# Protocol Design **URL:** https://community.linea.build/c/protocol-design/9.md [Latest](https://community.linea.build/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.linea.build/categories.md) --- ## [Linea performances & scalability](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-performances-scalability/7646)
**Author:** [@liochon](https://community.linea.build/u/liochon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-performances-scalability/7646 "2024-08-15T18:38:54Z")
Capacity at peak is very important, as we don’t want the transaction price to increase when activity spikes: we always want actual usage to be below max capacity. Today, Linea supports 12 million gas per second (vs. Eth… --- ## [Open source as a key element of Linea’s strategy](https://community.linea.build/t/open-source-as-a-key-element-of-linea-s-strategy/7690)
**Author:** [@liochon](https://community.linea.build/u/liochon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/open-source-as-a-key-element-of-linea-s-strategy/7690 "2025-01-31T19:40:59Z")
Open source is a key element of Linea’s strategy. There are multiple reasons for open sourcing. We want to allow everyone to verify that the code does what it’s supposed to do and to identify any potential security issue… --- ## [Linea Product Roadmap](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-product-roadmap/9385)
**Author:** [@dfox](https://community.linea.build/u/dfox)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-product-roadmap/9385 "2025-07-08T16:16:09Z")
As part of our overarching mission to empower the world to live onchain, Linea is committed to building a decentralized, open-source solution that fosters collaboration across the broader ecosystem—including contributors… --- ## [About the Protocol Design category](https://community.linea.build/t/about-the-protocol-design-category/7612)
**Author:** [@nakedwinnie](https://community.linea.build/u/nakedwinnie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/about-the-protocol-design-category/7612 "2024-07-22T19:47:09Z")
Discussions on the design of the Linea protocol and its components --- ## [Linea Native Yield](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-native-yield/10588)
**Author:** [@goinfrex](https://community.linea.build/u/goinfrex)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-native-yield/10588 "2026-02-26T15:28:19Z")
Thanks to Grant Southey, Jeff Tang, Kingsley Okonkwo as well as Status and Lido teams for their inputs and review This post outlines the high-level design, rationale, and risk model for Linea’s Native Yield feature. Nat… --- ## [A Cultural and Technical Solution for Stability in Web3: Lockdrop + LUSDT2](https://community.linea.build/t/a-cultural-and-technical-solution-for-stability-in-web3-lockdrop-lusdt2/10744)
**Author:** [@celil](https://community.linea.build/u/celil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/a-cultural-and-technical-solution-for-stability-in-web3-lockdrop-lusdt2/10744 "2025-09-20T09:05:26Z")
A Cultural and Technical Solution for Stability in Web3: Lockdrop + LUSDT2 (I previously shared some technical and strategic posts about Lockdrop and LUSDT2. This time, I’ve combined them to present a text that frames t… --- ## [Lock Your Linea Tokens to Strengthen Both Linea and MetaMask](https://community.linea.build/t/lock-your-linea-tokens-to-strengthen-both-linea-and-metamask/10688)
**Author:** [@celil](https://community.linea.build/u/celil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/lock-your-linea-tokens-to-strengthen-both-linea-and-metamask/10688 "2025-09-17T20:36:13Z")
Community Proposal: Lockdrop Model to Prevent Post-Airdrop Selling Pressure Can the selling pressure after the Linea airdrop be avoided? Yes — with a strategic, community-driven model that strengthens both Linea and Me… --- ## [From Dormant Wallets to a Self-Sustaining Economy: $LINEA’s Next Step Post TGE](https://community.linea.build/t/from-dormant-wallets-to-a-self-sustaining-economy-linea-s-next-step-post-tge/10736)
**Author:** [@MathOfFinance](https://community.linea.build/u/MathOfFinance)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/from-dormant-wallets-to-a-self-sustaining-economy-linea-s-next-step-post-tge/10736 "2025-09-16T21:08:18Z")
constructive feedback People have funds want to earn yield, but no where to go. it’s like owning a tool but having nowhere to build. LP do impermanent loss. The Current Landscape: Holding Alone Isn’t Enough As of now… --- ## [Linea Product Roadmap Update](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-product-roadmap-update/10607)
**Author:** [@goinfrex](https://community.linea.build/u/goinfrex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-product-roadmap-update/10607 "2025-08-14T05:33:59Z")
Last winter, we published our first public roadmap. Our key goal remains the same: take Ethereum mainstream by providing large, fast, and low‑cost block space, without compromising Ethereum’s security and economic model.… --- ## [Proposal - towards Linea’s decentralization](https://community.linea.build/t/proposal-towards-linea-s-decentralization/7701)
