TL;DR

• The more developers there are working on blockchain apps, the higher the chance of a 'no instructions needed' user-experience becoming a reality.

• Developer retention within the Solana ecosystem has increased from ~30% to 50%+ over the past three months.

• More developers = more stuff to do on Solana = more ways to entice new users = more users = more incentive for developers to build on the chain. It's a beautiful cycle 🥲.

Full Story

We have a dream that we’d one day like to realize, and it goes a little something like this:

We have our parents download ​blockchain​ application and they start using it without any "Can you give me a hand with this?'s” from Dad…

Or having to give any “See, what you need to do's” over mom’s shoulder.

The app just works. No instructions needed.

We don't care if it happens on Bitcoin, Ethereum, or ​Harry Potter Obama Sonic 10 Inu​, as long as it happens eventually.

All we know for sure is:

The more developers there are working on blockchain apps, the higher the chance of a 'no instructions needed' user-experience becoming a reality.

Which is why we're stoked to report:

Solana, which is widely considered one of the more user-friendly blockchains, is not only attracting new developers, but keeping them.

Developer retention within the Solana ecosystem has increased from ~30% to 50%+ over the past three months.

More developers = more stuff to do on Solana = more ways to entice new users = more users = more incentive for developers to build on the chain.

(It's a beautiful cycle 🥲).

And sure, a bump in developer retention on a lone blockchain doesn't guarantee the release of a dad-friendly blockchain app.

...but it helps.