STRATA

Field crew

Team

Who made Strata, what has been laid down so far, what comes next, and what never made the record.

Portrait of Xenonixz: an illustrated figure in a black hat, dark sunglasses and grey top, on a blue background

Creator

Xenonixz

I drill into hashes and log what I find. Field notes from the digital sediment. Creator of Strata.

Role
Creator of Strata Genesis
Practice
NFT artist
On OpenSea
Since September 2025
Inspiration
New Zealand's volcanic landscapes
X OpenSea Instagram

Project log

Read it like a core

Eight beds, newest at the surface. Drill down to go back in time. Mint times come from the Base contract, and all times are New Zealand time.

  1. Next

    Planned

    Next deposit

    A second collection for holders. It has no published terms or dates yet, and plans can change.

  2. 0 m

    Mon 2 Nov

    The ground

    The home page opens on a cross-section of the earth. Pick a layer to find the Strata buried in it.

    See it

  3. 40 m

    Sun 1 Nov

    Fossils, Rare patterns and Seams

    Three new ways to explore the collection, all rebuilt from the public seeds in your browser.

    FossilsRare patternsSeams

  4. 80 m

    Sun 1 Nov · 9:00am

    The reveal

    All 10,000 cores opened at once. Art, traits and rarity went live, the seed recipe was published, and the white paper was unlocked.

    Seed recipeWhite paper

  5. 120 m

    Sat 31 Oct

    stratanft.xyz goes live

    The site launched with the 3D drilling rig and a sealed vault. Visitors could bury their day in rock and drill it back out as a test core.

  6. 160 m

    Fri 30 Oct · 10:23pm

    Sold out

    Supply climbed from 124 to 10,000 in just over four hours, starting at 6:11pm. No more cores can form.

  7. 200 m

    Wed 28 Oct · 9:00am

    Free mint begins

    The first mints after the reserve landed. Allowlisted wallets went first, then the public, at 0 ETH and 2 per wallet.

  8. 240 m

    Wed 28 Oct · 8:18am

    Reserve

    100 cores were set aside for the creator in the one-hour first stage.

  9. 280 m

    Tue 6 Oct · 11:21pm

    Contract deployed

    The Strata ERC-721 contract went onto Base.

    BaseScan

320 m · Base of core

Unconformities

What never made the record

An unconformity is a gap in the rock, where something was laid down or planned and is now missing. Older banners may still show some of these.

Plans that changed

Parts of the site that are gone