The first time I heard about Web3, I thought it was a mysterious gadget tinkered with by hoodie-wearing geeks in a secret room. It wasn't until the moment I created my first wallet on Linea that the heavy curtain of technology was suddenly lifted a corner.
I remember that Sunday afternoon when I nervously transferred 0.05 ETH to the new wallet to 'pay my tuition.' Following the tutorial for the first DeFi application, I closed my eyes and clicked confirm, thinking I would see my assets evaporate in an instant. To my surprise, a transaction success message popped up, and the fee was only $0.1 — about the price of a bottle of water at a convenience store. I refreshed the browser three times before I could believe this wasn't a dream.
Three weeks later, I found myself teaching my cousin how to use the on-chain diary DApp. This application running on Linea allows us to permanently store snippets of life, with each diary entry costing less than 1 cent to certify. My cousin exclaimed on the video call: 'Isn't this just a timestamped social media post?' We laughed as we marked the baby's growth records with an eternal blockchain imprint, completely forgetting that we were operating 'advanced' Web3 technology.
What shocked me the most was participating in the community governance vote. When I placed the token representing voting rights into the proposal pool, the system showed that the transaction fees were almost negligible. This encouraged me to participate in decision-making as a 'novice' without worrying about the cost of trial and error. It turns out that democratic practice can be implemented so lightly.
Now my phone has five Linea ecosystem applications: from a fitness DApp that records workout data to a travel fund wallet managed with friends. Every time I perform an operation, Linea acts like a silent guardian, ensuring everything runs safely in the background without ever stepping in to seek attention.
Yesterday, I even tried to deploy a smart contract—although it was just a simple program that automatically sends birthday wishes to friends. When I saw my written contract running smoothly on the block explorer, I suddenly realized: Web3 is no longer a distant concept, but as natural in daily life as using a smartphone.
The greatest thing about Linea is not its dazzling technical parameters, but that it turns blockchain into a basic infrastructure like water, electricity, and coal. When technology truly integrates into life, real change begins. Now I can finally say with confidence: Web3 is not the future; it has already happened in every click I make.
