Geologists read the past in layers. Strata reads it in hashes. Each Genesis core grows from a single SHA-256 seed, split into eight beds of 32 bits. The first digit of each bed picks the mineral, the second sets the grain, and the rest gives every grain its tone. When a bed's first byte matches its last byte, a fossil is exposed. The odds are 1 in 256 per bed. No hand-placed traits, no hidden rarity: the rules are the art. The full seed formula and generator script publish at reveal, so anyone can rebuild every core.

Strata Genesis is the first deposit. A later chapter will let holders compress Strata into Bedrock, where fossils survive the pressure.

Geologists read the past in layers. Strata reads it in hashes. Each Genesis core grows from a single SHA-256 seed, split into eight beds of 32 bits. The first digit of each bed picks the mineral, the second sets the grain, and the rest gives every grain its tone. When a bed's first byte matches its last byte, a fossil is exposed. The odds are 1 in 256 per bed. No hand-placed traits, no hidden rarity: the rules are the art. The full seed formula and generator script publish at reveal, so anyone can rebuild every core.

Strata Genesis is the first deposit. A later chapter will let holders compress Strata into Bedrock, where fossils survive the pressure.