user contributions.
As more projects seek to build novel onchain systems, the need for specialized and interoperable infrastructure will only grow. Caldera provides the foundational platform for these protocols, from launching a sovereign chain with our Rollup Engine to achieving omnichain presence with the Metalayer and Metatoken protocols.
To launch your own dedicated rollup and join the Internet of Chains, visit our deployment page and explore what’s possible with Caldera.
About Caldera
Caldera is powering the next internet. Its architecture consists of two core components: the Rollup Engine and the Metalayer. The Rollup Engine is a modular operating system used to launch high-performance, custom chains on leading chains and frameworks like Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and ZKsync. The Metalayer then automatically connects every chain into one network. Through this interoperability protocol, all chains access shared liquidity and secure, intent-based bridging that transforms fragmented networks into a unified Internet of Chains. And now with the launch of the Caldera Bridge Preview this expands the product suite and market size that Caldera is tackling.
