Art Blocks is an on-chain generative art and NFT platform that was founded by Erick Calderon in late November 2020. Art Blocks's Twitter Score is 413 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026.
Art Blocks releases generative art projects where a buyer's blockchain transaction triggers an artist's algorithm to produce a new random work, delivered directly to the buyer's crypto wallet on Ethereum. In August 2021, Art Blocks adopted a Dutch auction format for sales, with prices starting high and falling until works are claimed. TIME reported in October 2021 that hundreds of generative artists had found a home on the platform, and during one auction Monica Rizzolli earned $5.4 million in 48 minutes.
Art Blocks's portfolio includes Sansa and Generative Art Foundation. Art Blocks has published 9,776 posts and has 175,619 followers as of August 2026, placing it at rank #530 (top 0.5%) out of 483,944 accounts tracked. Art Blocks has been mentioned by 1,501 accounts, with 7,781 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Art Blocks include 1,548 founders, 415 angel investors, 918 influencers and 36 VCs, among them Toly, Cobie, Ansem, Laura Shin, Stani and Kyle Samani.