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10 Dec 20, 8 tweets, 3 min read
The annual @ElectricCapital Developer Report did not disappoint. It's 128 slides of straight🔥

Here are some of my key takeaways.

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1️⃣ Crypto continues to grow with at least 1200 new developers entering the space every month in 2020. Image
2️⃣ Developers are the most important resource in any cryptonetwork.

Ethereum still reigns supreme with 20-30% of new developers contributing to Ethereum over other platforms. Image
3️⃣ Ethereum's developer ecosystem still outshines all its competitors and there are now nearly as many devs in Ethereum as all other layer 1s combined (excluding Bitcoin)! Image
4️⃣Polkadot and Cosmos continue to build strong communities. The Polkadot developer community doubled in 2020. Image
5️⃣ The largest developer ecosystem in DeFi is lightning (on Bitcoin).

Yearn is quickly becoming one of the largest DeFi developer ecosystems on Etheruem. Image
There's so much more but I wanted to keep this short:

For reference, Electric Capital's executive summary takeaways were:

1️⃣ 300+ new developers per month commit to the Ethereum ecosystem

2️⃣ 67% increase in monthly active developers in Decentralized Finance since January 2020
Full report: medium.com/electric-capit…

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