This is really neat idea. The spinning globe is technically a Cool Thing, but I would really like to see a cylindrical projection as an option. I'm not really interested in to-scale landmasses.
Otherwise its interesting to see (in Chrome) that by far most transactions are in the US, with just a few in Northern Europe. The rest of the world nothing much.
> the address is based on the relay ip address. So it is not necessarily the real transaction address.
Or does this explain the remarkable regional preference of the transactions ? Sorry to ask, I have no experience with bitcoins.
That's also the question I have when working on it. The data is actually from blockchain.info's WebSockets. Maybe their transactions are mainly from US and Northern Europe, I was expecting to see more from Asia.
There are some strange display issues when you click "change projection" - some of the bigger circles have actually smaller amounts than the smaller circles. Looks like the circles are also using the projection, so smaller amounts at higher latitudes are actually shown as bigger.
Thanks, It is just for fun. the address is based on the relay ip address. So it is not necessarily the real transaction address. I am making this as an example of learning d3.js. It is very interesting.
