To achieve this, Blocknet features three unique features, XRouter, XBridge and XCloud. XRouter allows Blocknet to interact with any public and private blockchain through a communication layer consisting of an inter-blockchain SPC client backend. This essentially enables blockchain records to be verified without the need to download the full blockchain. 

XBridge is a serverless DHT-based peer-to-peer network. It allows Blocknet to serve more like a decentralized exchange (DEx) protocol enabling integration with nodes on other networks. Moreover, it allows for decentralized asset storage, order broadcasting, matching and settlement.

On the other hand, XCloud is a decentralized microservice cloud network powered by XRouter. Microservice, blockchains, API and cloud tech can interact with XCloud as long as they are hosted by service nodes. 

Service nodes are advanced versions of master nodes and are used as a DHT network overlay to support XRouter, XBridge and XCloud. In supporting the three features, they verify UTXOs, route communication between blockchains and perform anti-spam and anti-DOS measures for the network. Service nodes can participate in Blockcnet’s self-governance system after voting.

Blocknet features its own native token “BLOCK”. Fees are paid in BLOCK when using the network and 100% of those fees are distributed to Service Nodes for supporting the network and infrastructure.

Number of Contributors

Blocknet’s code is open-source allowing anyone to contribute to the blockchain project both in official and unofficial capacity from anywhere. Excluding merge commits and bot accounts there are 15 listed contributors to the Blocknet project. 

Developers use Github to monitor and work on the project’s source code. Currently, there are 43 repositories and 11 projects under the Blocknet project with Python, Go, Javascript, Shell and C++ being the most used programming languages.

Issues, Pull Requests, forks and Commits.

Blocknet enjoys a substantial level of developer engagement for most of its top repositories. There are five top repos for the project including Blocknet( the official Blocknet cryptocurrency wallet) and XQuery (which provides decentralized access to indexed data for EVM blockchains such as Ethereum and Avalanche) among others.

As of 13/6/2022,  the Blocknet repo, which has the highest level of developer activity, had 40 people watching. Since its launch, the repo has received 20,562 commits and 97 forks. There are 52 open issues with 8 of them having been closed. Consequently, there were 11 open issues while 552 have been closed. 

On the other hand, the XQuery repo has had 97 commits and 4 forks for its 11 sub-branches. 16 issues are currently open while 10 have been marked as closed. Interestingly, there are zero open pull requests on this repo after all 19 were closed. 

You can track more info on the network’s repos here. 

Number of Releases 

Several releases aimed at improving the Blocknet network have hit mainnet since its launch. Some of the most important have been the likes of version 1.0 of its DEX-compatible multi-wallet, XLite in February 2021. Xlite is a multi-asset wallet for Blocknet that enables users to store and manage their crypto assets while allowing direct trading on Block DX, Blocknet’s decentralized exchange.

In March 2021, XRouter was released to allow interoperability between all blockchains with the additional ability to also connect to non-blockchain infrastructure infrastructures so that an ecosystem of blockchain connected oracles can be built.

You can track Ravencoin’s project development and releases here

Blocknet Website: https://theblocknetchannel.medium.com/

Blocknet Github;  https://github.com/blocknetdx

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All Ravecoin(RVN) are fairly issued and mined publicly using POW X16R, X16Rv2 and KawPoW algorithms. These algos are specifically created for the RVN blockchain and prevent immediate dominance by ASIC mining equipment as well as mining pools. KawPow is the latest algo to get hard forked on the RVN blockchain. 

Ravencoin uses a block reward time of one minute for its POW mining and is open to development to the public while allowing simple additional features for users. That fairness is further mirrored in the fact that there is no private, public founder or developer allocation set aside-users have to “work” to be rewarded. Furthermore, the blockchain is made to enable other developers to leverage its suite of products to build their projects as well as transfer non-native assets between different networks.

Number of Contributors

As earlier mentioned, Ravencoin is an open-source blockchain meaning that virtually anyone can contribute to the network’s code development from anywhere as well as access the blockchain design publicly. Given that the network’s code base is forked on the Bitcoin blockchain, developers enjoy a secure, decentralized and tamper-resistant network. 

According to data from Github, “RavenProject ” is the only project under development. The project features 11 repositories with six of them being the most popular. However, Ravencoin-which is the Ravencoin Core integration/staging tree, 2 Raven wallet repos-for ios and android as well as the Ravenproject.github.io repo- for the Ravencoin.org project website are the most popular among the six. 

