Ethereum Far Outpaces Bitcoin in Developer Activity in 2020: Electric Capital...

Developers are switching their efforts to DeFi as it takes a larger slice of the crypto market. Software engineers and developers are slowly switching their attention from layer-one blockchains once dubbed ‘Ethereum killers’ to the ever-increasing number of new decentralized finance protocols.A February Blockchain Development Trends report by venture capital firm Outlier Ventures suggests that developers are switching their focus away from Ethereum rivals.The findings confirm that over the past twelve months, Ethereum remains the most actively developed blockchain protocol, followed by....

Ethereum has so far put up a tremendous run in 2021. Its price has hit multiple all-time highs this year, cementing it as one of the best digital assets to be invested in for the year. Major upgrades to the network like the London hard fork have seen the project move towards a deflationary mechanism, creating scarcity in the asset by burning one-third of the fees issued on the network. The ETH mining industry also felt the heat when the Chinese government had begun its crackdown on crypto mining in the middle of the year. Like bitcoin, its mining revenue had been affected by the crackdown.....

Zcash developer Electric Coin Company will transition to a new non-profit, with a majority of shareholders electing to donate their equity.

Web3 developer growth hit an all-time high in 2021, yet challenges lie ahead for new developers flooding the space. “Web3” may be one of the biggest buzzwords of 2022, but the idea of creating an entirely decentralized platform to host decentralized applications has long been a vision of the crypto community. While it’s notable that some blockchain companies began building out Web3 applications four or five years ago, the Web3 space has only started gaining traction recently. The recent growth of Web3 was highlighted in a new report from Electric Capital, a venture capital firm that has....

The total monthly active developers measured hit a record high of more than 18,000 but Ethereum retains the largest number of them. The Ethereum ecosystem still has far more developers than rival networks, but they are catching up with a faster rate of growth.Ethereum competitors such as Polkadot, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain are growing faster in terms of development activity according to crypto research firm Electric Capital which released its findings on the blockchain development ecosystem in a new report on Jan. 6. It revealed that more than 4,000 monthly active open-source....