awesome-ethereum-diagrams

"A picture tells a thousand words." A curated list of useful diagrams with links to original sources. Diagrams help me grasp complex ethereum concepts related to L1, L2, and Defi. Contributions and feedback are welcome.

• L1
• L2
• Oracles
• Frameworks
• DeFi and DAO tekenomics
• Governance
• NFT platforms
• Decentralized Identity
• Social Networking
• Other blockchain technologies

L1

Diagram	Source
	Merkle Patricia Trie in Ethereum - every block header stores roots of three trie structures: stateRoot, transactionRoot, receiptsRoot
	The Scalability Trilemma
	Ethereum roadmap: merge, surge, srourge, verge, purge, splurge
	Ethereum proof of work chain
	Ethereum sharding
	Casper FFG in Ethereum 2.0
	Epochs and slots in Ethereum 2.0
	Ethereum EVM architecture
	Ethereum roadmap status as of 3/15/2022
	The erigon ethereum client
	Execution/Concencus client pairs
	POS Execution/Concencus layer interop
	EVM storage structure
	Ethereum state trie
	Ethereum blockchain mechanism
	Distributed Ethereum validator
	MEV Boost
	Ethereum block attenstations

L2

Diagram	Source
	Layer 2 solutions
	Optimism high level architecture
	ZKSync high level architecture
	StarkNet high level roadmap
	Connext is the interoperability protocol of L2 Ethereum
	Celestium as the data availability layer
	Celestia - modular blockchain
	RANDAO selects proposers for each slot, and shuffles validators to committees
	Arbitrum high level architecture
	Arbitrum transaction paths
	Polygon architecture
	Polygon edge
	Ethereum scaling solutions
	Polygon zkEvm
	Arbitrum Nitro
	Arbitrum Nitro Code Design

Oracles

Diagram	Source
	UMA's DVM Oracle
	Chainlink Oracle
	Chainlink Proof Of Reserves

Frameworks

Diagram	Source
	DS Proxy
	Unstructured Storage Proxy

DeFi and DAO tokenomics

Diagram	Source
	Uniswap Constant Product Function: x * y = k
	Uniswap
	Uniswap Liquidity Provider
	Uniswap Trader
	Uniswap DAI to USDC swap v1
	Uniswap DAI to USDC swap v2
	Uniswap stored TWAP price
	Uniswap price from TWAP
	Uniswap flash swap
	Curve Finance
	Aave
	Maker protocol smart contract modules system
	Tokemak reactor structure
	FEI pcv reweights
	FEI bonding curve
	FEI arbitrage
	FEI incentivized exchange
	FEI peg dynamics
	Yearn v2 architecture
	Liquidity as a service with ondo and fei
	Lido staking
	Alchemix: self repaying loans
	Tracer DAO: Factory contracts for derivative markets
	Yearn DeFi ecosystem map
	Chainlink keepers
	Chainlink keepers - Alchemix
	Tokemak benefits
	Aave contracts overview
	DeFi options: Dopex options flow
	Tokenomics of bringing carbon on-chain and using it to back KLIMA
	Aladdin Concentrator for maximazing curve LP rewards
	GYSR liquidity mining reward mechanism
	G-UNI Uniswap v3 liquidity management system with no code
	FRAX Tokenomics
	Alchemix Elixir
	StakeDAO - Liquid lockers
	Lyra options AMM
	Voltz IRS
	StarkNet Dai Bridge
	COW Protocol / Batch Auctions
	Truebit Tokenomics
	GEB framework for stable coins
	BarnBridge v2 fixed yield

Governance

Diagram	Source
	Building DAOs with Aragon

NFT platforms

Diagram	Source
	Spore Ecosystem

Decentralized identity

Diagram	Source
	ENS Registry
	ENS resolution flow

Social networking

Diagram	Source
	Collectives by Syndicate

Other blockchain technologies

Diagram	Source
	Terra / Luna Tokenomics
	Avalanche Consensus
	LayerZero
	Spruce/Sign-in with Ethereum
	Polygon ID
	Livepeer
	Livepeer Live Streaming
	Truebit-offchain scaling and verification
	Livepeer Truebit verification