As of 10th June 2022, excluding merge commits and bot accounts, there were 41 contributors to the “Ravencoin” repo, 32 on Ravens Project.github.io,  16 for the android wallet and 8 for the ios wallet. The most used programming language for the Ravenproject is C at 69.2%. Java comes second at 27.1% followed by C++ at 1.9%.

Issues, Pull Requests, Forks and Commits

The Issue, pull request, fork and commit count on any blockchain project is crucial to determining that network’s health. Over the years Ravencoin’s developers have put up a considerable effort in keeping the network atop, a fact that can be seen in the level of engagement. 

Currently, Ravencoin which is the most-watched repo has had 339 issues closed with 133 remaining open. 16 pull requests remain open while 701 have been closed. This particular repo has had 609 forks since being launched. 

The Ravenproject.github.io has 5 open issues, 38 closed ones; 4 open pull requests, 192 closed ones; 454 commits and 93 forks. 

See more metrics on the other repos here.

Number of Releases

While some of those releases have been, as per Github, “very simple” some of the most vital ones have been KAWPOW in April 2020. Others include the Raven wallets for ios and android in 2019. 

Currently, the  Ravencoin community is working on a suite of projects while running testnets on some. These include Atomic swaps, The Electrum Ravencoin wallet which is meant to be an alternative to Ravecoin’s native wallets and the RVNFT  which is a full NFT tokenization platform for the network among others. That said, Ravencoin remains to be a work in progress with the capabilities of the network being rolled out in phases which are done through planned hard forks. 

You can track Ravencoin’s project development here.

Ravencoin Website: https://ravencoin.org/

Ravencoin Github: https://github.com/RavenProject

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The network was initially created to service the needs of different blockchains enabling them to communicate with each other seamlessly. With the rapid advancement into Web 3, Anyswap sought to position itself as a leading blockchain network in providing a fast, secure, inexpensive, and reliable way to exchange value between DeFi chains. That is the main reason it adopted the  “Multichain” title.

Multichain’s seamless flow of value is backed by Fusion’s Decentralized Control Rights Management (DRCM), a product that enables the network to better manage token flow between networks. Today the network features its own Decentralized Exchange (DEX) and a native governance token called MULTI.

Number of Contributors

The Multichain network is kept safe and running by a team of dedicated developers using Github for source code management. The team’s lead developer is Mr Zhaojun who is also Multichain’s co-founder and CEO. Excluding merge commits and bot accounts, more than 4 other developers are contributing to different branches of the network’s source code. 

Under master or the “Cross Chain Router Protocol (CRP)”  there are 43 repositories. Six of these are pinned, signifying they are the most referenced and include Cross-Chain bridge, Anyswap-frontend, Anyswap-MPCNode, Cross-chain router, Anyswap edit and Brand assets. 

Multichain developers use Javascript, Solidity and Go to program. Other languages include Typescript and CSS.

Issues, Pull Requests, Forks, and Commits.

The level of engagement on the Multichain developer platform is remarkably striking. Issues raised are mostly hours or days apart signifying developers are committed to keeping the network’s health elevated.

As of 10/6/2022, in the past 30 days, the “Cross-chain Router” Repo which is one of the pinned repos has had 4 authors pushing 58 commits to main and 124 commits to all branches. On main, 115 files have changed and there have been 11,963 additions and 554 deletions. Since the repo was opened, it has had a total of 439 commits, 43 forks, 1 pull request and zero issues.

On the other hand, the CrossChain-Bridge repo which is based on Anyswap’s MPC network has had a total of 923 commits to its 21 branches since opening. 12 issues have been raised, 6 have been closed; 2 pull requests remain open with 19 being closed 107 repo copies have been forked. 

You can track more info on the network’s repos here.

Number of Releases

Several releases have been rolled out to boost Multichain’s performance and interoperability. Whereas there have been other releases in past years, some of the most important ones-interestingly-have come this year.

In April,  the network released “AnyCall,” a cross-chain Message Router Protocol that enables users to send cross-chain messages and contracts with just one transaction. The product is secured by Mult-chain nodes enabling users to send arbitrary data such as NFTs, smart contracts and tokes between different blockchains with just a single click.

In May, the network released two major products. First, there was the veMULTI mainnet on May 9th 2022, enabling MULTI holders to mint veMULTI NFT and giving them the authority to vote on Multichain community proposals. 

