Everyone knows Ethereum is too expensive and too slow.
Linea is like a 'turbocharger' for Ethereum. You don't need to change wallets, addresses, or learn new ways.
Transferring assets to Linea feels like taking a high-speed train: was it really 15 dollars to swap on Uniswap? Now it's done for 0.05 dollars.
Did you used to wait 15 seconds for confirmation? Now it arrives in 1-2 seconds.
So a bunch of DApps were too expensive to play with due to high Gas fees? Now you can play freely.
It's not a 'new public chain', but an official high-speed auxiliary route for Ethereum.
The technical name is zkEVM Type-1 (a zero-knowledge Rollup that is 100% compatible with Ethereum). In the simplest terms:
Linea gives you back the 'smooth Ethereum' feeling from 2020. 2. Why must you know about Linea today in 2025? Because the Ethereum mainnet has completely become 'aristocratic': A simple transfer of 5-20 USD is very normal.
Popular NFT mints directly cost hundreds of dollars in Gas.
New users are directly scared away by the transaction fees.
The current real data of Linea (November 2025): Average Gas fee: 0.01-0.1 USD.
TPS: Actually has been stable at 80-120 for years (the mainnet is only 15-30).
TVL: Surpassing 2.8 billion USD (nearly 5 times in half a year).
Daily active addresses: 300,000-500,000 year-round.
More importantly, a wave of top native Ethereum projects have already made Linea their main battlefield: Uniswap V3, Aave, Curve, Lido, Pendle, ZeroLend, LayerZero full-chain version, ENS...
Almost everyone you know has come. 3. How does Linea achieve speed and cost-effectiveness? (A novice can understand in 3 minutes) To put it in real-life terms: Ethereum mainnet = within Beijing's fifth ring.
All cars are squeezed on the ground roads, completely blocked during peak hours, and the tolls are still exorbitantly expensive. Linea = A super elevated bridge has been built above the fifth ring. All cars first rush to the elevated bridge (Linea handles the transactions).
Every few minutes, the elevated bridge management takes out a 'encrypted receipt' (zero-knowledge proof).
Hand it over to the fifth ring traffic police (Ethereum mainnet) for a stamp: 'No speeding, no running red lights'.
The traffic police just take a glance at the receipt and let you pass, no need to check each car.
So: You speed on the elevated bridge → Extremely fast.
The traffic police only verify one receipt → Extremely cheap.
Ultimately, safety is still guaranteed by Beijing traffic police → As safe as the mainnet.
This is the entire magic of zk-Rollup. 4. LINEA Token: Finally, someone has made the economic model clear. 4.1 First, the most important thing (99% of people get it wrong). When playing with everything on Linea, the Gas fee is still ETH!
Not the LINEA token! This point is crucial.
Many L2s force you to use their local tokens to pay Gas, causing users to switch tokens everywhere, leading to a poor experience.
Linea says directly: We don't play tricks, we let you use ETH honestly. 4.2 What is the LINEA token used for? Simply put in four words: ecological dividend. The official logic is: Linea Network collects 1 USD in ETH Gas fees.
Take a portion of it (currently 50%-70%) to repurchase LINEA on the open market.
Repurchased LINEA is directly destroyed.
To translate: The more you use the Linea network, the less total supply of LINEA tokens.
Usage = Destruction = Price Support
This is the real mechanism to 'return value to users' in practice. 4.3 Token data (as of 2025.11.20) Total supply: 72 billion.
Total destroyed: Approximately 5.8 billion (8%+)
Current circulating market cap: Approximately 1.2 billion USD.
FDV (Fully Diluted Valuation): Approximately 1.5 billion USD
Compared to some L2s with valuations in the billions of FDV, Linea's valuation is ridiculously low.
Many people say: This thing is severely underestimated. 5. What fun things are there in the current Linea ecosystem? By 2025, Linea is no longer the early 'airdrop testnet'.
But rather a truly 'daily usable' mature L2.
And because Gas is cheap, many 'luxury plays' that can't be afforded on the mainnet can be casually played on Linea: 100 transactions in 24 hours cost only 1 USD.
Opening 50 perpetual contracts daily costs only a few dimes.
Splitting 1,000 USD into 100 wallets to run tasks is effortless.
This is the real 'Ethereum Renaissance'. 6. Linea's Decentralization Process (Latest Progress in 2025). Many people criticize Linea for being 'centralized', but in fact, the official roadmap is being executed very solidly: Q4 2024: Multi Sequencer launched (completed).
2025 Q1-Q2: Prover Decentralization (Community node applications now open)
2025 Q4 target: Permissionless sequencer + fully decentralized proof network.
Now the Sequencer has changed from 1 to 5 (including third-party nodes).
The failover time has been reduced from 30 minutes to <3 minutes. The degree of decentralization has surpassed most L2s that just 'shout slogans'. 7. In conclusion: Why am I increasingly optimistic about Linea? Because it has done the 'least cool but most correct' thing: it has not tried to subvert Ethereum but has chosen to be Ethereum's most loyal partner. While all L2s are shouting 'we will surpass Ethereum' today,
Linea quietly says: 'We don't steal Ethereum's thunder.
We just want Ethereum to go back to being that Ethereum that everyone can afford. This is true gentleness and also the hardest core competitive barrier. While other L2s are still promoting their own local tokens,
Linea has taken the Ethereum experience to the extreme. The future Ethereum ecosystem,
It may not be the largest L2.
And which L2 makes users feel the least presence. Linea is quietly rushing towards this direction. If you are still struggling on the mainnet with Gas fees of dozens of dollars,
Really, come try Linea. You will find that Ethereum can indeed be this smooth.
Welcome to the 'new Ethereum' of 2025.
