Cardano Surges Past Ethereum in Developer Activity

After years of being dismissed as inactive, Cardano is now leading the pack in core developer contributions, outpacing Ethereum and shaking off its long-standing “ghost chain” label.

New data from Cryptometheus reveals that Cardano developers pushed over 21,000 GitHub commits across 550 key repositories in the past year—enough to claim the top spot for developer engagement.

Ethereum, despite its broader ecosystem, came in second with nearly 21,000 commits across a smaller base of 278 repositories.

Cardano’s ecosystem is also expanding. A dozen core projects have taken shape on the network, while more than 30 additional ventures are being built on its broader infrastructure.

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The renewed development surge has stirred hopes among ADA supporters for a potential rally.

Meanwhile, Ethereum’s relative slowdown has sparked criticism, including from Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson, who claims Ethereum may not survive another 15 years due to technological stagnation and a fragmented scaling approach.

Other networks ranking behind Cardano and Ethereum in developer activity include Internet Computer, FLOW, Arbitrum, MultiversX, Stacks, Polkadot, Cosmos, and Chainlink.

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