On May 24 2022, Multichain released “Fiver for Gas” a one-stop cross-chain gas swap that enables the direct swap from users’ DAI on source chain to gas tokens on destination chains. This feature promises smoother cross-chain transactions for users. 

Multichain Website: https://multichain.org/

Multichain Github: https://github.com/anyswap

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The network also features a sidechain called the “Emblem Vault”. An Emblem Vault is a special type of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) that includes a universal token wallet, allowing the NFT to hold many different types of assets.

The Emblem Vault also enables native crypto assets and tokens from other public and private blockchains to be transacted using trustless models. The vault also enables transactions of digital files, thus making all transactions more secure. 

Number of Contributors

Circuits of Value has the main Github repository called “Decentric Corp”. The network is managed under two major branches, namely the EmblemHDscheme and the Coval.js. There are 71 other repos under these heads with the three top repositories being; 

• Coval-Unspecified-Ml-Blockchain, 
• Coval Solidity and, 
• Coval.js. 

According to Github data, there is only one approved contributor to the master known as “Shannon code” who is also the project’s initiator.  The other repos are however open to the public and have several developers contributing there. The most used languages are Javascript, Python, HTML, C++, and Vue.

Number of Pull Requests 

Anyone can request a merge by keying in a pull request to any of the repos. Standard procedures when raising pull requests on COVAL’s projects are followed with the most outstanding issues being approved by the project’s leader(s). 

As of writing (6/6/2022), there are 64 open pull requests on Coval-Unspecified-Ml-Blockchain while 39 have been closed. On Coval Solidity, there were 16 open pull requests with zero being closed. 4 pull requests remain open on Coval.js, which is the third-largest repo by developer activity, with 15 being closed.

Number of Commits

Once developers make changes to their code, they initiate a “commit”. A commit sends a message that certain changes have been done and gives a snapshot of a certain repository. Repo’s under Circuits of Value master-code have undergone several changes.

Currently, there are 29, 2, and 119 commits on Coval-Unspecified-Ml-Blockchain, Coval Solidity and Coval.js respectively with over 100 commits on the rest of the repos.

Number of Releases

Releases are deployable software iterations one can package and make available for a wider audience to download and use. Since its launch, developers have focused on upgrading the network’s repos without many releases.

Under the Coval-Unspecified-Ml-Blockchain, which is also the most referenced repo several updates have been made aimed at deploying smart contracts on the COVAL network. Most releases on Coval-Solidity are designed to compile smart contracts as well as improve the network’s interactive interfaces. Other smaller upgrades have occurred on Coval.js aimed at the cryptocurrency’s network.

COVAL Website: https://circuitsofvalue.com/

COVAL Github:  https://github.com/DecentricCorp

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According to the network’s website, PulseChain was created to lower fees on Ethereum, enrich holders of Ethereum projects and NFT users, lower environmental pollution through its POS consensus as well as improve the “game theory”- or introduce 0% inflation.

Following its launch in 2021, the network went through a sacrificial phase which involved users sacrificing various tokens to the network using MetaMask after which they would receive PLS tokens when the network is “hard-forked” on Ethereum.

Number of Contributors

Unlike most blockchain networks which use Github, PulseChain developers use Gitlab to develop, secure and operate their code. PulseChain activities are piloted under the project name “Go-Pulse”, which is described as the “official implementation of the PulseChain node, a fork of “Go-Ethereum.”

PulseChain welcomes contributions from anyone on the internet and is grateful for even the smallest of fixes. Those willing to contribute are required to fork, fix, commit, and send a pull request for the maintainers to review and merge into the main codebase. Those who wish to submit more complex changes are also allowed to contact PulseChain’s devs on social media sites such as Telegram.

Currently, 9 members have been added by the project’s Maintainers or Owners. To be specific, there are 5 developers, 3 maintainers and 1 owner who happens to be Richard Heart (aka Richard J. Schueler).

Number Of Issues And Pull Requests

Go-Pulse has three branches; The Master which is described as the merge branch, the “better gas estimation” branch and the “module path” branch. 

As of 18th May 2021, there were 37 closed issues out of the total 38 issues. Further, out of a total of 42 “merge requests,” 36 had been merged with 3 remaining open. The other 3 had been marked as “closed” which suggests they were rejected.

Number of Commits

The PulseChain network has been flaring with activity as the network inches closer to hitting the mainnet. One can tell about a network’s health and chances of survival just by looking at how many and how frequently developers commit to its source code. 

Currently, there are 13,317 commits to Go-Pulse.

