Give a try to drawing differently native MLS

plot_statistics.py

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ SHOW_TARGET_RECOMPUTATION = False
 with open('data.json') as f:
     data = json.load(f)
 
+with open('data_constant_difficulty.json') as f:
+    dataConstantDifficulty = json.load(f)
+
 fig, targetsAxis = plt.subplots()
 fig.subplots_adjust(right = 0.8)
 fig.subplots_adjust(bottom = 0.3)
@@ -28,19 +31,21 @@ for x, (target, nextTarget) in enumerate(zip(targets, targets[1:])):
     if nextTarget > target:
         targetIncreaseCurve = plt.axvline(x = x, alpha = 0.5, color = 'red', label = 'target increase')
 
-axesColors = ['blue', 'green', 'brown']
-axesLabels = ['targets', 'compressed blockchain size (in blocks)', 'compressed blockchain score']
-axesYValues = [targets, data['compressSize'], data['compressScore']]
+axesColors = ['blue', 'green', 'brown', 'green', 'brown']
+axesLabels = ['targets', 'compressed blockchain size (in blocks)', 'compressed blockchain score', 'constant difficulty compressed blockchain size (in blocks)', 'constant difficulty compressed blockchain score']
+axesYValues = [targets, data['compressSize'], data['compressScore'], dataConstantDifficulty['compressSize'], dataConstantDifficulty['compressScore']]
 
 curves = []
-for axis, color, label, yValues in zip(axes, axesColors, axesLabels, axesYValues):
-    curves += axis.plot(yValues, label = label, color = color)
+for curvesIndex, (axis, color, label, yValues) in enumerate(zip(axes + axes[-2:], axesColors, axesLabels, axesYValues)):
+    curves += axis.plot(yValues, '-' if curvesIndex < 3 else '--', label = label, color = color)
 
 targetsAxis.set_yscale('log')
 axes[2].spines.right.set_position(('axes', 1.1))
 axes[2].set_yscale('log')
 
 legendNewLine = targetsAxis.plot([], [], color='none', label=' ')
+sameAxes = targetsAxis.plot([], [], color='none', label='Respectively same axes as two previous curves:')
+curves.insert(-2, sameAxes[0])
 
 curves += legendNewLine + targetRecomputationCurve + [firstTargetDecreaseCurve] + [targetIncreaseCurve]
 labels = [curve.get_label() for curve in curves]
@@ -54,6 +59,6 @@ for ax, color in zip(axes, axesColors):
 
 plt.title('Variable difficulty Bitcoin compressed blockchain evolution')
 
-#plt.show()
+plt.show()
 fig.set_size_inches((11.2, 7.5), forward=False)
-plt.savefig('data.svg')
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+#plt.savefig('data.svg')
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