Hands-On Blockchain for Python Developers

Identicon and Icons

Now, let's understand what the identicon library is. The purpose of the identicon library is to generate a custom avatar image (such as fractal) based on the hash of a specific string. If you log in to StackOverflow and you don't set your profile image, your avatar would be generated by the identicon library.

The screenshot will appear like this:

Or it will appear like this:

This is optional. Our cryptocurrency wallet could run fine without these avatar images. This is just to spice up the UI.

Download the file from https://gitlab.com/arjunaskykok/hands-on-blockchain-for-python-developers/blob/master/chapter_09/wallet/tools/identicon.py ...