tx_count → density
Activity sets the density
Transaction count is normalized against the prior 512 selected blocks, then mapped to 8–128 visible elements.
Adalion Data Lab · a visual atlas of Cardano blocks
The ledger,
after dark.
25 plates · epochs 547–641 · hashes begin “ada” · mapping v1.1.0
Twenty-five historical Cardano blocks hang here as chainprints. Each block paints its own plate — activity, value, time, hash. Deterministic. Nothing rerolled.
Your cursor is the torch — sweep the wall.
Curator’s note
Three characters. Twelve bits. One strange lens.
Every plate in this collection comes from a historical Cardano
block whose hash begins with ada. A three-digit hex
prefix is 12 bits — roughly one block in 4,096 under uniform
hashing. The prefix finds the blocks; the data inside each block
paints the plate.
Selection rule
lower(block_hash).startsWith("ada")
Fixed historical corpus · Cardano mainnet
The permanent collection
Twenty-five plates. No reprints.
The corpus is fixed and every plate hangs in block order. Filter by geometry, let the wall drift, or select any plate to read its label below.
Hanging the collection…
Loading 25 historical records…
The reading room
Pick a plate, read its provenance.
The index charts all 25 source blocks by epoch: dot size follows transaction count, height follows total output on a log scale. The label records the source.
Loading the historical block map…
Museum label · source block
spiral
Block 12,265,309
ada0638106ecfad2b047731a2a0acb892ac0093ce8039a9b78788ef16f0ae676
- Epoch
- 576
- Absolute slot
- 163,785,589
- Transactions
- 57
- Total output
- ₳12.59M
- Palette
- Midnight Simba
- Elements
- 92
mirroredgrainsoft motion
Render SHA-256
dec51afe026cec3b4bca9ab0d4f54623aeb915ad6f0ddc0268c447f9921be1af
The mapping
How a block paints its own plate.
Four channels, no randomness. Change the source block and the picture changes. Keep the block, the normalization snapshot, and the mapping version fixed, and the same SVG returns byte for byte.
output → symmetry
Value bends the symmetry
Total block output drives the symmetry score and spatial intensity. It is not presented as economic volume.
hash → language
The hash picks the language
Hash-derived seed bytes select palette, layout, scale, accent, texture, and perceived motion — without a random reroll.
epoch · slot → geometry
Time tunes the geometry
Epoch and absolute slot influence deterministic placement and framing, tying each plate to its position in chain history.
Why this exists
Don’t just read the chain. Learn to see it.
Adalion Explore
A declared method, rendered visibly.
The Data Lab turns a fixed Cardano dataset into a visual system with documented selection, mapping, and limitations.