Status Network pioneered native gasless execution as a breakthrough that unlocks new use cases for privacy, DeFi and agentic commerce. Over the past two years we set out to prove the gasless design could work at scale.
Today we're moving to a larger stage. After productive discussions across both ecosystems, the strategic decision has been made to plan a merge ofToday, the strategic decision has been made to merge Status Network’s production-ready gasless and privacy L2 tech into the Linea ecosystem as its native distribution layer. Rather than running a parallel chain competing for the same liquidity and users, the two networks are unifying their tech roadmaps and liquidity to maximise ecosystem impact.
The shift also allows Status to double down on its flagship product, the Status App, where user numbers have climbed sharply in 2026 and its privacy-first product roadmap is expected to fuel further growth.
Pre-deposit vaults are now closed and will migrate to Linea Mainnet for withdrawals and yield distribution, with a reward pool of 20M SNT and 20M LINEA for pre-depositors.
TL;DR
- No standalone mainnet. Status intends to integrate Status Network's codebase into the Linea infrastructure, making gasless execution a native capability available to any rollup using the Linea stack.
- Pre-deposit vaults are fully backed. Principal, accrued yield, and liquid rewards will bridge to Linea Mainnet for withdrawal at the scheduled unlock. No action required from depositors before the claim interface goes live.
- Reward pool: on top of accrued yield on ETH and GUSD, 20M SNT + 20M LINEA are approved for distribution to pre-depositors when withdrawals open.
- Privacy primitives go with it. The plan is for ephemeral accounts, free cover traffic, untraceable agents, and decoupled execution to become available to the broader Linea ecosystem.
Pre-deposit vaults: withdrawals, yield and rewards
Status is standing by its commitment to current participants. Vaults for ETH, GUSD, SNT, and LINEA remain fully backed and will be honoured in full. At the scheduled unlock, assets will be bridged to Linea Mainnet where pre-depositors will be able to withdraw:
- ETH: principal + accrued staking yield (Lido) + liquid rewards (SNT + LINEA)
- GUSD: principal + accrued yield (Morpho & Sky) + liquid rewards (SNT + LINEA)
- SNT: principal + liquid rewards (LINEA)
- LINEA: principal + liquid rewards (SNT)
The liquid reward pool totals 20M SNT and 20M LINEA, approved for distribution to pre-depositors as soon as withdrawals open on Linea Mainnet. Accrued yield in ETH and GUSD will be distributed pro-rata based on vault TVL and time in vault. Liquid rewards in SNT and LINEA will include additional weight for participation in testnet v1 (Sepolia) and testnet v2 (Hoodi). Snapshots for both testnets have been taken.
The Status Network Hub will redirect to the claim interface to Linea Mainnet ahead of unlock. Vault contracts, balances, and reward accounting remain transparent and verifiable onchain throughout the migration. No action is required before the claim interface goes live.
A detailed migration and distribution timeline will be published next week. Builders on Status Network testnet will receive separate guidance for moving to Linea.
Scaling gasless execution
In 2024, gasless was a contested idea. The standard objections: it cannot scale, it cannot resist spam, it cannot fund itself. Within two years, the team answered all three:
- a Linea zkEVM fork running at 0 gwei with 30M+ gasless transactions and counting
- a ZKP-based spam protection layer (RLN - Rate Limiting Nullifiers) enforced by reputation tiers
- a yield-backed economic model that funds execution from productive capital and activity instead of per-transaction fees
By the end of 2025, the system was audited by Cyfrin and Cantina and operating continuously on testnet. The integration introduces “gasless execution”, the model which Status has developed and validated over two years of research, into the entire Linea ecosystem.
Gasless is a privacy primitive
Gasless execution is often framed as a UX upgrade. After two years of building it at scale, we believe its more consequential property is privacy.
Gas requirements create persistent onchain trails: funding transactions, top-ups, timing correlations, account reuse. These are among the strongest sources of address linkage available to chain analysts. Remove gas, and the trails disappear.
What this would unlock across Linea stack deployments:
- Ephemeral accounts with no funding history, viable for one-time use with no onchain setup
- Free cover traffic, where anonymity sets bootstrap and grow faster because contributing is costless
- First-class bots and AI agents, with no funding fingerprints tying activity to an operator
- Decoupled execution, breaking the link between transaction timing and funding events
What was specific to Status Network would become available to every Linea rollup that adopts the model and Status’ research and development now informs Linea’s institutional infrastructure roadmap.
Continuing Status App Momentum
This integration reflects a broader trend toward reducing fragmentation and concentrating liquidity into fewer networks. For Status, it also marks a focused dedication of resources.
With network development continuing within Linea, the Status team is fully focused on the Status app, where recent progress has been measurable.
After a major update earlier this year that unified the codebase, the team has been able to ship faster and introduce product-level growth mechanisms. Since January 2026, the Status app has surpassed 50,000 monthly active users. This growth informs the next phase of the roadmap, focused on sustainable expansion and stronger privacy at the product level.
What comes next
Ethereum L2s have spent the last few years competing for the same fragmented liquidity. We are choosing distribution over competition. The breakthroughs we proved at Status Network will reach a much larger audience if adopted as a shared capability of the Linea stack, and the cypherpunk goals that motivated this work in the first place will get there faster.
Privacy will be normal infrastructure. Gasless will be the default. And it will happen on Ethereum.
"The goal was always to make gasless execution and the privacy properties it unlocks available to as many users and builders as possible. Merging into the Linea stack is the most direct path to that outcome."— Cyprien Grau, Status Network lead
FAQ
When Status Network mainnet?
Status Network will not launch as a standalone L2. The intention is for the codebase, research, and tooling to merge into the Linea stack. Gasless execution would become a native capability available to any rollup built on Linea.
What happens to my pre-deposit?
Vaults remain fully backed. At the scheduled unlock, principal, accrued yield, and liquid rewards will bridge to Linea Mainnet for withdrawal. No action required before the claim interface is live.
What is the reward pool?
The liquid reward pool is 20M SNT and 20M LINEA, approved for distribution to pre-depositors when withdrawals open on Linea Mainnet, on top of the accrued yield for ETH and GUSD pre-depositors.
When can I withdraw?
A detailed timeline will be published next week. Vault contracts, balances, and reward accounting remain transparent and verifiable onchain throughout the migration.
Are there any fees for the migration?
No bridging fee. No change to deposited amounts.
I participated in testnet v1 or v2, does that still count?
Yes. Snapshots for both testnets have been taken. Testnet participation carries additional weight in the liquid reward distribution for SNT and LINEA.
I am a builder on Status Network testnet. What should I do?
Migration guidance to Linea Mainnet will be published next week. Contracts, tooling, and documentation will be made available to support the move.
Will the code remain open source?
Yes. Status Network repositories are public and will remain so. The goal is for the codebase to merge into the Linea stack. Audit reports from Cyfrin and Cantina remain accessible.
What happens to gasless execution going forward?
Gasless execution would become an optional feature any rollup built on the Linea stack can adopt. The privacy primitives it unlocks - ephemeral accounts, free cover traffic, untraceable agents, decoupled execution - would then become available across the Linea ecosystem.
Where can I follow updates?
Status Network: x.com/StatusL2
Status App: x.com/Status App
