Starknet and zkSync buck trend as crypto ecosystems shed devs by 28%
Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions Starknet and zkSync are among the few platforms to have increased their total monthly active developer counts over the last 12 months, data shows.
While Starknet and zkSync only recorded increases of 3% and 6%, respectively, the likes of Ethereum, Polygon and Solana saw their counts fall by 23%, 43% and 57%, respectively, over the same timeframe, according to an updated developer report by Electric Capital, which provided data up to Oct. 1.
Total monthly active developers fell 27.7% from 26,701 developers to 19,279, reflecting a wider downward trend in developers over the last 12 months.
Chainlink, Stellar, Aztec Protocol and Ripple also increased their developer counts as of Oct. 1, though their total monthly active developers were lower than zkSync and Starknet.
StarkWare’s Starknet and Matter Labs’ zkSync are layer 2 solutions aimed at scaling Ethereum through zero-knowledge rollups, which have become a focal point in 2023.
Much of Starknet’s focus of late has revolved around its “Quantum Leap,” which went live in July. It can theoretically increase Ethereum’s transactions per second (TPS) from around 13–15 to 37 TPS consistently and up to 90 TPS in some cases.
Starknet and zkSync have also been working on zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) solutions to further scale Ethereum throughout 2023.
Developers at zkSync have also been building a network of “hyperchains” to create an ecosystem of interoperable protocols and sovereign chains as part of its zero-knowledge tech stack. The firm unveiled the solution in June and hopes to have a working version of it by the end of 2023.
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