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Oct 30 8 tweets 3 min read Read on X
We @electriccapital analyzed 110k+ developer profiles to understand crypto devs geographically.

Asia is now #1 for crypto devs. The US is losing market share.

Crypto impacts every state in the US -- crypto should be non-partisan.

Here’s what the data shows & why it matters: Image
North America lost its lead in crypto developer share to Asia.

North America’s share of devs dropped sharply—from 44% in 2015 to just 24% in 2024.

Meanwhile, Asia’s share climbed from 13% to 32%.

For the first time, Asia is the #1 continent for crypto talent. Image
The US remains #1 in crypto devs by country.

% of crypto devs by country:
#1 🇺🇸 US: 18.8%
#2 🇮🇳 India: 11.8%
#3 🇬🇧 UK: 4.2%

81% of crypto devs live outside the US shaping the future of digital money.

This is a national security issue & innovation drain for the US. Image
The US had a 51% drop in dev share since 2015 - while crypto grew from $5B to $2.4T in market size!

Is this the result of negative regulatory environment? The US needs clear crypto policy to maintain its country lead.

Zooming in to the US: How does this break down by US state? Image
Crypto thinks of itself as CA & NY based - but 64% of devs live outside of these traditional tech hubs!

This is an opportunity for job & wealth creation for policymakers.

Crypto should not be partisan -- devs live in every state, representing all political backgrounds. Image
Methodology: We analyze 200M+ crypto related git commits across 350K+ repos. Geo data is from 110K devs w/ self-reported locations, out of 366K crypto devs since 2009.

Geo data & more will be in our upcoming 2024 Developer Report!

Add to our taxonomy:
github.com/electric-capit…
Producing this analysis is a ton of work! Credit to @n4motto for this original geography analysis.

It takes a team to put this together:
@n4motto on analysis
@mishafrolov on design
@jubos on data pipeline
@scinocco_a on eng
@avichal, @martha, @EmilyMMeyers for analysis ideas
Thank you @martha_shear for the many reads and feedback.

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More from @MariaShen

Jul 26
1/ We updated the @ElectricCapital Crypto Market Map!

The Crypto Market Map now tracks 1700+ crypto projects.

233 contributors added new projects & changes for this update.



What are the biggest updates? cryptomarketmap.org
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2/ The Crypto Market Map contextualizes the role major projects plays.

Projects are divided into 6 layers from end user-facing projects to infra:
A - Applications
B - Protocols
C - Dev Tools & Services
D - Interop
E - Scaling
F - Core Infra

More here:
+124 new projects were added to the Application layer

These projects are characterized by rules that mostly do not execute on-chain.

3/ Image
Read 15 tweets
Jul 10
1/ We are excited to introduce the @ElectricCapital Crypto Market Map!

The Crypto Market Map tracks 1,500+ projects in crypto.

It contextualizes every major project in crypto by organizing projects into 6 tech layers & 137 categories.


Let's explore 👇🏽 cryptomarketmap.org
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2/ Important caveats:

- this undercounts the total projects in crypto. This map only incorporates major projects. Inclusion criteria is at the end of the thread.

- there are still gaps. The map is in beta & everyone can contribute to the map. Contribution details at the end.
3/ The Crypto Market Map contextualizes the role every major projects plays.

Projects are divided into 6 tech layers from infra to end-user-facing projects:

A - Core Infra
B - Scaling
C - Interop
D - Dev Tools & Services
E - Protocols
F - Applications
Read 26 tweets
Apr 15
I always save new crypto social experiments that break the mold.

Here are 20 of the most innovative on-chain experiments I've seen in the last 3 years. Some are well-known, some are not, some are no longer active.

First, let's start with elegant human coordination mechanisms:
1 - Coordinate humans to deploy millions of dollars: @nounsdao

Innovative mechanism: 1 Noun is auctioned a day. Proceeds go to a treasury. Nouns holders vote on use of funds. Using simple rules, Nouns grew into one of the most complex ecosystems on the internet w/ $50M at peak
Examples of complexity growing from Nouns:
- spin-off orgs @lilnounsdao
- e-sports @nounsesports
- Meetquack @AtriumNft, 1.9M followers on Instagram
-Differences between voters created new Nouns. Read fork coverage (by @ofernau): instagram.com/meetquack
thedefiant.io/news/nfts-and-…
Read 33 tweets
Jan 17
0/ We are delighted to release the 5th annual @ElectricCapital Developer Report

We analyzed a record 485 million code commits across 818k repositories—20x more code than our first report from 2019!

356+ people across the community contributed to making this report.

Long, data-filled thread below! 👇

Read it here:
developerreport.com/developer-repo…Image
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1/ The high level summary:

Overall developers are down 24% but losses stem mostly from Newcomer developers. Long-term committed developers continue to steadily grow.

Crypto developers have clearly shifted to multi-chain development.

Crypto has clearly become a global phenomenon. US continues to lose developer share.

developerreport.com/developer-repo…Image
2/ Overall developer numbers are down -24% to 22,411 monthly active devs.

But experienced devs who have been in crypto for 1+ year are actually up 16%.

These experienced devs write 75% of the code and so are the most valuable.

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Mar 24, 2023
The U.S. has lost its lead in blockchain developers & has gone from 40% to 29% market share of open source devs.

We analyzed 200+ million code commits & 11k+ developer profiles to capture geography data.

Full analysis here: developerreport.com/developer-repo…

Let's break it down 👇🏽
Summary:
- 23,343 open source devs create a market worth $1 trillion+

- U.S. lost 2% market share/yr for the last 5 yrs, primarily to emerging mkts such as India, Ukraine, SE Asia

- 1 million new eng jobs may be created by 2030. It may be difficult for US to recapture dev share
23,343+ open source software engineers are responsible for a market worth $1 trillion

The blockchain ecosystem saw remarkable growth: the number of active developers increased by 297% even as prices returned to January 2018 levels
Read 10 tweets
Jan 17, 2023
1/ Time for the 4th annual @ElectricCapital Developer Report!

This year we are also proud to launch developerreport.com -- showcasing the data behind the report.

We analyzed 250m code commits and 300+ people contributed to this year's report.

Let's dig in👇
2/ TLDR:
* Monthly devs grew 5% y/y while prices are down 70%+
* 23k+ monthly devs
* 471k monthly code commits
* 3.9k monthly devs in DeFi
* 61k NEW devs touched crypto code in 2022
* Several ecosystems outside of @ethereum have 500+ devs and are growing through this bear market
3/ There are 23,343 monthly active devs, +5% y/y

An all-time high 61k devs contributed open-source code in crypto for the first time in 2022!

100k+ devs have contributed code to crypto since 2021

How many devs are highly dedicated?
Read 23 tweets

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