Create Linea Token
How to create a Linea token?
Linea is built by Consensys - the company behind MetaMask and Infura. That matters more than the technology specs because it shapes who deploys here and why: Linea has the smoothest MetaMask onboarding of any L2, the largest single distribution channel in EVM crypto. The chain itself is a bytecode-equivalent zkEVM rollup, meaning Solidity contracts work unchanged, and zero-knowledge proofs settle to Ethereum in hours rather than the 7-day fraud-proof window optimistic rollups require.
The MetaMask distribution edge
Consensys ships Linea as a default network in MetaMask portfolio views, and the team has run multiple campaigns surfacing Linea-native dApps inside MetaMask itself. If your token's audience overlaps with the average MetaMask user (which is most retail crypto), Linea reduces a step of activation friction that other zkEVMs don't.
Deploying on Linea
Connect a wallet, switch to chain ID 59144, set name/symbol/supply/decimals, and pick whichever optional features fit your project - mintable, taxes, anti-bot protection, transfer limits. After deployment, Lynex (ve(3,3) DEX) and Etherex are the main native venues for liquidity, and you can verify your Linea token on LineaScan in a few clicks.
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Linea usually costs a few cents to under a dollar in ETH for deployment, plus a 20lab service fee shown on the summary.
Withdrawals from Linea to Ethereum mainnet typically settle in a few hours to about a day - significantly faster than the 7-day challenge period required by optimistic rollups like Arbitrum and Optimism. This is one of the main practical advantages of zkEVMs: cryptographic proofs settle in a single bounded step instead of a long fraud-proof window.
All three are zero-knowledge EVM rollups, but they make different tradeoffs. Linea (built by Consensys) is bytecode-equivalent and integrates tightly with MetaMask. Scroll is also bytecode-equivalent and prioritizes open-source proof systems. zkSync Era uses LLVM-based compilation that's not strictly bytecode-equivalent, requiring some Solidity adjustments. For deploying a standard ERC-20, all three work; the choice depends on which ecosystem your users are in.
The LINEA token launched in 2025 as the chain's native asset and changed the gas economics through a dual-burn mechanism, but ETH remains the primary gas token. For deploying a new ERC-20 nothing structurally changed - same chain ID, same contracts, same deployment flow. The ecosystem incentives Linea now offers through the LINEA token may matter for projects seeking grants or liquidity mining programs.
Lynex and Etherex are Linea's leading native DEXes - Lynex specifically uses a ve(3,3) model that's effective for bootstrapping liquidity through bribes. You can easily create a pair using 20lab's Linea add liquidity tool.