Linea Consortium Becomes Premier Member of Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust; Contributes Linea Stack as Newest Code Project
Publish Date: 2026-05-05 10:00:00
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Linea becomes first major Layer 2 to place its core tech under neutral open source governance as new LF Decentralized Trust project – Lineth
ZUG, Switzerland and SAN FRANCISCO and MIAMI, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Linea Consortium and Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LF Decentralized Trust) announced that the Linea Consortium, a non-profit organization formed to guide Linea’s ecosystem growth and decentralization, has become a premier member of LF Decentralized Trust, the premier open source foundation for decentralized technology. Linea Consortium is contributing the open source ZK rollup stack powering Linea to LF Decentralized Trust for vendor-neutral, open governance. The Linea stack is being renamed Lineth, becoming the newest LF Decentralized Trust code project. Lineth is the first major Layer 2 technology stack to be hosted under a neutral foundation, marking a landmark step in vendor-neutral governance for Ethereum scaling infrastructure.
As a premier member, Linea Consortium takes on a governance role within LF Decentralized Trust. Declan Fox, Board Director of the Linea Consortium, joins the Governing Board alongside leaders from Consensys, DTCC, Hedera, Kaleido, OpenAssets, and Shielded Technologies.
“One of Ethereum‘s core value propositions is credible neutrality. Linea has been crafted to be as close to 100% Ethereum compatible as possible. Joining LF Decentralized Trust as a premier member and contributing Lineth are deliberate steps in Linea’s progressive decentralization, ensuring that the technology powering the Layer 2 ecosystem has a durable, neutral home that no single company controls,” said Fox. “For the enterprises, financial institutions, and sovereign entities that require open source software guarantees before they can build with confidence, these steps remove a critical structural barrier. The technology continues to be built and maintained by the same team and, now, an…