# CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler by Michael G Devereux

## The work and its context

CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler is project 348 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, published under the canonical slug cryptocountries-the-unpublished-archives-of-a-mythical-world-traveler-by-michael-g-devereux and credited to Michael G Devereux. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 67 of 67 invocations, runtime p5@1.0.0, and the official description: Cryptocountries is a limited-edition series of digital prints using the medium of generative art. Each map is created by first procedurally generating a terrain height map and then rendering a map in a range of different styles and colours. Each print derives its randomness from a corresponding hash constraining the infinite possibilities for each print in the edition to a single unique image.  The series invites the observer to lose themselves in a selection of maps and annotated photographs from the unorganized archives that loosely chronicle the travels of a stranger in a mythical land.   ## Prints   All original token holders that mint a piece over 1.5 Ξ will be eligible for a single edition (1/1) handmade signed print of their edition using a printmaking technique suitable for the style of image (intaglio etching, screenprint, cyanotype, etc.).  The token holder will be consulted in the creation of their print. Size, paper choice, type of ink and even colours can be customized and chosen to suit the token holder's preferences.     In addition, free signed digital prints on archival paper will be available to the following collectors - All original holders that mint over 0.6 Ξ will receive a large signed digital print - All original holders that mint over 0.3 Ξ will receive a medium signed digital print  All token holders will be able to purchase a signed print of any mint they currently own.  More information on prints can be found [here](https://www.michaelgdevereux.com/cryptocountries-prints). [^S01][^S02]

Those figures are current index observations retrieved on 2026-09-19, not a reconstruction of the original public sale announcement. Atlas position is a catalogue ordinal and is not the on-chain project ID. The live collection page and the Hasura projects_metadata row agree on title, slug, contract, and project ID after a filtered query that used the exact slug. [^S01][^S02]

Contract 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270. Aspect ratio indexed as 1.0. Website https://www.michaelgdevereux.com/cryptocountries.

This essay treats the stored artist program, four independently identified outputs, and a freshly checked AB5D holding (or an explicit collection gap) as primary evidence. Metadata traits are cited only when they were returned for the same V2 contract token IDs that were visually inspected. They do not replace looking at the pictures. [^S04][^S09]

## Conception and development

The official project description is the development account used here. Interview or dossier sentences that name a different slug are not treated as statements about this series. Cryptocountries is a limited-edition series of digital prints using the medium of generative art. Each map is created by first procedurally generating a terrain height map and then rendering a map in a range of different styles and colours. Each print derives its randomness from a corresponding hash constraining the infinite possibilities for each print in the edition to a single unique image.  Th

The development account used here is the specific source named in the citations, not a paraphrase of an artist-dossier page. Where that account is an official project description written in the artist's voice, that limit is stated rather than upgraded into an unpublished studio diary. Where an interview exists, the sentences that actually name CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler are the ones relied on. [^S07][^S01]

Secondary pages that only repeat the marketplace listing are not treated as independent conception sources. [^S02][^S07]

## How the work was constructed

The complete artist program for slug cryptocountries-the-unpublished-archives-of-a-mythical-world-traveler-by-michael-g-devereux was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 32754 bytes with SHA-256 ff129afdf63f43d0f5d7ae6e8e24d5d4e545fcbb15c1778fd6601a1fc93e6eb3. Runtime on the project record is p5@1.0.0. The script was read in full; it was not executed in this research session. [^S03]

The stored generator is 32754 bytes, SHA-256 ff129afdf63f43d0f5d7ae6e8e24d5d4e545fcbb15c1778fd6601a1fc93e6eb3, runtime p5@1.0.0. Detected source markers: setup, draw, noLoop, createCanvas, tokenData, hash, colorMode. Named functions include CheckForLand, ColourTerrain, CreateBorder, CreateBorders, CreateRegionNames, DisplayMap, Evalfa, FindMinMax, FindMinMaxCities, FindMinMaxMeanCentre. tokenData.hash is read in source. Output then follows the drawing path those functions implement. Token 0 observation: Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 135,152,138). File size 2948864 bytes. Indexed features: Animated False; Page Type Terrain Map; Terrain Type Island Chain; Sea Roughness 6; Special Biome True; Terrain Scaling 7; Border Complexity 7; Number of Countries 7

Visual claims come from inspected media-proxy PNGs plus indexed token features.

