Ethereum’s blockchain-based metaverse projects Decentraland and Sandbox have responded to reports suggesting low daily user activity on the platforms, arguing that a “misinformed” metric was used to measure each of the daily active users (DAU) of the platforms.

The controversy appears to stem from data originating from DappRadar, with observers suggesting that the Decentraland metaverse sees 30 DAUs despite having over $1.2 billion in market cap.

Decentralized ( $ MANA ) has 30 daily active users

and a market capitalization of $1.2 billion pic.twitter.com/u4MBNsWvwk

– SHAKE (@0x_shake) October 6, 2022

However, Decentralized said in an Oct. 8 tweet that “some websites are tracking only specific smart contract transactions but reporting them as daily active users […] which is inaccurate.”

Sandbox CEO Arthur…