Beyond Payments – Linea’s Broader Potential
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Joe Lubin envisions Linea as more than a payment platform, calling it a space for user-generated civilization and content, where communities can build infrastructure and rules from the ground up. SWIFT’s blockchain rail could pave the way for scalable DAOs and decentralized financial ecosystems within TradFi institutions.
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Joe Lubin frames Linea as a frontier for “user-generated civilization” — not just payments, but communities building rules, governance, and infrastructure from scratch.
This vision puts Linea at the intersection of social and financial architecture. -
With SWIFT experimenting on blockchain rails, the bridge to TradFi becomes clearer.
If DAOs and decentralized ecosystems can plug into institutions at scale, we may see a convergence of grassroots crypto culture with global financial infrastructure.