2018 · shapeaddress.com
The ShapeAddress encoder takes a large identifier - such as a wallet address - and generates a human-friendly visual representation of it: distinguishable, memorizable, simple to compare and match, easily transmittable over a voice channel, and quick to recover back to the original string.
The Picto-Art “Colorful Symbols” output uses 6-8 basic colors and the most universally recognizable pictogram symbols - triangles, squares, circles, stars, hearts.
Use cases in crypto wallets and dapps: wallet-address placeholder, account identicon placeholder, QR-code checksumming - together enhancing visual security with a seamless user experience.
Grown from the same interest: awesome-identicons, my curated list of hash-visualization ideas and libraries, sorted by date of appearance.