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Layer 2

Linea

ConsenSys's zkEVM, wired tightly into MetaMask and Infura.

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By the Orca Crypto teamUpdated 2026-09-28How we check this5 min readReference
The short answer

ConsenSys's zkEVM, wired tightly into MetaMask and Infura. Linea comes from the company behind MetaMask. If you already use MetaMask, adding Linea is close to frictionless.

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What Linea is for

Linea comes from the company behind MetaMask. If you already use MetaMask, adding Linea is close to frictionless.

Because Linea settles to Ethereum, your funds ultimately depend on Ethereum security plus the correctness of the rollup itself. That is a genuinely strong position, and it is not identical to holding on the base chain.

Technical summary

PropertyValue
LayerLayer 2
Launched2023
TypeZK rollup
Settles toEthereum
Built withLinea zkEVM

Block explorers

An explorer lets you verify any transaction, address or contract on this network yourself. Learning to read one is the fastest way to stop taking anyone's word for anything.

How to read a block explorer

Wallets that support it

Getting funds onto Linea

The official bridge is the safest route. Third party bridges are faster and add their own risk, which has historically been the largest source of losses in crypto.

What to be aware of

  • Most layer 2s currently run a single sequencer operated by one company, which can in principle reorder or delay transactions.
  • Upgrade keys are often held by a small multisig, meaning the rules can change.
  • Withdrawing through an official optimistic rollup bridge takes about seven days by design.
  • Crypto assets are volatile. Drawdowns of seventy percent or more have happened on every network in this list, including the largest.
  • Sending to an address on the wrong network can lose funds permanently. Always send a small test amount first.

Nothing on this page is investment advice. We describe how networks work, not whether you should buy anything.

Other networks at this layer

Same job, different tradeoffs. Each of these has its own page covering what it is actually for, who runs it and where it struggles.

Common questions

Who built Linea?
ConsenSys, the company behind MetaMask and Infura. That is why it is unusually well integrated with MetaMask, and it also means a single well resourced company is behind the network.
Is Linea a real ZK rollup?
Yes, a zkEVM that generates validity proofs for its blocks. Like every rollup running today it still has a centralized sequencer, which is the part being worked on across the whole category.

Where to go next

New to Linea?

We can get you set up with the right wallet, funded, and through a first transaction on this network in about an hour, on a screen share.

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