Nothing to see here people. This is just a blockchain designed by kids, for kids.
Look how childish the
avatars are.
Yes! This is how Nimiq Identicons look:

There is a reason why they are so cheerful and different between each other. You can try them out
here.
Each Nimiq Identicon has five different elements, bottoms, faces, sides, tops body, and background color. Each element has a distinctive color. In total, identicons are made up of a combination of:
- 21 bottoms
- 21 faces
- 21 sides
- 21 tops
- 8 colors for parts
- 9 body colors
- 10 background colors
That means there are 10 * 9 * 8 * 21⁴ = 140,026,320 different identicons that can be generated, so Nimiq is capable of generating more than 100 million highly differentiated and instantly recognizable identicons. This protect users against malware and clipboard hijacking.
If a Nimiq user is subject to a clipboard hijacking attack and the malware replaces the Nimiq address on the clipboard with an account address controlled by the attacker, then the user will paste this fraudulent address into the send field and the receiving addresses identicon will be shown instantly. If you are sending NIM to a friend and you see an identicon different from their usual one, then you instantly know that someone has launched a clipboard hijacking attack against you.
Nimiq is not the only blockchain with itenticons. This how Ethereum's identicons look:

Not so nice and easy to identify.
If you want to read more about Nimiq Identicons check out
this blog post.