65% of Active Developers Joined Web3 in 2021 - Ep.306

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Jan 07, 2022•39 min•Ep. 306

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Episode description

Electric Capital’s Maria Shen dives into her company’s recently published research report about Web3 open-source development in 2021 and shares her thoughts and insights on how developers are flocking to Web3 in a manner that goes far beyond just Bitcoin and Ethereum. Show topics:

Maria’s biggest takeaways from the Electric Capital Developer Report
how developer growth is affected by asset price
which ecosystems are growing fastest
why Maria thinks the growth in Bitcoin development has slowed down
why Maria is so impressed by Ethereum’s performance in terms of retaining developers
how closed-source development on, for example, Solana or Flow could affect the report’s findings
the significance of Polkadot, Solana, NEAR, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Terra growing faster than Ethereum did at similar points in its history
developer growth in DeFi during 2021
why Electric Capital did not study developer growth for NFTs, DAOs, or gaming
why Maria is so interested in studying community growth going forward
what Maria will be watching for in 2022

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Maria Shen

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Previous Unchained appearance: https://unchainedpodcast.com/electric-capital-on-the-coins-punching-below-their-weight/