Consensys lists top 20 blockchain projects by developer activity, omits Cardano
- 16 out of the 20 projects listed are Ethereum-based.
- Cardano community fumes over omission from the list.
Consensys, the Joseph Lubin-helmed blockchain software technology company, recently created a list of the top 20 blockchain projects by developer activity. Of the top 20, 16 are based on Ethereum with Status taking the top spot. The rest of the list comprises of IoTex, Aelf and two more projects, of which one is built on Tendermint, one on EOS.
As per a post by Consensys:
“The month of June showed significant changes in rankings for activity on Github, with projects like Streamr, Colony, and Truffle all slipping out of the Top 20 after a good showing in the previous month of May. June also saw big moves from perennial developmental leaders like Status and Storj.”
The list is as follows:
- Status
- Storj
- Cosmos (Tendermint)
- Gnosis
- High Fidelity (EOS)
- IoTex
- Augur
- Origin Protocol
- MakerDAO
- 0x
- OmiseGO
- Aragon
- Aelf
- Trust Wallet
- Santiment
- Golem
- Decentraland
- Metamask
- BlockScout
- Neufund
The most notable omission from the list if Cardano which saw the most GitHub activity on 2018 with 45,758 commits, 5754 stars, 5639 watchers, 559 contributors and 16 languages. The Cardano community, along with founder Charles Hoskinson, didn’t take kindly to the announcement.
Hoskinson tweeted:
“No Cardano? huh, I guess counting is hard.”
Author
Rajarshi Mitra
Independent Analyst
Rajarshi entered the blockchain space in 2016. He is a blockchain researcher who has worked for Blockgeeks and has done research work for several ICOs. He gets regularly invited to give talks on the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
