The Ethereum blockchain is composed of multiple segments, or “chains,” each of which contains a certain number of “blocks.” The total number of blocks in all of the segments together is the “chain length.” The current chain length of the Ethereum blockchain is about 15.5 million.
Other related questions:
Q: How many Ethereum chains are there?
A: There are actually two Ethereum chains: the main Ethereum chain and the Ethereum Classic chain.
Q: How many nodes are in the ethereum Blockchain?
A: At the time of this writing, there are around 12,000 nodes in the Ethereum blockchain.
Q: What is the total size of ethereum Blockchain?
A: Ethereum’s blockchain is currently about 20 GB in size.
Q: How many types of Ethereum are there?
A: Ethereum has two main types of accounts:
1. External accounts, which are controlled by private keys and can be used to send and receive ETH and other assets.
2. Contract accounts, which are controlled by their contract code and can be used to interact with other contracts, send and receive ETH and other assets, and perform other actions on the blockchain.