Seed handling is visible in the retrieved program: tokenData.hash is read in source. Time and interaction behaviour in code is: Source contains noLoop. The inspected PNG is a finished still. Live motion was not stopwatched. A handler found in source is not the same thing as a control that was pressed in a live renderer during this session; tested controls are listed only when an actual key or pointer action was performed. [^S03][^S10]

External dependencies are those declared by script_type_and_version plus any library identifiers inside the file. Public visibility of the stored script does not grant a right to redistribute the raw artist source in this package, so the analysis cites functions and byte length rather than reprinting the program. [^S03][^S06]

## The mint

Indexed chronology for project 348 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2022-08-15T15:43:27+00:00. activated_at is 2022-08-17T22:31:33+00:00. start_datetime is 2022-08-29T17:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2024-02-02T15:39:47+00:00. Invocations stand at 67 of a maximum 67, with complete=true on the retrieved row. [^S02][^S04]

Calculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is 2.28 days; activation to start_datetime is 11.77 days; start_datetime to completion is 521.94 days; first mint to completion is 536.00 days. These are differences of indexed clock fields, not a claim about when a web storefront button became visible to every collector. A first mint that precedes start_datetime is treated as an early or reserved mint unless a separate allocation record is produced. [^S02][^S04]

Indexed clocks: first 2022-08-15T15:43:27+00:00, activated 2022-08-17T22:31:33+00:00, start 2022-08-29T17:00:00+00:00, completed 2024-02-02T15:39:47+00:00. Early first-mint timestamps are not labelled reserved without a separate allocation record.

Historic per-token ETH prices for the original public sale were not recovered from a primary price table during this session and remain unresolved. Any floor price visible on a marketplace page in 2026 is a current listing observation, not the 2021 ask. [^S01][^S02]

## Copyright and licensing

The project record stores the artwork licence label 'CC BY-NC-ND 4.0'. That string includes an explicit 4.0 version and is treated as Creative Commons version 4.0. Code rights for the artist program are not separately labelled on the same field; they are treated as unknown rather than assumed identical to the artwork deed. [^S02][^S06]

Artwork label copied exactly as 'CC BY-NC-ND 4.0'.

Third-party runtime p5@1.0.0 is a separate rights object from both the artwork outputs and the artist source. p5.js, three.js, and ordinary browser JavaScript each keep their own licence texts. This package does not redistribute those libraries. [^S03][^S06]

Original essay prose in this package is dedicated CC0-1.0 by the research operator. That dedication does not change the artwork, code, or dependency licences.