**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.linea.build/u/Florian)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/proposal-towards-linea-s-decentralization/7701 "2025-07-08T16:18:03Z")
Special thanks to Simon Brown, Mikhail Kalinin, Roberto Saltini, and Nicolas Liochon for their contributions to the research summarized in this blog post and for their valuable feedback. Our objective is to make Linea a… --- ## [Becoming stage 2 and adopting multiprovers - a proposal](https://community.linea.build/t/becoming-stage-2-and-adopting-multiprovers-a-proposal/10369)
**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.linea.build/u/Florian)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/becoming-stage-2-and-adopting-multiprovers-a-proposal/10369 "2025-05-29T08:24:50Z")
Special credit to Nicolas Liochon who shared the document used as the base of this blogpost. Blockchains and L2 can be targeted by state-size attackers with the capacity to bribe and blackmail developers, operators or a… --- ## [Proposal: Limitless prover for Linea](https://community.linea.build/t/proposal-limitless-prover-for-linea/8519)
**Author:** [@AlexandreBelling](https://community.linea.build/u/AlexandreBelling)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/proposal-limitless-prover-for-linea/8519 "2025-02-25T18:44:24Z")
Hello, I am AlexandreBelling working in the core Linea team on the prover. In this post, I will present an idea that we are pushing forward in the next upgrade of the proof system: removing the execution limits and how t… --- ## [Linea as a based rollup - a theoretical architecture](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-as-a-based-rollup-a-theoretical-architecture/9882)
**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.linea.build/u/Florian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/linea-as-a-based-rollup-a-theoretical-architecture/9882 "2025-02-18T20:40:53Z")
Special thanks to Nicolas Liochon, Grant Southey and Declan Fox for their valuable feedbacks on earlier versions of this post. This post explores a possible architecture for Linea to become deployable as a based rollup … --- ## [Besu Linea Fleet mode (RPC specific node)](https://community.linea.build/t/besu-linea-fleet-mode-rpc-specific-node/9831)
**Author:** [@ahamlat](https://community.linea.build/u/ahamlat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/besu-linea-fleet-mode-rpc-specific-node/9831 "2025-02-17T13:11:26Z")
What are we talking about ? The besu team created a new plugin that can be plugged with Besu to have an RPC specific lightweight node. The main idea was to remove all the features that are not needed to reply RPC request… --- ## [Switching to small fields to reduce the transaction fees](https://community.linea.build/t/switching-to-small-fields-to-reduce-the-transaction-fees/9045)
**Author:** [@AlexandreBelling](https://community.linea.build/u/AlexandreBelling)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/switching-to-small-fields-to-reduce-the-transaction-fees/9045 "2025-01-16T09:34:08Z")
Switching to small fields to reduce the transaction fees Currently, the arithmetization and the prover of Linea work over the scalar field of the BLS12-377 elliptic curve (introduced by the ZEXE paper). This field can s… --- ## [\[Proposal\] State Reconstruction from L1 blobs](https://community.linea.build/t/proposal-state-reconstruction-from-l1-blobs/8038)
**Author:** [@Pedro](https://community.linea.build/u/Pedro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/proposal-state-reconstruction-from-l1-blobs/8038 "2024-11-05T18:50:36Z")
In the event of a sequencer failure, a user or entity must be able to 1) verifiably reconstruct the L2 state from the last finalized checkpoint and 2) continue to sequence incoming transactions. This provides stronger av… --- ## [Open Question: What is a problem statement within Linea that data can address?](https://community.linea.build/t/open-question-what-is-a-problem-statement-within-linea-that-data-can-address/8029)
**Author:** [@AakashPYOR](https://community.linea.build/u/AakashPYOR)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/open-question-what-is-a-problem-statement-within-linea-that-data-can-address/8029 "2024-11-05T03:12:13Z")
Hey everyone. Apologies for the clickbait open question. I am here to ask the community – is there a problem statement that data can help address? Happy to engage with the community either here or elsewhere to discuss … --- ## [Why doesn’t Linea have its own token, and does it need one?](https://community.linea.build/t/why-doesn-t-linea-have-its-own-token-and-does-it-need-one/7905)
**Author:** [@vatic](https://community.linea.build/u/vatic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/why-doesn-t-linea-have-its-own-token-and-does-it-need-one/7905 "2024-10-30T17:58:34Z")
Hi Linea community! I’ve been wondering for a while why Linea doesn’t have its own native token yet. We’ve seen that many Layer 2 solutions based on Ethereum, like Arbitrum, Optimism, and others, have already launched o… --- ## [\[Proposal\] Integration of Zero-Knowledge Proofs with Linea Blockchain](https://community.linea.build/t/proposal-integration-of-zero-knowledge-proofs-with-linea-blockchain/6959)
**Author:** [@nnsW3](https://community.linea.build/u/nnsW3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/proposal-integration-of-zero-knowledge-proofs-with-linea-blockchain/6959 "2024-10-28T00:23:08Z")
Summary: This proposal outlines the integration of zero-knowledge proofs (zk-proofs) into the Linea blockchain to enhance privacy, scalability, and security. The incorporation of zk-proofs introduces cryptographic techni…