About

CryptoArte is a multi-disciplinary project that blends together the Ethereum network, an art collection, a non-fungible token, and a decentralized application.

Collection

The CryptoArte collection currently consists of 9,895 unique, single edition paintings. Each painting represents 576 consecutive blocks of the Ethereum blockchain through a meaningful combination of shapes, colors, decorations, and more (see paintings).

For example, Painting #0 is an artistic representation of blocks 0 (the genesis block) through 575. Painting #1 goes from block 576 to block 1,151, and so and so on.

The paintings were created by mathematically transforming the publicly available Ethereum blockchain information. The transformation is deterministic, and the same for all the paintings.

The collection hence illustrates the Ethereum blockchain history by projecting several data points and statistics (e.g.: amounts transacted, block miners, etc.) into colorful paintings.

For example, here's the painting where the very first mainnet transaction took place, on Aug 7th, 2015. You can also find the painting that contains your most recent birthday (to the exact date and time). Or, look for the paintings that contain the blocks where the CryptoKitties and CryptoPunks contracts were deployed. Or, look for specific events such as a conference date, hack, fork, or any other event that occurred within the timeframe covered by the collection.

Paintings

Each painting comes with a 7,680 by 4,320 pixel digital image (or 8K UHDTV resolution, also known as 4,320p), allowing for both high-resolution prints, and excellent fit on monitors and TVs. Painting owners (see Non-Fungible Token) can download their corresponding digital images free of charge.

Click here to see the full 8K resolution image of painting #287 currently owned by the artist. You're free to use this image for personal display and non-commercial use.

Each painting illustrates 576 Ethereum blocks by organizing them into 18 rows of 32 consecutive blocks each. The first and last blocks are decorated with their corresponding block numbers and timestamps. All other blocks are decorated by 4 corner triangles that serve as a form of "security mark" while bringing a vitreau or node/network effect to the paintings.

Block miners are represented through a shape or icon within each block. Their shapes are unique (i.e.: no two miners will ever have the same icon) and remain constant throughout the entire collection.

Some miners are very rare, have mined only one block, and can be seen in one and only one painting, while others are very active and common, have mined many blocks, and can be seen in almost every painting.

The Miners Gallery allows you to browse through all the miners in the collection and displays their unique shapes and detailed statistics.

Blocks also have other properties, such as a background color, a miner color, and transparency settings that encode different signals.

Each painting also has a highlighted block where its miner icon wears a "golden" border. The highlighted block number and painting number relationship is left as a simple math exercise to the reader.

We sell each painting only once. You can purchase paintings with ether. We no longer accept credit cards.

Painting owners can download the painting's full digital image, and order (additional fee applies) high-quality, signed 36in x 24in prints.

Please refer the Comprehensive Guide to CryptoArte paintings post for more information on the art.

Website and Dapp

The CryptoArte website allows you to browse through the entire collection. Each painting has its own page with three public image versions of the painting. The three versions include: a low-resolution image of the whole painting, a high-resolution image of the painting's top left corner, and a high-resolution image of a random section of the painting.

The website is also an Ethereum Dapp that integrates with web3, MetaMask, and other mobile wallet/browsers such as Coinbase Wallet and Trust Wallet. This integration allows users to purchase paintings with ether, and securely download full resolution images of their paintings free of charge (by signing a transaction with the account that owns the corresponding token). It also allows painting owners to order signed prints (additional fee applies).

Non-Fungible Token

CryptoArte is also an Ethereum non-fungible token (ERC721). Each token issued represents a unique painting and matches the painting's SHA-256 hash stored on the blockchain and displayed on the CryptoArte website.

The CryptoArte non-fungible token smart contract and ABI is published and verified on etherscan.

The CryptoArteSales smart contract code that powers our minted paintings sales on this site and dApp is also published and verified on etherscan.

Artist

An Ethereum enthusiast, Sebastián Brocher is a technology entrepreneur with an artistic mind. When he was about 6 years of age, his Dad brought home a Commodore 128 computer and helped him code a program that played a J.S. Bach invention by following the instructions manual. Ever since that day, Sebastián has always been fascinated by the intersection of computer science and art.

He hopes this art collection, non-fungible token, and decentralized app will help grow the Ethereum community by fostering awareness of the technology in an accessible and fun way. He also hopes the paintings will provoke thoughtful conversations around blockchain technology and make more people aware of what the Ethereum blockchain is, how it works, and how it can be leveraged.

Sebastián holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA), and is fluent in Spanish, French, and English. In his free time, Sebastián enjoys spending time with family and friends, making music, traveling, and exercising.

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Click here to see the full resolution image of painting #287. You're free to use this image for personal display and non-commercial use.