I agree that is overwhelming, and boring.  I think the main problem is that is to technical with regards to following the connecting lines.

It is meant to be read as two types of confidential transactions: coinJoin and Stealth transactions.


The reason for including VPNs, TOR, and types of confidential transactions is to showcase the layers of abstraction used to create private transactions.  For example using CoinJoin to open and close lightning channels over Tor etc.  I think the infographic may be trying to bite off more than it should.  I thought that including the sattlies could showcase how decentralized the network will become in the coming decades.  Just imagine a country trying to censor packets that are being routed around their firewall by satellites performing onion routing.

I am looking for feedback on an info graphic I am working on.  It is targeted towards educating people who already know about Bitcoin and helping people teach others about Bitcoin.  I would like to have more eyes review it so I can get some feedback.  Primary I would like feed back on wording and organization.  Design comments and anything else you can think of is also welcomed!

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It doesn't really matter which implementation nodes choose to use to propagate the blocks.  For all we know there could be someone out there receiving blocks every week printed out on paper in the mail.   However if the blocks aren't propagated nobody would be able to validate them, run the script langue on that data, view the tokens/utxo set etc.  I think it is a fundamental layer that removing would take away a substantial part to how Bitcoin works.

It is implied being lower in the stack.  I will work on a more detailed explanation of the incentives in a future update.

Thank you

Version 4:

The massive energy consumption is a feature not a bug.  Currently it is the only way mankind knows how to solve the double spend problem.  It forces miners to commit to a chain and punishes miners who are not loyal to it.  The heaviest chain take all after all.  In addition to providing the network with security, it also reduces the unit cost of electricity which is objectively good.  Further more is forces society to build a power grid that doesn't rely on fossil fuels and other non-renewable sources as they simply wont exist at a certain point if they choose not to.
Bitcoin Q&A: Why "energy consumption" math sucks by Andreas Antonopoulos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvFqEofdAZ0

This is intentional as the chart shows that it is a stack of technology.  For example the Internet stack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model

Semantics is the proper word here.  On this layer we are concerned with the structure and organization of data within the block.  Protocol is the wrong word in this case because the semantic structure of the block is only a subset of the blockchain protocol.  The blockchain protocol also includes consensus, mining, and propagation.  Without consensus there would be nothing to mine for.  Without propagation there would be no way to communicate that completed blocks.  Without a block semantics there would be no way of interpreting what the ones and zeros mean.
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics

The direction of the arrow signifies a dependence on something. For, example The Lighting Network -(depends/requires)-> Bitcoin -(depends/requires)-> The Internet -(depends/requires)-> Electricity

I will work to make the wording more clear and concise.

Here is the current version I have:
Version 3

I have updated the info graphic to (hopefully) make it more clear.  It can be found here:

https://blockstream.com/satellite/ currently offers broadcasts of each new block added to the blockchain and have announced that they will route transaction for a small fee.  I think further in the future we will see more Bitcoin satellites coming online (including miners, perhaps in 100 years).


I think the previous design was to cluttered making it easy to read this way.  I have tried to space the graphic out more.  Perhaps I need even more white space to reduce overhead in interpreting it.

All computers use electricity.  The info graphic is meant to show that the physical layer of the internet consumes electric to route packets, mining consumes electric, and operating a satellite requires electric.  As far as operating a full node and lighting node goes, they have been left off the info graphic because they don't consume that much electric relative to the others and don't seem to add much value.

I am considering adding more ecosystems to this graphic such as other networks that are used to tie into the overall Bitcoin ecosystem.  Some suggestions I have received have been Tor and Freenet.

I am also interested into turning this into an interactive website that one can click through and explore each component of the ecosystem in more detail and perhaps links to wikis with even more knowledge.

Currently, I think this as a potential downside as it make overwhelmed the reader, but I could also use JavaScript to show add to the graphic as they are ready to dig deeper.  I think pictures like these can help people understand complex topic quickly that may otherwise take hours to grasp.

Looking forward to feedback as always

Looking for some feedback to improve this info graphic explaining the layers of technology used in Bitcoin.  Suggest are not limited to constructive criticism about wording, design, and addition items to be added.  The target audience is people who own Bitcoin and would like to learn more about it and a visual aid to help people explain Bitcoin to future community members.

Version 1: https://i.imgur.com/ZEnesfD.png
Version 2: https://i.imgur.com/unHI8aH.png
Version 3: https://i.imgur.com/MAgFIys.png
Version 4: https://i.imgur.com/wJBq47B.png

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Looking for some feedback to improve this info graphic explaining the layers of technology used in Bitcoin.  Suggest are not limited to constructive criticism about wording, design, and addition items to be added.  The target audience is people who own Bitcoin and would like to learn more about it and a visual aid to help people explain Bitcoin to future community members.