Cryptocurrency project code submissions decreased by 75%, as developers shift to the AI field

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the blockchain ecosystem is losing developers, while AI projects are dominating growth on GitHub. Artemis data shows that since early 2025, weekly code commits for crypto projects have decreased from about 850,000 to 210,000, a drop of approximately 75%, and the number of active developers has fallen 56% to around 4,600.

Meanwhile, GitHub added about 36 million developers in 2025, with over 180 million users worldwide. The platform’s overall submissions increased by approximately 25% year-over-year. Among these, AI-related repositories exceed 4.3 million, repositories importing large language model SDKs grew by about 178% to over 1.1 million, and generative AI projects have over 1 million monthly active contributors. Jupyter Notebook repositories increased by about 75%, Dockerfile repositories by approximately 120%, and TypeScript has surpassed Python and JavaScript to become the most used programming language on GitHub.

Within the crypto space, Ethereum’s weekly active developers have decreased by 34% over three months to 2,811, Solana down 40% to 942, and Base down 52% to 378. Aptos developers have lost about 60%, BNB Chain submissions declined by 85%, and Celo decreased by 52%. The only category still growing is wallet infrastructure, with active developers increasing by about 6% to 308.

Electric Capital’s annual report shows that the industry’s monthly active developers peaked at around 31,000 in 2022 and dropped to approximately 23,600 in 2024. Among retained developers, those with over two years of experience contributed about 70% of commits, while newcomers with less than 12 months of experience declined by 58%.