Hello everyone, I am tamarind.
Now the L2 battlefield is increasingly like a 'performance show':
Who has higher TPS?
Who has lower Gas?
Who has greater incentives?
Who has narrative updates?
But the true core of Web3 has never been speed, but —
Trustworthiness.
Are you willing to put assets in?
Do you dare to run large-scale protocols on it?
Do you dare to deploy financial-grade logic on it?
Do you dare to promise users 'no issues'?
And Linea is currently one of the few L2s that puts 'trustworthiness' first.
① The first layer of trustworthiness: Technological credibility
Most L2's technical paths are very aggressive:
Rapid upgrades
Quickly switch modules
Quickly iterate verifiers
Quickly launch unverified features
Speed is fast, but the risk is extremely high.
The route of Linea is:
EVM equivalent
ZK proofs are verifiable
Technical evolution is slow
Upgrade rhythm is stable
Do not easily change the underlying logic
'Stability' itself is a kind of credibility.
Ethereum took ten years to achieve credibility,
Linea is replicating this rhythm.
② The second layer of credibility: Governance credibility
Governance credibility includes:
Decision-making public
Checks and balances
Predictable process
The community has a voice
Updates won't come suddenly
Linea's governance is not like many L2s:
Today change this
Tomorrow change that
Change too fast
And the direction is opaque
Linea governance takes small steps but never jumps.
'Governance does not scare users'
This type of chain is the easiest to establish long-term trust.
③ The third layer of credibility: Ecological credibility
You observe the ecology of Linea, you will find:
It does not attract the 'one-night ranking protocol',
But:
Tool-type
Data-type
Infra type
Stable operation service type
Projects that need 24/7
Protocols that require high security
Why?
Because these projects are more afraid of 'instability' than anyone else.
If a chain can't even manage a demo, frequently changes parameters, and has chaotic governance,
Such a protocol simply does not dare to come.
Linea's ecology is becoming more stable as you observe.
④ The fourth layer of credibility: Route credibility
The biggest risk of L2 is route drift:
Today say do DeFi
Tomorrow say do Game
The day after tomorrow say do Social
The day after the day after tomorrow say do AI
Route jump is the source of ecological death.
Linea's route almost remains:
Consistent
Stable
Slow
Not driven by emotions
The more stable the route, the more stable the ecology.
⑤ Credibility is the 'real expansion capability'
Many L2s expand TPS,
Linea expands 'credibility'.
The higher the credibility, the more:
Funding dares to enter
Institutions dare to enter
Developers dare to enter
Big dApps dare to migrate
Long-term protocols dare to take root
Performance is short-term.
Narrative is short-lived.
The ecological windfall is rotating.
Only credibility can sustain an L2's 10-year life line.
Linea chose the hardest path,
But also chose the longest path.
What do you think is the key indicator for future L2 competition? Speed, cost, ecology, governance, credibility?
