The native bridge goes to Ethereum and back
Linea’s native bridge offers two directions, Ethereum to Linea and Linea to Ethereum, and they are not alike: a transfer from Linea to Ethereum always has to be claimed manually, with a second transaction on Ethereum, and for USDC Linea lists a much longer expected time out than in (Linea documentation). Nothing like that applies on the way in, so the differences between the quotes above come from the providers themselves.
Gas is paid in ETH
Gas on Linea is paid in ETH; the LINEA token is not needed to use the network (Linea documentation). Linea uses Ethereum’s EIP-1559 fee model, and the gas price of a transaction partly depends on how much data it carries (Linea documentation). That is the same reason the quotes on this page carry a timestamp instead of a fixed price.
How many sources answered
Where several bridges answer for the same route, their quotes can be checked against each other; where only one does, a single quote is a price rather than a comparison. Support for Linea is decided by each provider and can differ by token and by the network you start from, so the Quote sources column says how many actually replied. Where a route has fewer than two confirmed sources, we do not present it as a comparison at all.
The exchange route
An exchange row appears only where an exchange offers withdrawals to Linea and we have checked its fee, so for some tokens there is no exchange row here. When there is one, it is the published withdrawal fee with the date we checked it, shown beside the bridges whether or not it wins.
Questions
How do I bridge to Linea?
Linea's native bridge connects it with Ethereum; coming from any other network means a third-party provider. Both kinds of route are compared here for the token and amount you select.
How long does bridging to Linea take?
Coming in, the time is the provider's own and each publishes an estimate. Going out through the native bridge it is slower and ends with a manual step: after the waiting period the funds have to be claimed on Ethereum.
How do I bridge from Linea to Base?
Through a third-party provider, or in two steps through Ethereum, because Linea's native bridge offers two directions: Ethereum to Linea and Linea to Ethereum. A provider that quotes the direct route saves the second step; whether that is cheaper depends on the moment and the amount.
Sources
- Linea documentation — bridge tokens to Linea · checked 2026-09-12
- Linea documentation — estimate gas costs · checked 2026-09-14
- Linea documentation — tokenomics · checked 2026-09-14