According to a developer report by Electric Capital, Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions Starknet and zkSync have seen an increase in their total monthly active developer counts over the past year, while Ethereum, Polygon, and Solana have seen a decrease. Starknet's "Quantum Leap" went live in July and can potentially increase Ethereum's transactions per second (TPS) from 13-15 to 37 TPS consistently and up to 90 TPS in some cases.

Developers at zkSync have been building a network of "Hyperchains" to create an ecosystem of interoperable protocols and sovereign chains. The report also noted a decrease in newcomers to the developer market during bear markets, while established and emerging developers have remained relatively steady.