Symbol of blockchain

[moseich]

Companies and groups and projects make their own designs to suit the blockchain technology ideology. So choosing one image might even lead to a copyright issue depending on your purpose of usage. In my opinion any image representing a connection of "blockchain-related" devices, nodes, ideas, etc can represent the blockchain.

You are absolutely right. Everyone creates his own image of the blockchain.

Just as in the beginning there were variants of the bitcoin sign.
And often it is BC.
“  The Bitcoin sign is part of Unicode 10.0 (released June 2017) with code point U+20BF (₿). As of June 2017, font support for the Bitcoin sign is in macOS Sierra, iOS, Android O beta, Windows 10 Creators Update and several Linux releases. After being rejected in 2011, the Bitcoin sign was accepted for Unicode in November 2015 and first appeared in Unicode 10.0 in 2017…”

I'm unfortunately not a designer to develop a symbol of blockchain.
But someone from the community is an artist.
I would like to discuss the idea of a symbol and someone will suggest an interesting option.
If he likes it they will use everything. After the changes with each use, a common and common symbol can be born.

Without limitation and copyright.

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[cryptoaro]

I think that There is no official symbol yet. however thanks for your informations.

[PayneCharity]

I think the logo 4 will fit into the blockchain logo. A lot of people think that blockchain is not necessarily a symbol. But I think that if blockchain has an icon, in the future, those places with blockchain symbols will prove to be places that have legitimised blockchain technology.

[Marlo Stanfield]

It was necessary to insert in the article a symbol of technology blockchain.

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It's a nice effort, but I'm not sure an abstract idea like a data structure can really be represented by a symbol. One big issue is that all of these various coins and projects or whatever are all doing their own marketing and have their own symbols. How would this symbol differentiate itself from the myriad others that are around already?

[J-N]

I think the blockchain picture should not show a cycle, i.e. you should reflect the movement from the beginning to infinity, not a cycle

I agree with you. Blockchain should be represented as a line or a curve, because each block is connected to the previous block through the hash, but the first (genesis) block isn't connected to any block.

[tulezua]

It is interesting with symbols of technology blockchain.
I like photo 4, it needs a good icon

[moseich]

Hey guys, do not turn the topic into an advertising platform!

You are engaged in blockchain technology - excellent.
Suggest your version of the symbol or argue that it is not necessary.


I do not wait for the refinement of Leonardo da Vinci.
Better creative Dali!

Or do I only know how to open a Google drawing application?

[Spend.com]

If i had to give an opinion i would say 3rd one.

[Scor1937]

I can not choose) I like 1 and 3 pictures. 1 is very strict and more understandable for beginners, but 3 looks very futuristic and bright. Likely, 3 picture is the best option.

[Evetemot]

It was necessary to insert in the article a symbol of technology blockchain.
And with surprise he could not find the generally accepted symbol.
Tell me which character is accepted.
  And then I find it or not understandable or paid.
Here are the examples that I found:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/V1fOw0R5lecqsXwOi-yHeziN7OmQEUvyGTfxKanZtj1RyRyvYwHHjAcQ1MVSAJnOvirl9jyfcJD6s8Kp1hlFbHscPkjv78Sw10cyIMvyEUsW9963QPyv0bWCAUWF0US1zTgElJZmpzTEEg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/XKiyTUO-JtSBqj4t6KskLH-AUP4U7TzVFlbexgyIizSihrXqsLHxfjqfwScS3KK2rdKaJi6cTwZxXiPyBwnqp63I7nIXTSNpp4P_UbTT_aAMQGTeMjSfHIxk1yx1-f2f8Z-OidnjQ_JEoQ

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/PgweV7yRv3vYrvE-WaUjta17sZIbj_t90PkwCLnXAfCvBH2HAzBN9HYofmZ17Zov1ov7DxS28h6GROK1h3NeadwUzyttG3LZcYuWeHCnBGCzzxmKxuTPTZHrcQgJFMl32FGHaRZefmG0uQ

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/N5X4tQwgcXzDXUqpQSYsJS0g_0ZwpJNji-lFT0kOJkCi-18KkMGy-9x9LTgki0CHdQibpfa-tBW31FrHNR6steNapx-RIk98pi1kAXZZoR5xmHdI3YxEv-f8FIKrON-8ocbo43N8VQCGeQ

Which one is better to use?

Isn't the last one already used by blockchain.info ?. Anyways these symbol are good also there should be officially icon for blockchain it can helps to attach people and those who are not aware about block chain.

[moseich]

It seems I'm the only artist here.
Well - I'll try.
How do you like these options?

 


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[d5000]

Interesting. I was asking myself the same question, and it would be cool to have a freely usable, open-content blockchain symbol everybody could recognize at the first glance.

First of all, I agree with that statement:

I think the blockchain picture should not show a cycle, i.e. you should reflect the movement from the beginning to infinity, not a cycle

A cycle, like in the first two of the OP's examples, would be simply not correct, as there are no cyclic structures in a blockchain.

But well, these "linear" blockchain pics like this one look a bit ... well, linear. To improve the visual impression without sacrificing "correctness", a block chain could be contained in a "round" symbol. My suggestion would be a spiral-like structure with the genesis block in the centre.

