The developer said there isn’t much to do onchain, while those building real foundations rarely get into the spotlight. The developer said that this could cause the game to collapse.“If nothing meaningful happens onchain, distribution loses its power,” Pande wrote. Pande underscored the need for more support for developers and more teams thinking about the end-to-end products and not just code. “There’s been a lot of narrative-led development, but there should be more development-led narratives,” Panded added. Related: Ethereum devs prepare final Pectra test before mainnet launchMemecoin “casino” replaced real crypto productsResponding to Pande, developer Ben Ward said that markets and venture capitalists have rewarded protocols with products for too long. The developer said that the only thing in crypto with a product-market fit is the decentralized finance (DeFi) “memecoin casino.” However, the developer said this is not sustainable, adding that the space is far from building things people want to use. In the first quarter of 2024, memecoins became the most profitable narrative in the Web3 space as it became easier to launch tokens using protocols like Pump.fun.
Source: Artemis TerminalCommunity calls for more developer-led narrativesThe drop in developer activity across the Web3 space spurred calls for more developer-led narratives on social media. On X, Optimism contributor Binji Pande said the drop in one of the “clearest signals of long-term health” means that attention shifted, incentives dried up, and speculation moved faster than utility.
Weekly active developers in the crypto space dropped by almost 40% in one year as “narrative-led” developments took over the industry. Crypto data and analytics platform Artemis Terminal shows that on March 17, 2024, the number of active developers tagged on open-source repositories in a week was 12,380.
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