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Run a Linea node

There are no financial incentives for running a Linea node, but it does allow you to:

  • Call the Linea JSON RPC API methods and submit transactions to the mempool without relying on an RPC provider. Note that using Linea-specific API methods such as linea_estimateGas and the finalized tag require using Linea Besu with the necessary plugins enabled. Configuring your node to run with these plugins is covered in our guides.
  • Have a local copy of the Linea blockchain, also known as a "follower" node. This view of the state is "trusted" until the transaction, or the block that transaction is in, has been finalized on L1.
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There is currently no option to vote on blocks as part of the consensus mechanism or fork-choice like on Ethereum.