(Possibly a little off-topic, but along the lines of previous questions like "How many nodes are supporting Ethereum Classic?" and "How many pre-sale addresses are there?", perhaps… )
The question "Naming conventions for ERC-20 instancies" got me wondering:
How many Ethereum-based tokens are there, and how does this compare to the number of tokens on other platforms?
Clarifications:
- Public, main (ETH) network only;
- I'm not counting ETH as a token itself, though strictly you could argue it is;
- ERC-20/ERC-223 or otherwise;
- By "other platforms" I mean other, non-interoperable, blockchains;
- I'm loosely defining "tokens" on other platforms, be they backed by smart contracts or otherwise. (…Which now has me questioning: "What is a token…?")
Best Answer
From Etherscan it says:
Which would be all the tokens that follow the Ethereum ERC20 Token Standard Interface. I counted all the tokens on CoinMarketCap that are built on Ethereum and there is 324 (Source).
You can also see with this chart the amount of assets built on each platform, taken from this article: How Ethereum became the platform of choice for ICO’d digital assets