{"id":82611,"date":"2023-08-04T09:50:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=82611"},"modified":"2025-09-12T06:07:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:07:39","slug":"report-bear-market-did-not-dent-growth-in-verified-smart-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/report-bear-market-did-not-dent-growth-in-verified-smart-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Bear market did not dent growth in verified smart contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Q2, bear-market sentiment in the cryptocurrency market did not hinder the continued increase in the number of verified smart contracts and the overall growth <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a>. This conclusion was reached by <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.bnbchain.org\/en\/blog\/web3-in-numbers-verified-smart-contracts-surged-in-q2-2023-despite-bear-market\/\\\">\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438 BNB Chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In the context of shrinking venture capital funding, the sustained momentum points to the resilience of interest in blockchain solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Growth in the number of verified smart contracts across several blockchains reflected increased attention to security and scalability in Web3.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Experts found that the leading blockchains have succeeded in attracting developers and users. This points to a strengthening of project diversity across the ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Leading in this regard remains BNB Chain, which expanded its market share from 38% to 45%.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum firmly retained its position as the second-largest network by the cited metric, accounting for 34% of the total number of verified smart contracts (31% at the end of Q1).<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Experts noted a marked increase in developers&#8217; interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2<\/a>-solutions for Ethereum \u2014 Arbitrum and Optimism. The share of the first jumped from 0.9% to 4.5%, and that of the second from 1.2% to 1.5%.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The ecosystem <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-fantom-ftm\">Fantom<\/a> has taken a less prominent role. The share of verified smart contracts in this network fell from 3.3% to 1.4% of the total.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Industry-wide, development continued for the blockchains <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-polygon-matic\">Polygon<\/a> and Avalanche, whose market shares ranged roughly between 10-12% and 2.2-2.7%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\">\\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"aligncenter size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"505\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-503-1024x505.png\\\" alt=\\\"image-503\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-212929\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-503-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-503-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-503-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-503-1536x757.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-503.png 1600w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Dynamics of the number of verified smart contracts by week and by blockchain. Data: BNB Chain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Binance <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-assesses-six-months-of-crypto-market-dynamics\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438<\/a> the six-month dynamics of the crypto market.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>On July 14, the largest crypto exchange by trading volume celebrated its sixth anniversary. In honor of the milestone, the platform&#8217;s CEO Changpeng Zhao thanked employees, recalled key milestones in the company&#8217;s history, and shared plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Q2, bear-market sentiment in the cryptocurrency market did not hinder the continued growth in the number of verified smart contracts and the overall growth {{AOPEN_1}}Web3{{ACLOSE_1}}.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[744,25,1252,54],"class_list":["post-82611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-binance","tag-blockchain","tag-reports","tag-smart-contracts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82613,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82611\/revisions\/82613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}