I3blocks with transparent icons

Sorry to hear that. I installed manjaro i3 community on my other laptop yesterday evening. Will see if I run into similar problems. Did you modify the standard config files that comes with the install?

One thing that helped me with some transparency/shadow issue with zoom and screensharing was to change the option of the following line in the i3 config file

   exec --no-startup-id picom -C

where option -C: Disable shadow effects on panels and docks

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Picom#Disable_shadows_for_some_windows

Maybe worth another shot, sorry that I can’t be of more help.