Only a few years ago, blockchain was a little-known corner of the tech world associated primarily with cryptocurrencies and techno-libertarianism. The rise of decentralized smart contract platforms like Ethereum, however, has completely changed the way that sectors ranging from finance to journalism view the application of decentralized networks, distributed ledgers, and digital assets in reorganizing business models.

But to build those blue sky business models of the future, you need developers. While the Ethereum developer community is the already largest, most active, and inclusive in all of blockchain (just check out Gitcoin if you need proof), it seems that only more and more web developers — those who have built the current iteration of the internet experience — are looking to blockchain and what comes next.

Case in point: Stack Overflow’s 2019 Developer Survey was recently released. With over 90,000 developers from around the world queried, it presents a remarkable snapshot of the sector. 2019 is the first ever edition to include a section on blockchain, titled Blockchain in the Real World, which reported that over 68% of developers have a positive opinion of blockchain, in addition to a number of other salient insights about decentralization, work habits, and preferences that may inform how developers may adopt coding for blockchain in the near future.

Check out what today’s web developers have to say about blockchain, in addition to other insights about the state of Web2 and the future of development, and read all of Stack Overflow’s excellent 2019 Developer Survey.

68% of Web Developers Have Less than 10 years on the job, while 41% have less than 5 years professional experience