- Daily core active developers reached an all-time high of 181 developers on March 22. As of June 1, Polkadot rose from third to second - place in terms of ecosystem-wide developer count with 1,923 developers. + Daily core active developers reached an all-time high of 181 developers on March 22. As of June 1, Polkadot rose from third to second place in terms of ecosystem-wide developer count with 1,923 developers.
- Since its launch on March 28, fast unstake has been used at least once almost every day, with an average of six unique users and 2.38K DOT unbonded per day. Polkadot - nomination pools continued to grow + Since its launch on March 28, fast unstake has been used at least once almost every day, with an average of six unique users and 2.38K DOT unbonded per day. Polkadot nomination pools continued to grow rapidly, attaining 12,268 members and 5.32M DOT by the end of June.
- Karura took a strong lead in terms of all-time XCM transfer count with 85,412 transfers, while Moonbeam topped the Q2 chart with 7,499 transfers in this quarter - alone. By July 20, XCM v3 had been used to send + Karura took a strong lead in terms of all-time XCM transfer count with 85,412 transfers, while Moonbeam topped the Q2 chart with 7,499 transfers in this quarter alone. By July 20, XCM v3 had been used to send 5,972 messages across 44 Polkadot channels and 11,565 messages across 73 Kusama channels.
- In Q2 2023, the total TVL of DeFi parachains on Polkadot and Kusama had a very brief surge period, peaking early at $236.12M on April 14, before going on a - downward trend and ending up at $146.77M on June 30. + In Q2 2023, the total TVL of DeFi parachains on Polkadot and Kusama had a very brief surge period, peaking early at $236.12M on April 14, before going on a downward trend and ending up at $146.77M on June 30.
- Arthswap topped the list of DEX protocols on Polkadot almost throughout Q2, followed by HydraDX and StellaSwap. By the end of June, HydraDX only trailed Arthswap by - $264.29K. Moonwell Artemis and Bifrost took + Arthswap topped the list of DEX protocols on Polkadot almost throughout Q2, followed by HydraDX and StellaSwap. By the end of June, HydraDX only trailed Arthswap by $264.29K. Moonwell Artemis and Bifrost took the lead for lending and iquid staking, respectively.
- Singular’s NFT sales volume began to dwindle in the second half of Q2 due to the phasing out of NFT implementation on Kusama. Three NFT marketplaces launched - on Astar this quarter included Paras, ArtZero and + Singular’s NFT sales volume began to dwindle in the second half of Q2 due to the phasing out of NFT implementation on Kusama. Three NFT marketplaces launched on Astar this quarter included Paras, ArtZero and Bluez.
- Starting with a count of 25 on March 29, WASM smart contracts on Aleph Zero enjoyed a development spurt in early April, reaching 308 contracts on April 9, with an average - rate of 25.67 new contracts per day. + Starting with a count of 25 on March 29, WASM smart contracts on Aleph Zero enjoyed a development spurt in early April, reaching 308 contracts on April 9, with an average rate of 25.67 new contracts per day. On the contrary, WASM smart contracts grew almost throughout Q2 on Astar yet very slowly. As of June 30, there were 46 smart contracts and 513,734 active users on Astar mainnet.
- In terms of cold wallets, there are now three main options for Polkadot users: Ledger, Polkadot Vault, and Keystone. Whereas the first is completely a hardware wallet, - the latter two offer an air-gapped + In terms of cold wallets, there are now three main options for Polkadot users: Ledger, Polkadot Vault, and Keystone. Whereas the first is completely a hardware wallet, the latter two offer an air-gapped experience, which brings an extra layer of security.