From $LINEA Skeptic to "Why Isn't Everything on Linea?" Real Quick.
Back in '23, I straight-up memed Linea in my notes app: "Consensys pet project, pass." Fast-forward through the TGE fireworks in September, and now it's the unsung hero of my portfolio. Why? Because it doesn't suck to use. Bridged a fat stack last week seconds, sub-dollar fee, no "pending forever" anxiety. Ported an old Aave strat from mainnet? Code copied, deployed, earning—zero tweaks, instant finality. Fees? Laughable at $0.001 per pop, even loaded days. TVL's parked at $744M, daily users over 300k without a single "refer a friend for 2x points" scam, and that prover setup? Decentralized and drama-free since '24. Over 280 million txns deep, with wallets popping like confetti nobody asked for. No hype machine, no furry avatars, no grindy quests—just a chain that treats you like you're not an idiot. Everybody's chasing the shiny L2s with marketing budgets bigger than their tech stacks, but Linea's quietly printing consistent alpha for the folks who show up to trade, not tweet. I trust it 'cause it earns it, day in, day out. If your setup's still glitchy or pricey, you're sleeping on the real MVP. Don't say I didn't warn ya when you're stacking here too.
