Aptos pushes Polkadot off the development ranks despite APT’s…

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Aptos [APT] , the project built with the aim of processing 150000 transactions per second, ranked first in terms of daily development activity on 19 February.

According to ProofofGitHub, the milestone meant that Aptos shifted the Polkadot [DOT] long-term lead per the metric.

#1: 162 Aptos #2: 161 Polkadot / Kusama #3: 102 Lido DAO Token #4: 102 Lido Staked ETH #5: 101 Zus #6: 92 IOTA #7: 78 Cosmos #8: 73 NEM #9: 69 Decred pic.twitter.com/65IvcyHMgY

— ProofofGitHub (@ProofofGitHub) February 19, 2023

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Over a couple of weeks, DOT has been the leader in this regard , with only Cardano [ADA] pushing it to second on a number of occasions.

Although it was a close call between APT and DOT, the minimal difference showed that Aptos’ domination over others has been unwavering. But what has been the driving force behind the shoot?

Interestingly, the push was possible due to the manner in which Aptos developers have increased their input . According to Santiment, the development activity contributors count has hit peaks over the last few days. As of 18 February, the metric hit as high as 20.87.

And, this has occurred despite Aptos not announcing any noteworthy upgrade. In addition, the Aptos on-chain volume had increased to 534.84 million at press time. 

The volume describes the aggregate amount of tokens that pass through the network on a daily basis. Thus, the spike implied that a lot of tokens had exchanged wallets via the Aptos network within the last 24 hours.

Source: Santiment

Despite increases in the aspects mentioned above, there was some stagnancy with APT that could not be overlooked. For context, the