This paper analyzes blockchain evolution from 2008–2025, revealing that developer activity lags public interest by ~5 years and is now shifting from protocols to real-world applications, signaling ecosystem maturity:

This paper analyzes blockchain evolution from 2008–2025, revealing that developer activity lags public interest by ~5 years and is now shifting from protocols to real-world applications, signaling ecosystem maturity: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5357534

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Blockchain Ecosystem Evolution

This study analyzes the evolution of blockchain ecosystem development from 2008 to 2025, based on three datasets: global Google search trends for "blockcha