Between 2020 and 2023, the number of layer-1 blockchains grew rapidly, most of them aiming to solve the same set of problems: transaction speed, high gas fees, and scalability. Yet this boom has created another issue—redundancy. By 2025, reality has proven that only a handful of layer-1s have managed to retain liquidity, active developers, and real users. Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and a few with genuine architectural innovations (like Aptos or Monad) continue to thrive, while dozens of oth...

Between 2020 and 2023, the number of layer-1 blockchains grew rapidly, most of them aiming to solve the same set of problems: transaction speed, high gas fees, and scalability. Yet this boom has created another issue—redundancy. By 2025, reality has proven that only a handful of layer-1s have managed to retain liquidity, active developers, and real users. Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and a few with genuine architectural innovations (like Aptos or Monad) continue to thrive, while dozens of oth...