Polkadot Experiences a Spike in the Number of Active Developers

It showed that in 2020, Polkadot experienced the biggest upsurge in developer activity, at +44%, compared to any other platform. As such, rather than running dapps through smart contracts on the mainchain, dapp developers on Polkadot can create their own interoperable blockchains.

With that, Wood spoke about how parachains are going to revolutionize the space: "We are going to see a lot of different innovative products that can’t exist in a smart contract environment.. Game blockchains, ensuring gamers don’t cheat. Developers See The Benefits of Building on Polkadot As illustrated by the jump in active developers this year, the benefits of parachains have not gone unnoticed.

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