Drawing #Bitcoin
Adding more detail to the log scale bars to help to frame the block within the canvas
Halving I. II. III. IV. 
Drawing #bitcoin
Testing line weights for blocks
210,000 + 420,000
70cm x 70cm
Radius - log10 (sats/transaction)
Scale - 1 btc = 150mm
210,000 - 457 txs
420,000 - 1257 txs
Drawing #Bitcoin
I + IV Halving
Block Height: 210000
Total TXs: 457
Timestamp: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:24:38 GMT
Block Height: 840000
Total TXs: 3050
Timestamp: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:09:27 GMT 
Drawing #Bitcoin
Block Height: 800000 & Block Height: 500000
Drawn with http://drawingbitcoin.com
I built this tool to help me visualize blocks that will be made into physical art works.
View on as big a screen as possible for best detail.
Hit the arrow on the side to turn it into a live display without the info bars.
Drawing #Bitcoin
using http://drawingbitcoin.com to explore and compare the first four halving blocks
tip: turn off "live block stream" if you don't want the block to refresh as your exploring.
Block Height: 210000
Total TXs: 457
Timestamp: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:24:38 GMT
Block Height: 420000
Total TXs: 1257
Timestamp: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 16:46:13 GMT
Block Height: 630000
Total TXs: 3134
Timestamp: Mon, 11 May 2020 19:23:43 GMT
840000Block Height: 840000
Total TXs: 3050
Timestamp: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:09:27 GMT https://blossom.primal.net/d23cf4708381901679ff9fe96df5844e3a58eefa84d7a1985bb6632db35debc6.mp4
Drawing #Bitcoin
2nd + 3rd Halving Blocks
created using drawingbitcoin.com
Block Height: 420000
Total TXs: 1257
Timestamp: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 16:46:13 GMT
Hash: 000000000000000002cce816c0ab2c5c269cb081896b7dcb34b8422d6b74ffa1
Block Height: 630000
Total TXs: 3134
Timestamp: Mon, 11 May 2020 19:23:43 GMT
Hash: 000000000000000000024bead8df69990852c202db0e0097c1a12ea637d7e96d
Drawing #Bitcoin
Exciting update. I’ve translated the visual programming script I created to visualize blocks into a web based tool to visualize, compare and contrast blocks in real time. Now live for you to have fun with.
Works better on desktop, simplified version for mobile.
Transactions within blocks are plotted at log scale with a radial distribution based on btc transaction size. Up to two blocks at a time can be visualized and compared. Interesting insights into blocks can be seen instantly.
Currently powered by the http://mempool.space api and would like to self host soon. Also a proto-type so excuse the bugs and might get a bit laggy if overloaded!
This tool was originally created for myself to create physical art works of blocks and I’ll be launching work on the platform http://drawingbitcoinworkshop.com soon where physical art works will be available. More updates soon on this.
Excited to share this and tagging in again all the bitcoin artists who have inspired me along the way on this project. Especially nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7efwdehhxtnvdakqz9thwden5te0v4jx2m3wdehhxarj9ekxzmnyqqsfx5v0j80628v2euujzlxu60fve5tcgv7tneerdp2y4txhgykt2rq5xxjpt
whose work and recent conversations helped push this to the next level.
Have fun with the tool and hopefully this will inspire more bitcoin art and visualization!
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Drawing #Bitcoin
The 3rd and 4th halving blocks
630,000
11th May 2020
840,000
20th April 2024
With time and Ngu, more on chain transactions are pulled towards the centre as lower and lower btc transcation dominations are the trend for the majority of uses in the network
Deflation as a visual graphic
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Drawing Bitcoin
The first halving block.
2012 #bitcoin started the year around 5$
Block reward halved from 50 -> 25
Network hashrate ~28TH
That year;
- Obama gets re-eleted
- London Summer Olympics
- PSY releases Gangnam Style
- Facebook IPO
Block - 210 000
Timestamp – 2012.11.28 15:28:38 UTC
Transactions – 457
Coinbase – 25 BTC + 13.563
Difficulty – 3438908.9601591383
Weight – 796.51 kWU
Size – 199.13 kb
Hash –000000000000048b95347e83192f69cf0366076336c639f9b7228e9ba171342e 
Drawing #Bitcoin
Experiments in scale and comparison
Playing with a non linear scale applied to every 50,000th block 
Drawing Bitcoin
Some blocks have thousands of transactions, early blocks have hundreds…
This snapshot of block 210 000 captures clusters of transactions around 1 BTC
Block - 210 000
Timestamp – 2012.11.28 15:28:38 UTC
Transactions – 457
Coinbase – 25 BTC + 13.563
Difficulty – 3438908.9601591383
Weight – 796.51 kWU
Size – 199.13 kb
Hash –000000000000048b95347e83192f69cf0366076336c639f9b7228e9ba171342e
#bitcoin
Drawing Bitcoin
One of the first challenges of this project was to understand and establish a scale for drawing blocks. I wanted to represent them at a scale and detail with high resolution that allowed them to be unique and comparable.
I wanted to express each transaction within a block and log scale emerged as one of the only ways to draw data with such wide ranges without too much abstraction.
Re-sized 1 btc to 150mm
this works nicely for now for the first 1,000,000 blocks at a 700 x 700 canvas size
First drawing captures the first 4 halving blocks as a comparative study;
210000 - 2012.11.28
420000 - 2016.07.09
630000 - 2020.05.11
840000 – 2024.02.20
The drawing shows an expected pull of transactions towards the centre as the mining reward decreases and the btc price surges.
Second drawing shows the mining reward as a layer on top showing the relationship between transaction ranges and reward. 
Over the last couple of months, I've been developing a project that has reached a level of clarity where I can excitedly start to share…
I've been mapping bitcoin blocks, applying similar methodologies I would use when drafting architectural plans or landscapes. The project establishes a consistent visual language and scale that preserves data integrity, detail and resolution that allows block-to-block comparisons without excessive abstraction.
The aim of the work is to create and develop a bitcoin block cartography that explores ways to represent and understand bitcoin, blocks and its history.
I’ll start posting more about the project over the next couple of weeks and the various blocks that I’ve begun to map and compare.
Finally, I’d like to give a shout out to all the bitcoin creatives & artists that I’ve followed over the years who continue to create amazing work and who have inspired me to pursue this project.
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Every cycle has had certain themes emerge.
I have a feeling the 5th epoch will be remembered as the btc treasury cycle
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Saylors framing of this is on point
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