{"id":29664,"date":"2020-10-06T10:31:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29664"},"modified":"2025-08-27T18:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:17:52","slug":"metamask-surpasses-1-million-active-users-amid-defi-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/metamask-surpasses-1-million-active-users-amid-defi-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"MetaMask surpasses 1 million active users amid DeFi hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MetaMask Ethereum wallet&#8217;s user base surpassed 1 million active users per month. The team regards this achievement as &#8216;the most important milestone for the entire ecosystem&#8217;.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MetaMask has exceeded 1 Million Monthly Active Users! \ud83c\udf89We\u2019re humbled to be supporting such a curious, vibrant and passionate community. To learn more about our growth journey, check out our latest blog post \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BJJFtQtznl\">https:\/\/t.co\/BJJFtQtznl<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/metamask?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#metamask<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ethereum?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ethereum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/web3?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#web3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetaMask (@metamask_io) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metamask_io\/status\/1313228298642575360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of May 2019, MetaMask had 264,000 users. Project representatives say that a key role in expanding the user base was played by <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/metamask-wallet-goes-mobile\">the launch<\/a> of the wallet&#8217;s mobile version in early September.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_112281\" style=\"width: 697px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112281\" class=\"wp-image-112281 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-201.png\" alt=\"MetaMask active user count exceeds 1 million amid DeFi hype\" width=\"687\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-201.png 687w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-201-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-112281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: MetaMask blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Moreover, over the past 12 months, decentralized organisations, Web3 games, products and services in the DeFi sector have proliferated,&#8221; the statement notes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The representatives say that users are more likely to turn to MetaMask to participate &#8216;in the decentralised finance revolution&#8217;. According to them, the trend of DeFi proliferation runs parallel to the wallet&#8217;s growing popularity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_112280\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112280\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-320.png\" alt=\"MetaMask active user count exceeds 1 million amid DeFi hype\" width=\"700\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-320.png 700w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-320-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-112280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dynamics of assets locked in the DeFi sector. Sources: MetaMask blog, DeFi Pulse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In July, the eighth version of the MetaMask browser extension was introduced. The update improves privacy and refreshes the interface.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the developers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/metamask-adopts-a-new-license-for-distributing-its-source-code\">restricted<\/a> free use of the extension&#8217;s source code. Commercial projects with more than 10,000 active users will need to enter into an official agreement with the company.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum wallet MetaMask&#8217;s user base exceeded 1 million active users per month. The team regards this achievement as &#8216;the most important milestone for the entire ecosystem&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1093,1287,57],"class_list":["post-29664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-defi","tag-metamask","tag-wallets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"42","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29666,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29664\/revisions\/29666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}