Symbol of blockchain

[Rachel Pheonix]

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[moseich]

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

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

Super.
And are copyrights free?

[Kallisteiros]

Super.
And are copyrights free?

I don't really know, don't remember the source. But there's no copyright on ideas, only on specific images. You can just redraw it, or use this one I made out of generic lock icon, I don't care

[d5000]

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

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

Cool! I really like that concept.

It's not completely correct however - as a reorganization could always break some of the last locks (as we know, that would not change the transactions inside it, but they would have to be re-written). But overall, it's an easy-to-understand depiction of what a blockchain does - to ensure nobody can tamper with the transactions themselves.

An idea to make it slightly more correct: If the left lock is the genesis block, then the color tone of the blocks to the right could become lighter with each lock added. So it's clear that the more confirmations a block has, the more secure it is. One could also add some arrows, because mainly Westerners read from left to right, so the direction of the timeline becomes clearer.

(There is one reason that we couldn't use it - if it was a blockchain enterprise's trademarked logo. Then the "final picture" would have to be different enough to not be confused with the trademarked logo.)

[Kallisteiros]

Cool! I really like that concept.
It's not completely correct however

Right, for the completely correct one see https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4637643.msg42647945#msg42647945
This one is more of a pop-sciency

[d5000]

Cool! I really like that concept.
It's not completely correct however

Right, for the completely correct one see https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4637643.msg42647945#msg42647945
This one is more of a pop-sciency

Yep. This one is uber-correct. I could imagine both of them as a base for a blockchain logo. The blocks-with-arrows logo one looks surprisingly good vertically (it would need a little tweaking, e.g. 3D effect or something similar, but overall it's pretty OK), or as a spiral or "maze in a rectangle" (always without circularity). I'll look if I can draw a draft of the concept with locks I mentioned in the last post asap.

[nc50lc]

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Super.
And are copyrights free?

That doesn't even related to blockchain technology, it should be more of a storage (boxes) or pages of a book.
Why locks?

Google must have misinterpreted blockchain from lock. Take a look at this: BLOCKCHAIN
And the image depicts a "chain of locks" which can also be called "lockchain".
See what I mean?

[Kallisteiros]

You guys must be fun at parties

[moseich]

There are no options with a round and cyclic emblem.
But the locks nudged the idea.
Decided to share.

[marssx]

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.

i few minute try to remember where i saw its picture

[Kallisteiros]

i few minute try to remember where i saw its picture

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

...previously known as blockchain.info.

[d5000]

There are no options with a round and cyclic emblem.
But the locks nudged the idea.
Decided to share.

Mh. Don't know.

If the arrows went both in the same direction, it could be a base for something, but the arrows also should point directly to a "block". There is also a little bit of similiarity (may be a little bit too much) to a well-known fast food franchise, so maybe the arrows could be a bit "rounder".

What I meant with my last post was approximately this: "locks" with arrows, the color tone getting lighter from left to right to indicate that the more confirmations it has, the more secure it is.



Could be combined with gmaxwell's block symbol.

[Kallisteiros]

Could be combined with gmaxwell's block symbol.

About that. To me, it looks more like a "which square is on top" puzzle or "how many squares are there" or something, than the block symbol

[moseich]

It seems to me that I took into account all the technical aspects.
And made round - convenient to use.
What do you think?



You can change colors as needed.

[d5000]

It seems to me that I took into account all the technical aspects.
And made round - convenient to use.
What do you think?



You can change colors as needed.

Again ... it should not include circles of any kind. The blockchain is linear. At most, a spiral with the genesis block in the center, like I wrote in a previous post.

It should also be thought about what the arrows mean. The most correct concept would include arrows always pointing  to the previous block like the block hashes do, as @Kallisteiros wrote. But we could also include another single arrow, depicting time, in the opposite direction (like a timeline). But this arrow should be a single one, and in another colour or greyscale tone, as it means something completely different. There should never be arrows of the same kind pointing in opposite directions, like in your newest concept.

Could be combined with gmaxwell's block symbol.

About that. To me, it looks more like a "which square is on top" puzzle or "how many squares are there" or something, than the block symbol

I guess what gmaxwell meant with this symbol is that a block can include transactions of different sizes and types, data, etc.. For me, it's not a bad symbol at all, however I would tweak the design a bit. Blockchain.info's symbol, for example, is based on the same concept but looks a bit nicer.

[moseich]

Again ... it should not include circles of any kind. The blockchain is linear. At most, a spiral with the genesis block in the center, like I wrote in a previous post.

It should also be thought about what the arrows mean. The most correct concept would include arrows always pointing  to the previous block like the block hashes do, as @Kallisteiros wrote. But we could also include another single arrow, depicting time, in the opposite direction (like a timeline). But this arrow should be a single one, and in another colour or greyscale tone, as it means something completely different. There should never be arrows of the same kind pointing in opposite directions, like in your newest concept.


I guess what gmaxwell meant with this symbol is that a block can include transactions of different sizes and types, data, etc.. For me, it's not a bad symbol at all, however I would tweak the design a bit. Blockchain.info's symbol, for example, is based on the same concept but looks a bit nicer.

Okay
waiting for options.
Interesting.

[moseich]

I took in all the technical details:
After generating the first block, we get the address and can generate the next one - the arrow from the first block on the left to the next block of a different size on the right.
after generating the second block, change the address in the first one, so the back arrow and the new arrow to the right for generating the third block and etc.

[Joeyops]

I like the image that Greg Maxwell uses in his avatar. Although I do not know exactly what it represents, for me is trying to demonstrate what is a block. We do not have an icon that could demonstrate what is a blockchain, and if you think well, we do not have an icon for the internet. What you could do is always show something that is related to the subject that you are talking about.

I think its  the Coin360 Map

[BrookeClarke]

I think the 1st symbol would be best because it has the highest linkage in all the images and is suitable for building a blockchain. So the 1st icon will succeed

[Niggasdonttalktome]

I think i like the 4th but if you use it at least redraw it.You will not want to stick to any copyright isues.