Layer 1 blockchain networks reported a higher number of active developers on GitHub compared to sidechains.
Today, many blockchain projects continue to build despite the tough market conditions and increasing regulatory pressure facing the crypto industry.
Below is a list of the top 10 blockchain and cryptocurrency projects that continue to develop in the midst of a bear market.
The most developed blockchains on GitHub
Polkadot Polkadot is the blockchain that leads development activity on GitHub repositories, with 616 activities recorded by its developers in the last month. Polkadot's canary network, Kusama, accompanies the blockchain in this milestone.
Source: Proof of GitHub
The second blockchain that recorded the highest number of development activity in March was Cardano, with a total of 511 activities, according to data from the Proof of GitHub platform.
Internet Computer, Status Network y Hedera Hashgraph Cardano is followed by Cardano in third, fourth and fifth place respectively. The first of these blockchains provides developers with the “World Computer” functionality to the public Internet to facilitate the creation of decentralized systems and services on the Internet through the blockchain infrastructure.
On the other hand, the Status Network was launched to facilitate private and secure communication in the Web3 ecosystem, while Hedera Hashgraph, which is not a blockchain itself, is focused on developing enterprise and next-generation applications to drive the construction of native Web3 ecosystems and the new digital economy. The Hedera network uses the distributed ledger infrastructure or DLT.
In sixth place for monthly development activity on GitHub is Ethereum, the leading smart contract blockchain in the crypto industry par excellence. According to Proof of GitHub, Ethereum recorded 350 development activities in the month of March.
Cosmos occupies the seventh place in this classification and Aptos, launched by former Meta Platforms employees, ranked tenth.
Proof of GitHub also classifies the metaverse platform Decentraland, based on the Ethereum blockchain, is already the decentralized oracle network chainlink, ranked eighth and ninth among projects with the highest monthly development activity.
Developers prefer layer 1
Un report A similar report published by data platform Token Terminal highlights that layer-1 blockchain networks continue to be of greater interest to developers, compared to sidechains and layer-2 solutions such as Optimism and Arbitrum.
The development activity that blockchain projects register in GitHub repositories is an important metric that allows us to measure how committed teams are to their respective projects. Likewise, it is also important to know the number of active developers on each blockchain network.
As for the latter metric, according to Token Terminal, Ethereum is the blockchain with the highest number of active developers in the last month, with a total of 186 developers. Polkadot and Kusama both registered 171 active developers during the month of March, according to the data consulted.
Second-layer solutions such as Polygon Network and Optimism are battling it out for 15th and 19th place, with 46 and 40 active developers in March, respectively. However, as the data platform notes, these solutions are gaining significant momentum with their new releases, which is giving them greater appeal to accelerate their innovation.
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