A very basic & ugly example of what I mean:



Another idea could be a "maze"-like structure.

[Stolivie]

It was necessary to insert in the article a symbol of technology blockchain.
And with surprise he could not find the generally accepted symbol.
Tell me which character is accepted.
  And then I find it or not understandable or paid.
Here are the examples that I found:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/V1fOw0R5lecqsXwOi-yHeziN7OmQEUvyGTfxKanZtj1RyRyvYwHHjAcQ1MVSAJnOvirl9jyfcJD6s8Kp1hlFbHscPkjv78Sw10cyIMvyEUsW9963QPyv0bWCAUWF0US1zTgElJZmpzTEEg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/XKiyTUO-JtSBqj4t6KskLH-AUP4U7TzVFlbexgyIizSihrXqsLHxfjqfwScS3KK2rdKaJi6cTwZxXiPyBwnqp63I7nIXTSNpp4P_UbTT_aAMQGTeMjSfHIxk1yx1-f2f8Z-OidnjQ_JEoQ

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/PgweV7yRv3vYrvE-WaUjta17sZIbj_t90PkwCLnXAfCvBH2HAzBN9HYofmZ17Zov1ov7DxS28h6GROK1h3NeadwUzyttG3LZcYuWeHCnBGCzzxmKxuTPTZHrcQgJFMl32FGHaRZefmG0uQ

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/N5X4tQwgcXzDXUqpQSYsJS0g_0ZwpJNji-lFT0kOJkCi-18KkMGy-9x9LTgki0CHdQibpfa-tBW31FrHNR6steNapx-RIk98pi1kAXZZoR5xmHdI3YxEv-f8FIKrON-8ocbo43N8VQCGeQ

Which one is better to use?

If you ask me i will surly chose the first one since it has a symbol of "chain" where 4 boxes are connected rest are good but i doubt in last one you stole the idea from blockchain.info isn't' ?

[moseich]

Interesting. I was asking myself the same question, and it would be cool to have a freely usable, open-content blockchain symbol everybody could recognize at the first glance.

Super!
Have supported!
Thank you!
And then I already thought that I was only interested.
Yes, it is to develop a public, free and recognizable logo.

The idea is clear.
  Blocks, cyclicity, and preferably three d.
If you get something like a circle, it's fine.
A round logo is perfectly perceived and convenient to use.
Ok I'll think about it.

[Kallisteiros]

I think odolvlobo's version was the most technically accurate here:


https://i.imgur.com/V5OVUsK.jpg?1&t=591&c=1h15YQnJgr8Odg

At least this is how it's shown in books and papers on Bitcoin and data structures.

I would suggest the inverse version though, if we assume the time goes from left to right, since each new block points out to the previous block's hash, not vice versa:


https://image.ibb.co/e3H23d/horizontal.jpg

And this image reflects the concept of block height:


https://image.ibb.co/eDOWwy/vertical.jpg

With genesis block (height=0) on the bottom, and as the top block (height=2) as our current blockchain tip. It's like we're building a huge tower, and the more blocks we add on top, the harder it is to change any block or data in it without the whole structure above collapsing (the more blocks you have to rebuild, basically). And if you have less hash power than the rest of the network (<50%, this is where the name of 51% attack comes from), they will always build blocks faster than you can, and nobody will accept your chain since it's shorter. But I digress.

Those are the most accurate abstract depictions technically, but YMMV, depending on your needs.

[crypto.nik11]

There's no official blockchain symbol and probably for the best. I like the idea of 3rd pic, bot a better version of it.

[nc50lc]

LoL, definitely not this one.
That's the logo of blockchain.com

Did you just fetched those logos from google search?
If yes, do not use any of them because it may be protected by copyright law.
You don't want them to take down your blog site, don't you?

There's no official icon of the blockchain technology but it seems like there's someone here in this thread that've shared his personally made icon, if it's okay for him to use it, pick that to be safe.

[moseich]

I think odolvlobo's version was the most technically accurate here:


At least this is how it's shown in books and papers on Bitcoin and data structures.

I would suggest the inverse version though, if we assume the time goes from left to right, since each new block points out to the previous block's hash, not vice versa:


And this image reflects the concept of block height:

With genesis block (height=0) on the bottom, and as the top block (height=2) as our current blockchain tip. It's like we're building a huge tower, and the more blocks we add on top, the harder it is to change any block or data in it without the whole structure above collapsing (the more blocks you have to rebuild, basically). And if you have less hash power than the rest of the network (<50%, this is where the name of 51% attack comes from), they will always build blocks faster than you can, and nobody will accept your chain since it's shorter. But I digress.

Those are the most accurate abstract depictions technically, but YMMV, depending on your needs.

Excellent technical description.
Thank you.
And a good sketch.
Now think about how to turn it into a comfortable logo.

[Kallisteiros]

Excellent technical description.
Thank you.
And a good sketch.
Now think about how to turn it into a comfortable logo.

Not much of an artist, sorry.

Certainly not a circular design. But then again, nobody cares even about that, except us nerds.

[Kallisteiros]

I saw something like this once. Thought it was funny.

https://preview.ibb.co/nR8X4J/locks.jpg