From 7fc179ffde51f3aa834fe4063232c4c62ae9d951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 20:56:30 +0100
Subject: Add example graphic of blockchain with metadata blocks

Signed-off-by: Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
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 doc/paper/main.tex | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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diff --git a/doc/paper/main.tex b/doc/paper/main.tex
index 9f3cdad..0d800c0 100644
--- a/doc/paper/main.tex
+++ b/doc/paper/main.tex
@@ -230,6 +230,20 @@ As its name tells, it holds the metadata of the post, that is
 Because of its size, this object type might not be replicated as much as the
 "block" object type.
 
+\begin{figure}[ht]
+    \centering
+    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{gen/blockchain_meta.png}
+    \caption{A chain of blocks with pointers to their corrosponding meta block}
+    \label{pic:blockchain:meta}
+\end{figure}
+
+In the chain of blocks from \ref{pic:blockchain}, each block (except $D$) would
+point to another metadata block, resulting in \ref{pic:blockchain:meta}.
+
+In \ref{pic:blockchain:meta}, the metadata objects $Am$, $Bm$, $Cm$ and $Em$
+would then point to content objects (assuming these are posts, not "profile"
+objects or a "ref" object).
+
 
 \subsection{Content}\label{sec:datatypecontent}
 % What a "content" object is (and what it is not)
@@ -267,7 +281,6 @@ This enables several other possibilities and use-cases:
         these files, deduplication applies.
 \end{itemize}
 
-
 \subsection{Data format}
 % Short note about possible data formats
 
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