Diving through the information that we have available on the internet and after watching a video of 
This website offers an observation and ranking service regarding the development that crypto projects have, for example you can see the number of commits that a certain blockchain project has on github during the last 12 months.
Thus, for example, we can see that the development in BITCOIN is continuous and, although the number of commits has dropped a bit lately, its development is stable over time.
On the other hand, if we take a look at other similar projects such as LITECOIN we can see that the blockchain is almost dead or with an almost non-existent "pulse" of development:
Although I already knew it, EOS is DEAD and this graph shows it:
Just like BITSHARES, its development and evolution ended on December last year:
I have not found HIVE in the rank, I suppose that, somehow, we must "register" there so that the service recognizes us, maybe our friends from 
If you are thinking of buying crypto, it is not bad that you take a look at whether there is development or evolution in the blockchain in question... for example, is someone able to buy EOS knowing that nobody does anything there?
Are you interested in private cryptos? Well, you will be interested to know that ZCASH has more development than MONERO today... that does not mean that it does not have it or that one is better than another, but it gives you an idea of which one is evolving...
If you were waiting for prices to drop to buy that "gemm" that escaped you a few years ago, maybe it's worth taking a look at its development and see "what's cooking" or, rather, if "something is cooking there".
Enjoy!
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