Study: Cardano & Avalanche Have Exploded In Terms Of Developer Activity
According to a new study two Ethereum competitor projects: Cardano (ADA) and Avalanche (AVAX) have attracted a massive growth in terms of developer activity in the past year.
Early-stage venture capital Outlier Ventures conducted a research and gathered data on repository hosting service GitHub to track developer activity across the top 50 blockchain protocols.
The smart contract platforms Cardano (ADA) and Avalanche (AVAX) both exploded in terms of their number of GitHub commits, the study reveals.
GitHub commits are a measure stick of community and developer activity as it counts the number of amendments or additions made to the project’s source code.
Outlier Ventures research looked into two 12 month periods: from June of 2019 through May of 2020 and from June of 2020 through May of 2021.
Cardano (ADA)
Cardano is showing high volume in terms of average commits per month (CPM), the research finds.
“Cardano ranks the highest in terms of average commits per month (CPM) with a total of 701 CPM, growing by 24.0% compared to the previous 12-month period.”
The total monthly average of commits across all protocols was 107 CPM. Cardano at 701 CPM was 555% more active than the average protocol. Ethereum at 447 CPM was 317% more active than the average.
Avalanche (AVAX)
Another Ethereum competitor Avalanche has meteorically risen in terms of average commits per month over the last year.
“Avalanche demonstrated an explosive growth of 709.7% of total commits in the recent 12-month period compared to the last one, going from 1,553 commits per year (CPY) to 12,575 CPY.”
The researches point out that Avalanche’s activity soar could be related to the launch of Avalanche-Ethereum Bridge (AEB) and Pangolin, the largest DEX on the protocol.
According to the study, in terms of the number of monthly active developers, Ethereum is the leader, with an average of 168 per month over the most recent 12-month period. Cardano is close second with an average of 165 active developers per month.
