Filecoin vs Linea

Filecoin is a decentralized storage network where miners commit disk capacity and prove it through Proof‑of‑Replication and Proof‑of‑Spacetime. Clients pay FIL to store or retrieve data, and retrieval miners serve content over an IPFS‑compatible network. The 2024 ‘Hydra’ upgrade introduced delegated staking and boosted retrieval markets, while the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) now lets developers deploy EVM‑style smart contracts that can automate deals or tokenize data.

Linea is Consensys’ zkEVM rollup offering bytecode‑level equivalence with Ethereum and zero‑knowledge proofs generated by the Scroll‑inspired ‘Plonky3’ prover. The network is integrated directly into MetaMask, and sequencer fees can be paid in any ERC‑20 via a paymaster contract. Linea has secured over 200 million TVL and finalises proofs on mainnet every 10 minutes.