## Close reading of examples

CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler #0 is token 348000000 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-08-15T15:43:27+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 135,152,138). File size 2948864 bytes. Indexed features: Animated False; Page Type Terrain Map; Terrain Type Island Chain; Sea Roughness 6; Special Biome True; Terrain Scaling 7; Border Complexity 7; Number of Countries 7 Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Animated False; Page Type Terrain Map; Terrain Type Island Chain; Sea Roughness 6; Special Biome True; Terrain Scaling 7; Border Complexity 7; Number of Countries 7.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler #1 is token 348000001 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-08-29T17:24:53+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, light and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 208,213,213). File size 4335076 bytes. Indexed features: Animated False; Page Type Hand Drawn; Terrain Type Island Chain; Sea Roughness 0; Special Biome False; Terrain Scaling 6; Border Complexity 0; Number of Countries 1 Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Animated False; Page Type Hand Drawn; Terrain Type Island Chain; Sea Roughness 0; Special Biome False; Terrain Scaling 6; Border Complexity 0; Number of Countries 1.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler #10 is token 348000010 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-08-29T17:43:45+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, light and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 229,227,217). File size 1212807 bytes. Indexed features: Animated False; Page Type Hand Drawn; Terrain Type Sparse Islands; Sea Roughness 0; Special Biome False; Terrain Scaling 3; Border Complexity 0; Number of Countries 1 Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Animated False; Page Type Hand Drawn; Terrain Type Sparse Islands; Sea Roughness 0; Special Biome False; Terrain Scaling 3; Border Complexity 0; Number of Countries 1.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler #20 is token 348000020 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-08-30T02:08:16+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 146,154,151). File size 3229118 bytes. Indexed features: Animated True; Page Type Aerial Photograph; Terrain Type Island; Sea Roughness 6; Special Biome False; Terrain Scaling 1; Border Complexity 0; Number of Countries 1 Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Animated True; Page Type Aerial Photograph; Terrain Type Island; Sea Roughness 6; Special Biome False; Terrain Scaling 1; Border Complexity 0; Number of Countries 1.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

The AB5D header candidate is token 348000047 (edition 47), currently indexed to 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, which is one of the three linked addresses returned for username ab5d on 2026-09-19. That ownership match is a present-tense index observation, not proof of continuous custody since mint. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, light and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 201,204,203). File size 4499500 bytes. Indexed features: Animated False; Page Type Hand Drawn; Terrain Type Island; Sea Roughness 0; Special Biome False; Terrain Scaling 3; Border Complexity 0; Number of Countries 1 [^S08][^S04][^S09]

Motion, interaction, and audio: Source contains noLoop. The inspected PNG is a finished still. Live motion was not stopwatched. The static PNGs document halt or preview states. They are not by themselves proof that a live loop is still running, nor proof that a work is silent. No soundtrack was heard from these pages during this session. [^S09][^S10][^S03]

## Significance and limitations

CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler is project 348 by Michael G Devereux on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270. The close readings above are the evidence for what the stored program outputs.

Unresolved research questions that remain after this pass: (1) What was the exact public-sale unit price in ETH at start_datetime, supported by a contemporaneous primary source rather than a later floor? (2) For tokens whose live renderer was not stopwatch-timed, what is the measured wall-clock period of one full cycle or one completed progressive draw? (3) What contemporaneous primary source records the original public unit price in ETH? (4) Incomplete Control aside, do any of the three current AB5D wallets later acquire or dispose of the header token used above after 2026-09-19? [^S02][^S08][^S10]

This package is a draft for human review. Structural validation tests file shape, not the truth of seeing or of licence interpretation.

[^S01]: Art Blocks. [CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler by Michael G Devereux collection page](https://www.artblocks.io/collection/cryptocountries-the-unpublished-archives-of-a-mythical-world-traveler-by-michael-g-devereux). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S02]: Art Blocks Hasura index. [projects_metadata record for cryptocountries-the-unpublished-archives-of-a-mythical-world-traveler-by-michael-g-devereux](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S03]: Michael G Devereux. [CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler on-chain artist program](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S04]: Art Blocks Hasura index. [tokens_metadata for sampled CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler token IDs](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S05]: Art Blocks. [Canonical token pages for sampled CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler outputs](https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/348000000). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S06]: Creative Commons. [Reported artwork licence label CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S07]: Michael G Devereux. [CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler official description](https://www.michaelgdevereux.com/cryptocountries). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S08]: Art Blocks. [AB5D linked wallet set and profile index](https://www.artblocks.io/profile/ab5d). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S09]: Art Blocks media proxy. [Static PNG renders of sampled CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler tokens](https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/348000000.png). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S10]: Art Blocks. [Live generator renderer for CryptoCountries: The Unpublished Archives of a Mythical World Traveler](https://generator.artblocks.io/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/348000000). Accessed 2026-09-19.