The Imperial Data Science Institute in London has an exhibit of 64 monitors with lines moving in geometric shapes representing real-time bitcoin transactions, according to The Imperial College of London website . Harry Pettit, a graduate student, recently visited the exhibit and discovered it provided a unique way to visualize transactions, according to a news story on the college website. The institute houses the world’s most advanced data visualization platforms. Pettit visited the institute to learn more about bitcoin. 32 Computers For 64 Monitors
The institute houses the KPMG Data Observatory, which has a circular wall of 64 monitors managed by 32 computers that support 313 degrees of surround vision, according to the institute’s website . The institute provides a way for industry and academia to visualize data in ways that create new insights. It also promotes the communication of complex data in a multi-dimensional environment.
Pettit was guided in his visit by an Imperial graduate student, Dan McGinn, who worked on the bitcoin project while earning a degree in computing science. Lines Represent Transactions
The bitcoin demonstration room has 32 big computer screens that curve into a horseshoe in the center of the room. Short lines dance geometric shapes, each representing actual bitcoin transactions.
McGinn explained that the reason bitcoin works is that each transaction is public. He described how the transactions are organized into data blocks that anyone can see.
The screens on the wall split into several segments, allowing the viewing of bitcoin trades from different perspectives.
McGinn explained the purpose of the project is to shed insight on new ways to read intricate data and to create patterns that would otherwise have an unreadable stream of figures.
Every bitcoin transaction is represented as a line between a seller and a buyer, with big traders sprouting numerous lines at a time. […]
