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ZKsync Crypto Developer Activity
Ethereum has the most active developers across all blockchains on Chainspect
Total Developers
647
Total Repos
22
Total Commits
39K
Total Stars
1.9K
| Data from Chainspect | Aug 3, 2026, 08:38 UTC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | |||||
1  Ethereum Layer 1 | 460 3.16% | 5,440 4.17% | -3 | 250 2.46% | 9 18.18% |
2  Cardano Layer 1 | 42 2.33% | 16,666 0.36% | 2 | 164 | 5 |
3  Solana Layer 1 | 21 | 814 0.73% | 4 | 299 0.33% | 14 30.00% |
4  BNB Chain Layer 1 | 16 | 186 1.09% | 2 | 59 4.84% | 8 |
5  Bitcoin Layer 1 | 13 | 1,193 3.87% | 0 | 293 | 26 3.70% |
6  Stellar Layer 1 | 12 | 1,076 0.65% | 2 | 66 1.54% | -19 |
7  NEAR Layer 1 | 10 9.09% | 563 1.92% | 3 | 34 | -3 |
8  Hedera Layer 1 | 9 | 1,093 1.80% | 0 | 30 7.14% | -14 6.67% |
9  Polygon Sidechain | 8 | 1,090 2.07% | 7 | 16 | -3 |
10  Polkadot Layer 1 | 8 14.29% | 749 3.73% | 0 100.00% | 45 | 3 86.96% |
11  Kusama Layer 1 | 8 14.29% | 749 3.73% | 0 100.00% | 45 | 3 86.96% |
12  Sui Layer 1 | 7 | 1,693 0.06% | 8 | 68 | 4 20.00% |
13  BSV Blockchain Layer 1 | 7 75.00% | 1,368 0.07% | 1 | 18 5.88% | 0 |
14  Base Layer 2 | 7 | 407 | 1 | 136 2.86% | 6 |
15  Arbitrum Layer 2 | 6 | 766 1.54% | 3 | 42 | -2 100.00% |
16  TON Layer 1 | 5 | 830 30.09% | 1 | 172 2.82% | 26 8.33% |
17  Optimism Layer 2 | 4 | 571 0.71% | 0 | 27 8.00% | -4 |
18  IoTeX Layer 1 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 5 25.00% | -2 |
19  Avalanche Layer 1 | 4 | 885 1.12% | 0 | 19 5.56% | 2 |
20  MultiversX Layer 1 | 3 | 266 1.48% | 0 | 32 | -1 50.00% |
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The number of active developers is one of the most widely used metrics for measuring the health
and growth of a blockchain ecosystem. It reflects how many independent builders are contributing
code, maintaining repositories, and pushing commits across the network’s core repos.
To ensure accuracy, we focus only on repositories maintained by the blockchain’s foundation or core
development organizations, excluding ecosystem projects like dApps, tools, or explorers. This way,
the metric highlights protocol development without being influenced by broader ecosystem work.
A higher developer count signals stronger community engagement, faster iteration, and a greater likelihood
of long-term sustainability. Blockchains with more active developers tend to ship features quicker,
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