Number of Releases

Since its debut, the PulseChain network has had 16 releases. Releases refer to the completion and deployment of nodes for use on the network. Whereas releases are either qualified as major or minor, each one of them has its own intended benefit and is deployed to improve the network’s general health. 

Based on Gitlab, the three most recent releases have been targeted at fixing lags due to transaction hash mismatches, optimizing validator rotation as well as a beta release of the sacrifice credit allocation and lastly, and a release aimed at fixing transactional failures due to gas underestimation.

PulseChain Website: https://pulsechain.com/

PulseChain Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/pulsechaincom/go-pulse

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On freedom, the project particularly zones in on enabling the blockchain entrepreneur and the average cryptocurrency investor, with its foundation pillar being security. The project claims to provide a unique and innovative form of security as strong as the Bitcoin network at a meager cost.

Komodo further enables users to trade over 95% of the cryptocurrencies in existence with each other (P2P), more like a decentralized exchange, by relying on the underlying concept of “atomic swap.” Komodo also allows developers to build DApps on the network or launch their apps as long as they conform to Komodo’s security requirements.

Number of Contributors

Komodo is an open-source network with a multichain architecture that gives developers complete freedom to build as long as the essential connections to the Kodo ecosystem remain.

Developers pivot on a unique combination of Smart Chain technology and the Antara framework to ‘build anything’ on the Komodo network. As earlier stated, since Komodo acts like a DEX, too, users can also set up and use an AtomicDEX-enabled environment using an AtomicDEX API.

Currently, only eight members have permission to control what happens to the Komodo platform, with the most used languages being Dart; C++; Javascript; Rust, and; C.

Number of Issues

As per Github, the Komodo platform currently has 222 repositories, with six being the most popular. ‘AtomicDEX-Desktop’ is the most visited, with most developer activity noted here. Presently, the repository has 100 open issues, with 500 having been closed so far. In total, 10pull requests remain open on this repo’s master, with devs having closed 1104. 

Further details on the other repositions can be found here.

Number of Commits

Komodo features one of the most vibrant developer communities deriving from the level of GitHub activity. For example, the Atomic DEX repo has received 9,236 commits to master since launch. In the past 30 days alone, two authors have pushed five commits to Master andsix6 commits to all branches. Additional three files have changed, and there have been 121 adds and one deletion. 

On the other hand, the official Komodo source code repository has received 32,302 commits, and while 226 commits are happening, 27 remain unattended. 

 Number of Releases

There have been a dozen releases on Komodo’s platform, with each repo receiving a handful of upgrades to boost the network’s war chest.

The Komodo repo has so far the highest number of releases at 68+. The latest release is the  ‘Komodo 0.7.1 [Hydra]’, which aims to refactor the previous version and update the dead DNS seed, among other enhancements.

The AtomicDEX-Desktop repo has received over 21 releases. The most recent is ‘AtomicDEX v0.5.5 beta’, an enhancement that brings improved pie chart appearance and login page appearance, among other improvements to the AtomicDEX trader interface.

See other releases on the Komodo platform here.

Number of Forks

Thousands of forks occurred on the Komodo platform. So far, Komodo has the highest number of forks at 1.9k, followed by the AtomicDEX API at 184 forks. While the forks could take place directly to existing repos, they could also point at those repos’ branches. 

Track the latest developments on Komodo HERE.

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Whereas most blockchains are built on the foundation of decentralization, where users are promised a future where they can control their own data and developers can build applications on a trustless distributed computer, still, the issue of privacy has failed to receive the attention it deserves.

Thus, Ren focuses on building around privacy with special regard to financial applications that have emerged as highly valuable. This is by ensuring that decentralized applications truly respect the privacy and sovereignty of users and their data. 

Number of Contributors

Developers on RenVM use RenJS, a software development kit (SDK) that they have to install to interact with the network.  Although the network does not have any public projects yet,  conventional developer procedures apply when building on Ren and interested developers can join a chat on telegram where they can raise issues or give suggestions.

REN has 7 officially authorized contributors, with Go, Typescript, Rust, Shel, and Javascript being the most used programming languages.

Number of Issues

According to Github, currently, there are 68 repositories for the Ren project. Six are, however, the most popular include; Multichain, RenJS; Darknode-sol; REN; Bridge-v2, and; Hyperdrive.

