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I've been concerned about this for Rust too, as a lot of the published jobs and high profile projects (including Libra) are in the cryptocurrency sector. For ex

I've been concerned about this for Rust too, as a lot of the published jobs and high profile projects (including Libra) are in the cryptocurrency sector. For example, one of the most promising rival GUI toolkits, iced, is being sponsored by Cryptowatch. Fortunately, the growth of other sectors is robust enough that if all cryptocurrency were to fall into the ocean, Rust would be impacted but not massively so.

sanxiyn 6y ago
Rust's adoption in the cryptocurrency sector is massive indeed. Parity Technologies and OpenEthereum is the most well known, but both Stellar Development Foundation and Zcash Foundation (both are among top 30 cryptocurrencies) are rewriting their main node implementation in Rust. I'd say at this point Rust has more adoption than both Haskell (Cardano) and OCaml (Tezos).
- tromp 6y ago
  Grin is perhaps the first cryptocurrency to be written in Rust, starting in October 2016. Its constant 1 Grin per second emission tries to keep speculators at bay.
- loxs 6y ago
  There is an ongoing effort to implement a Tezos node in Rust
sanxiyn 6y ago
In addition to iced, I need to point out that Debian's Rust packaging is effectively funded by Web3 Foundation. Cryptocurrency money also funded RustCon Asia (held in Beijing).
unicornmama 6y ago
I suspect that’s because of the crypto boom. New tech is adopted by new startups, many (maybe even most) new startups are in the crypto space.
- pythonaut_16 6y ago
  Crypto in particular has lots of requirements that would be served by Rust and Haskell that might make them more appealing; where a traditional web startup that mainly serves web traffic can easily choose between Ruby, Python, Javascript, Elixir, etc.
Macha 6y ago
There was definitely a minor controversy one year where a well known community figure listed "less cryptocurrency" as part of their hopes for Rust in one of the "Rust in $year" posts. Sadly I can't find the details right now.
- raphlinus 6y ago
  I think you're referring to: https://llogiq.github.io/2019/11/05/fear.html https://llogiq.github.io/2019/11/05/fear.html ETA, and here's the discussion thread on the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/dpakxq/rust_2020_more_or_less/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/dpakxq/rust_2020_more...

sanxiyn 6y ago

Rust's adoption in the cryptocurrency sector is massive indeed. Parity Technologies and OpenEthereum is the most well known, but both Stellar Development Foundation and Zcash Foundation (both are among top 30 cryptocurrencies) are rewriting their main node implementation in Rust. I'd say at this point Rust has more adoption than both Haskell (Cardano) and OCaml (Tezos).

tromp 6y ago
Grin is perhaps the first cryptocurrency to be written in Rust, starting in October 2016. Its constant 1 Grin per second emission tries to keep speculators at bay.
loxs 6y ago
There is an ongoing effort to implement a Tezos node in Rust

sanxiyn 6y ago

In addition to iced, I need to point out that Debian's Rust packaging is effectively funded by Web3 Foundation. Cryptocurrency money also funded RustCon Asia (held in Beijing).

unicornmama 6y ago

I suspect that’s because of the crypto boom. New tech is adopted by new startups, many (maybe even most) new startups are in the crypto space.

pythonaut_16 6y ago
Crypto in particular has lots of requirements that would be served by Rust and Haskell that might make them more appealing; where a traditional web startup that mainly serves web traffic can easily choose between Ruby, Python, Javascript, Elixir, etc.

Macha 6y ago

There was definitely a minor controversy one year where a well known community figure listed "less cryptocurrency" as part of their hopes for Rust in one of the "Rust in $year" posts. Sadly I can't find the details right now.

raphlinus 6y ago
I think you're referring to: https://llogiq.github.io/2019/11/05/fear.html https://llogiq.github.io/2019/11/05/fear.html ETA, and here's the discussion thread on the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/dpakxq/rust_2020_more_or_less/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/dpakxq/rust_2020_more...