These past few days I've been looking back at a series of data from @Linea.eth , and suddenly I have a somewhat indescribable feeling, like the feeling before a heavy rain: no one knows exactly when it will pour down, but the atmosphere is already different.
I've been looking at the number of active users, observing the new infrastructure that's about to open, watching the behavior of developers and the new projects coming in, and I don't understand why I keep having a recurring question in my head: “Is Linea preparing to enter its largest user growth cycle ever?”
I am not someone who easily believes in narratives.
But what is happening at Linea feels… very real.
It’s not hype, it’s not marketing, but it’s like the ground is starting to warm up before the seeds sprout.
There were times when I leaned back in my chair, opened the user activity chart for each day, then closed my eyes and thought: 'Could Linea be about to enter a new cycle?'
I remember how other chains have grown: Arbitrum exploded thanks to expected airdrops, Solana exploded due to meme + extremely fast UX, Base exploded due to social networks and user flow from Coinbase.
Meanwhile, Linea is following a very unique path: moving slowly, building carefully, designing properly, but not losing the speed of deployment.
The first thing I clearly see is that Linea has passed the stage of 'the ecosystem is still immature.'
From a place with only a few dozen projects set up for the sake of being there, it now has all the puzzle pieces: DEX, lending, perp, NFT, social, memecoin, game, stablecoin, fiat on/off ramp.
A chain that wants to grow a large user base must have all the tools to prevent users from falling off.
Linea now has almost no major gaps left.
And I see the most important thing is: everything is working.
It’s not just laid out and left there.
DEX has real volume, memecoin is attracting real users, stablecoin is circulating genuinely, and new devs are deploying every day.
This is always a signal of a growth cycle – infrastructure runs correctly before users increase significantly.
Another point I clearly see is that Linea's on-chain costs have decreased significantly since the launch.
In the past, people would complain 'why is it so expensive?' when swapping or bridging, but now gas on Linea has reached a level where ordinary users can handle dozens of operations without hurting their wallets.
And low costs are always one of the fastest unlocking factors for user growth.
Just look at Base or Solana to understand.
I also noticed a strange signal: developers from many chains are starting to see Linea as a second potential land.
It’s not about fleeing old chains, but they want to reach new user flows.
Linea has a very rare advantage: it is next to Ethereum in terms of UX, but feels like a new land waiting to be filled.
Like a small town right next to a big city – if there’s a highway connecting it, people will naturally come in droves.
That path is Linea's zkEVM.
One night I sat and watched on-chain data and saw the number of new wallets increase in a way that was… steady but not stopping.
A very strange steady rhythm.
It’s not a pump.
It’s not a breakout.
It’s like an underground stream that is slowly pushing the ground up.
This trend, those who have been following for a long time will know: when users increase slowly but steadily, it is often a precursor to explosive growth.
Another thing I see is that the Linea team seems to be preparing for a real breakthrough.
The way they expand fiat support, accelerate bridging, improve finality, optimize costs, and connect many large dApps shows they are not building infrastructure to maintain the status quo – they are building for a moment when users increase by 5 or 10 times.
Any system designed 'to welcome users', rather than 'to wait for users', will eventually welcome real users sooner or later.
I noticed something that few people mention: Linea has a fairly high 'repeat user' rate.
Users come in and then stay.
This is extremely important.
In on-chain, new users are not as important as returning users.
And Linea has that without needing crazy rewards or incentives.
This is a sign of natural flow – a chain wanting to explode must have organic flow first.
Then I looked at the community aspect.
Recently, builder, trader, and memecoin creator communities have started flocking to Linea more.
This is the group that creates 'heat' for an ecosystem.
A system that wants to grow its user base must have bottom-up activity.
And I am seeing that more clearly.
Another important point, I think it’s subtle but very strong: Linea is not divided among too many narratives.
It does not try to be a gaming chain, AI chain, meme chain, perp chain, social chain.
It follows the direction of a 'composite city' – where everything is just enough for users to stay longer.
And the 'composite city' model is often the easiest model for user explosion, because anyone who comes can find what they want.
From a cash flow perspective, I see an interesting thing: capital is starting to 'leak' into Linea in small waves, but continuously.
People are not FOMOing, but they are starting to gradually allocate.
In the crypto market, this type of 'leaky but steady' cash flow is always a precursor to a phase of expanded growth.
Another angle I think about is UX.
Newcomers to blockchain are afraid of complexity.
Linea is gradually moving towards a Web2-style UX: easy bridging, easy swapping, easy-to-use wallets, dApps like apps.
Such systems often attract users not because of the token, but because they can use it.
And when users feel comfortable, they invite their friends in – the flow spreads naturally.
In the end, I think what makes me believe that Linea is about to enter its biggest growth cycle is the convergence of all the factors mentioned: complete infrastructure, low costs, devs coming in, money flow flowing, the community heating up, and the team preparing a stronger foundation than ever.
Everything feels like a stage where the lights have just turned on, the audience is starting to gather, the footsteps are getting louder, and everyone can feel that something is about to happen.
No one can be sure if Linea will surge tomorrow or next week.
But I clearly see one thing: the path has opened, user flow has started to move, money flow has begun to flow, and the atmosphere has changed color.
If there is a system that has the opportunity to open the largest user growth cycle ever in the coming year, I think Linea is very close to that door.
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