Multichain which is an abstraction over multiple different underlying blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Zcash, etc.) has the highest number of issues at 6 to the master. Since its debut, one issue has been closed on this repository. There are also some 21 open pull requests with 113 of them having been closed. A pull request is a mechanism for a developer to notify team members that a feature or fix, developed on a separate branch, is ready. This lets everybody involved know that they can review the code.

Look at the rest of the repositories here.

Number of Commits

There have been thousands of individual changes to files on Ren. As of writing, excluding merges, 2 authors have pushed 29 commits to master and 33 commits to all branches, in the past 30 or so days. On the Ren-JS which is the official JavaScript library for interacting with RenVM, 123 files have changed and there have been 4,782 additions and 3,903 deletions. 

On the other hand, for Multichain, 2 authors have pushed 13 commits to master and 13 commits to all branches. 7 files have changed and there have been 103 additions and 30 deletions within the same timeframe.

Number of Releases

There have been several releases for the Ren project, with every repository boasting a handful. The most significant release was the RenVM in May 2020. RenVM serves as a robust and permissionless tool for all of DeFi to utilize.

Other releases, some of which are still in the works like the “blockchain blitz,” aim to add support for as many new chains as possible. 

These additional releases include the Host 2 Host (H2H); RenJS V3; Airwaves v0.6 Release and; Loki v0.4.9 release. Stay updated about the network releases here.  

Number of Forks

Hundreds of changes have been forked to existing repositories on the Ren project since launch. A fork is a copy of a repository. Forking a repository allows you to freely experiment with changes without affecting the original project. So far, the multichain repository has the highest number of forks at 111, followed by Darknode-sol at 84. 

Track the latest developments on the Ren Protocol HERE.

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Although one could claim that other blockchains such as Cardano and Ethereum offer the same benefits, Solana is hailed as the fastest blockchain in the world, putting it ahead of the game.

The network, which is now home to thousands of projects including DeFi, Web3 and NFTs among others is also hailed as being low cost and censorship-resistant. 

Number of Contributors

Solana enjoys a war chest of on-the-ready contributors who are constantly contributing to the network’s 96 repositories, developing and dealing with problems such as occasional congestion caused by surging traffic.

Contributing to Solana’s projects requires one to put in a pull request or tackle any “good first issue” listed on a repository of their choice. Alternatively, Solana Labs hold occasional hackathons where developers can explore the network’s vulnerabilities for bounties.

According to Github data, there are 100 direct contributors to Master aimed at scaling the Blockchain for fast, secure, scalable, decentralized apps and marketplaces. 

There is also a list of other repositories including the recently launched “Solana Pay”, a new standard for decentralized payments, which has 16 listed contributors. 

Number of Issues

As of writing, devs at Solana have managed to close 2,979 issues since the network’s debut and are currently faced with a workload of 657 open issues across 18 separate projects.

Currently, devs are also comparing notes on some 216 pull requests before eventually integrating them into the official project 

Number of Commits

Excluding merges, 34 authors have pushed 63 commits to master and 108 commits to all branches between February 7 and February 14. On master, 130 files have changed and there have been 5,923 additions and 2,016 deletions.

Number of Releases

Solana has had a ton of releases aimed at improving the network’s functionalities. Repository collaborators and people with write access to a repository can create and deliver iterations of a release to users. 

One of the most important releases has been the 1.8 version which was specifically aimed at improving issues of program cache exhaustion, which are largely responsible for recent performance degradations. Currently, the Solana network is running on the 1.8.14 mainnet beta version which aims at preventing excessive duplicate transactions.  

Number of Forks

Ideally, forks on Solana occur whenever a leader changes, which can be regular. Nodes on the network take turns being leader and generating the Proof of History (PoH) that encodes state changes. Forking requires at least 66% of the votes for at least one branch failure to which the network halts.

To date, 1600 forks have been clinched on the network. 

Track the latest developments on the Polygon Network HERE

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While Ethereum is hailed as one of the best blockchain development platforms, Polygon claims to solve pain points associated with the blockchain including slow transactions, high gas fees, low transaction throughput, scalability and security.

Polygon uses a Proof of Stake consensus and enables delegators to stake MATIC for rewards. It also enables the building of DApps and bridging between networks through the polygon bridge.

Number of Contributors

Since its launch in 2019, the number of contributors on Polygon has steadily risen. Contributions are either made through sending conventional Github requests, emails or through occasional bug bounty programs that reward contributors who can find security vulnerabilities on the network and solve them.

According to Github stats, there are currently 465 registered contributors to Bor, the master code of the Matic Protocol. Other projects such as contracts and testnets have 17 and 15 contributors respectively. However, these are just total figures and the number of ACTIVE contributors could be much lower.

