Linea, the rollup incubated by Consensys, is set to burn ETH with every transaction. A global first. And this is just the beginning: native staking, massive token distribution, a new consortium… The October 2025 roadmap marks a strategic turning point in the L2 war.
Burning ETH with every transaction: a revolution in L2
This is a bold, symbolic, and economic move. Linea will be the first rollup to burn ETH directly at the protocol level. Specifically, 20% of transaction fees will be used to destroy ethers, mechanically reducing its supply in the market.
This mechanism creates a unique economic alignment between an L2 and Ethereum, while providing a clear response to those who criticized “extractive L2s” for failing to strengthen the base layer.
The remaining fees (80%) will be used to burn LINEA tokens, which will be in limited supply. The result: two deflationary pressures integrated into the core economic model, both on ETH and the native token.
Native ETH staking finally for rollup users
Another expected innovation from October onwards: a mechanism for native staking on bridged ETH. Users will be able to generate returns directly from Ethereum, while remaining exposed to the Linea ecosystem.
This model could reshape the landscape for DeFi liquidity providers, offering a stable, secure, and interoperable yield layer. A boon for protocols seeking long-term capital.
85% of tokens for the ecosystem, not for VCs
In a bid to stand out from the opaque practices of many projects, Linea announces a transparent and community-driven allocation of its tokens:
- 75% to support developers, LPs, open-source projects, and public goods,
- 10% for early Linea users,
- 15% for Consensys… but locked up for 5 years.
A new ecosystem consortium will steer strategic decisions. It will include heavyweights like Eigen Labs, ENS Labs, SharpLink, Status, and Consensys. The goal: to create open, sustainable governance aligned with Ethereum’s values.
A timely offensive
As the Ethereum ecosystem garners institutional attention, Linea aims to establish itself as the most ideologically and economically aligned layer 2 with the main network. This is evident in the words chosen by Joseph Lubin, CEO of Consensys and co-founder of Ethereum:
Linea is the only L2 fully compatible with Ethereum, and we wanted its economy to be too.
The network, already boasting $159 million in TVL according to DefiLlama, seeks to attract serious capital from the next generation of decentralized finance.
With ETH becoming scarcer with each transaction, an attractive native staking model, and a tokenomics radically pro-community, Linea is stepping up its game. Next step: the official token launch, imminent according to Consensys.
