Linea (LINEA)

Tokenomics & Utility

Supply and allocation

LINEA launched with a total supply of 72,009,990,000 tokens. Its published allocation assigns 85% to the ecosystem and 15% to the Consensys treasury. Within the ecosystem share, 9% was set aside for early users, 1% for strategic builders, and 75% for the Ecosystem Fund. The Consensys treasury allocation has a five-year lockup. The project’s token plan assigns no separate token allocation to employees or outside investors. (linea.build)

The Ecosystem Fund supports activities such as builder grants, liquidity programs, shared infrastructure, open-source tools, and Ethereum research. Its plan combines earlier ecosystem support with distributions spread across roughly ten years. One example of how tokens can be used is Linea Ignition, a program that offered LINEA rewards to encourage liquidity in decentralized finance applications. (linea.build)

Fees, burns, and decision-making

Linea’s fee design links network activity to both ETH and LINEA. After costs paid to Ethereum’s main network are accounted for, the protocol burns 20% of net transaction fees in ETH. It uses the remaining 80% of net fees to buy and burn LINEA. Burning removes tokens from circulation. This mechanism concerns the fees left after Layer 1 costs, rather than the full fee paid for every transaction. (linea.build)

Holding LINEA does not currently give an on-chain vote over protocol decisions. The Consortium oversees choices about ecosystem-fund programs, including grants and incentives. For a beginner, the token’s clearest uses are therefore tied to ecosystem participation and funding, while ETH remains the asset needed to pay for transactions. (linea.build)