Number of Issues

Contributors are free to raise issues through the Polygon Github Repos. A person who identifies an area to contribute to can also send an email to community maintainers saying “I want to help”. As of writing, Polygon Bor has 28 open issues with 83 having been closed so far. There are also some 26 opened pull requests with the community having addressed 178.

Number of Commits

Polygon has an average of 16 commits per week, which is a great figure to keep the network in check. According to GitHub, several commits are being pushed to the master code which is so far the one with the greatest hits.

Number of Releases

About 6 major releases have come to the Polygon Network since its debut. The latest one has been the Polygon Miden, a STARK-based Zero-Knowledge (ZK) rollup aimed at driving the Network’s scalability and interoperability through integrating it with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).

Others have been SDK, Avail, Hermez, Nightfall, Miden and Zero, which work together with a focus on ZK (Zero-Knowledge) cryptography. It is expected that Polygon Hermez and Miden should integrate later in the year, boosting the network’s interoperability.

Number of Forks

According to Github, Polygon has had 138 forks since its launch. Most of these upgrades have been aimed at securing the network’s vulnerability which has constantly been at the risk of being compromised by bugs.

However, the most important upgrade has been the introduction of  Ethereum’s EIP 1559 (London Hard Fork) on mainnet in January 2022. Apart from the burning of the native MATIC token and better fee visibility, the burn is expected to drastically reduce circulating MATIC coins in a bid to bring deflation.

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There are only 21,000,000 Bitcoins that will ever exist.

Number of Contributors

Contributors to the Bitcoin Core project are welcome to contribute in the form of peer review, testing and patches. 

A system of meritocracy is embraced on the network’s open-source model allowing contributors to earn trust from the developer community. This eliminates the idea of “privileged” contributors giving a chance to everyone to work their way up the hierarchy.

More than 750 contributors are listed on Bitcoins source code repository on Github including Marco Falke and W. J. van der Laan who are some of the most prolific Core Developers considering the number of individual changes to the project.

Accordingly, the number of contributors has risen considerably since August 30, 2009, with the largest number of contributions to Bitcoin Core (Master) being witnessed in Mid 2020.

Number of Issues

Out of the 6 currently open projects, developers of Bitcoin Core have been able to close 5,968 issues since Bitcoin’s debut. 

610 issues are still on the working table. According to statistical data, the rate of issue resolution has risen in the past years and currently, an average of 10 issues is resolved weekly.  

Further, 403 pull requests remain open while 15,909 have been closed so far.

Number of Commits

The first Bitcoin commit was written back in August 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto. It remains unclear if Satoshi Nakamoto used any kind of source control before the source codes were available to the public. 

However, evidence that the original source files were distributed privately through email remains undisputed. The source code was originally hosted in a rar file on Bitcoin.org. It did not use any Source Control Management. 

Later, when more people began working on it, one of the earliest developers, Sirius, moved everything to SVN on Sourceforge. That was later moved to the current Github repository and switched to using Git.

Since then developers have managed to increase their commits. An average of 50 commits per week is pushed to the master code. May 2020 saw the largest number of commits in the last 2 years on the network at 105 based on Github data. 

Number of Releases

Since 2009, over 55 Bitcoin cores have been released, some being major and others being minor. 

Whereas Satoshi created the bitcoin network on 3rd January 2009 mining the genesis block of the chain,  it was not until 27th April, 2011 that the first notable release from other developers, the Bitcoin Core version 0.19.1, went mainnet.

 The upgrade was mainly aimed at enabling Universal Plug and Play support thereby  Enabling automatic opening of a port for incoming connections 

Fast forward to 2021, the latest release is the Bitcoin Core 22.0. This release includes new features, various bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations.

Read more about Bitcoin core releases HERE.

Number of Forks

Bitcoin is one of the largest blockchain networks and boasts countless repositories.

So far there have been 100 forks, 74 of which have remained intact. A Bitcoin hard fork, which denotes the process by which a node is onboarded on the network to upgrade. It was created to solve the disagreements within the Bitcoin community over speed, fee of transactions among other issues.

To date, some of the most notable upgrades have been the 2017 Segregated Witness( SegWit) hard fork which was designed to help increase the block size limit on a blockchain.

On 14th November 2021, the Taproot upgrade went live introducing  Bitcoin to the smart contract era as well as enhancing security, privacy and efficiency on the network.

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