Weekly cryptocurrency code commits have decreased by 75% compared to early 2025, as developers accelerate their shift towards AI.

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Deep Tide TechFlow News, March 12 — According to CoinDesk, since early 2025, developer activity in the cryptocurrency space has been steadily declining. Weekly code commits have plummeted from approximately 850,000 to around 210,000, a decrease of about 75%. The number of active developers has dropped by 56%, down to roughly 4,600. Meanwhile, AI-related projects are attracting a large number of developer resources.

All major public blockchains are experiencing developer attrition. Ethereum’s weekly active developers have decreased by 34% over the past three months to 2,811. Solana has fallen 40% to 942, Base down 52% to 378; Aptos has lost about 60%, BNB Chain’s code commits have decreased by 85%, and Celo by 52%. Currently, only wallet infrastructure categories are seeing slight growth, with about 308 weekly active developers, an increase of approximately 6%.

In contrast, the GitHub platform added about 36 million developers in 2025. The platform’s total code commits for the year increased by approximately 25% year-over-year. AI-related repositories have surpassed 4.3 million, and the number of monthly active contributors to generative AI projects exceeds 1 million.

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