Linea offers ‘free layer-2 bridge’ to Ethereum users

Linea has now waived layer-1 and layer-2 fees on bridges that use Ethereum. This offer does not include USDC transfers or high-gas transactions.

Linea, the blockchain network now covers layer-2 Users of Ethereum bridges will pay gas fees (ETH(mainnet) aims at making onboarding easier and faster. In an X post Linea announced on May 7 that the offer is only available for its native bridge. It also comes with some limitations, but the team claims it’s a part of an effort to make things easier for new users.

Linea, a layer-2 zero-knowledge network built using Ethereum by ConsensysMetaMask is the brainchild of Infura (the company that developed Infura) and many other Ethereum applications. This network was designed to allow developers to scale Ethereum applications with less cost and faster transaction.

Gas fee waiver only applies to Ethereum-to Linea transfers made using Linea’s bridge. Linea also reminded users of a few other things: the waiver only covers transactions that use less than 250,000 gas and does not apply to USD Coin.USDCCircle’s CCTP allows users to transfer Ethereum through Circle, but they still need to pay the Ethereum mainnet fees themselves.

That means users still need to pay for the Ethereum mainnet gas — often around $2 to $20 depending on network congestion. The 250,000 cap on gas means that the layer-2 covered fee can be anywhere between $20 and $45 based upon typical fees.

Linea’s product manager, Linea, was interviewed by the media in early April. said Team members decided to delay the launch of their tokens until the market had improved. Christopher Kocurek, the marketing lead at the time, told Discord that Consensys’ executives and board were planning a token-generation event for the second quarter 2025. Kocurek, who was then the marketing lead at Linea, has since left to join an emerging startup. There have been no updates on TGE.