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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 requires Besu and the linea-sequencer plugin.
  • Have a local copy of the Linea blockchain. This view of the state is "trusted" until the transaction, or the block that transaction is in, has been finalized on L1. You don't need to install additional plugins to follow chain activity.
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Running a sequencer node is currently not possible and there is no option to vote on blocks as part of the consensus mechanism or fork-choice like on Ethereum.