Number of active Bitcoin developers increases 2.5X since 2018 \ stacker news ~bitcoin

Number of active Bitcoin developers increases 2.5X since 2018 www.developerreport.com/developer-report

421 sats \ 4 comments \ @cryptocoin 18 Jan 2023 bitcoin

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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @kristapsk 18 Jan 2023

Note that it only tracks projects listed here - https://github.com/electric-capital/crypto-ecosystems.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin OP 18 Jan 2023

We fingerprinted 250 million code commits across open-source repositories to create the 2022 Developer Report.

3x growth in Bitcoin monthly active developers, from 372 to to 946.

Here's the direct download of the report (PDF):

Electric Capital - Developer Report January - December, 2022 [PDF] https://github.com/electric-capital/developer-reports/raw/master/dev_report_2022.pdf

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryptocoin OP 18 Jan 2023

These slides begin at page 50 in the PDF.

https://i.postimg.cc/1zdx5F3y/Screenshot-at-2023-01-17-21-15-35.png

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin OP 18 Jan 2023

It says there are 1,000 new developer each month, but the total "monthly active developers" at the end of 2022 was 946. So that must mean these developers are dropping off at nearly the same rate? Something doesn't add up.