Introduction
The project interprets a block-hash string through rules combining grids, gradients, lines, shapes and colours. The platform records 512 works released on the same day as Davis and Snowfro.
View full image ↗Preview of Genesis from its Art Blocks collection page. The series release is dated 2020-11-27; the image was retrieved on 3 October 2026. A still does not reproduce dynamic or interactive execution.
Daniel Calderon Arenas (DCA) / Art Blocks · Artwork and image rights remain with their holders; research reference does not assert an open licence.
Source · Genesis ↗RESEARCH ACCOUNT
A compositional system on the early platform
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-03
Work and historical context
Art Blocks dates Genesis to 2020-11-27, with an edition field of 512 works and attribution to Daniel Calderon Arenas (DCA). This dates the release, not the beginning of every sketch or development process.
Section sources: Genesis by DCA
A compositional system on the early platform
The project interprets a block-hash string through rules combining grids, gradients, lines, shapes and colours. The platform records 512 works released on the same day as Davis and Snowfro.
Section sources: Genesis by DCA
Viewing the work and its documentation
Compare the relationships of lines and shapes within Genesis’ grids across tokens. Its hash-based differences make each displayed image a particular output, rather than a fixed master image representing all results.
Section sources: Genesis by DCA · View work: Genesis #165
Art-historical significance and comparison
Editorial interpretation: The early platform becomes a history of multiple authors, separating shared distribution infrastructure from individual compositional systems.
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Sources for this account
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The early platform becomes a history of multiple authors, separating shared distribution infrastructure from individual compositional systems.
Dates & version record
Date displayed for this node: 2020-11-27 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2020-11-27
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Genesis
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Archive node #111 · Generative-art expansion: artists, works and execution
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Date as recorded: 2020-11-27
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Genesis by DCA
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