Genesis Block

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The Genesis Block is the inaugural block of the Bitcoin blockchain, created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 and serving as the foundation of the entire Bitcoin network.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Block #0 1
Block 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bitcoin block
cryptocurrency genesis block
genesis block
alsoKnownAs Genesis Block
surface form: Block #0

Genesis Block
surface form: Block 0
blockHeight 0
blockReward 50 BTC
blockRewardSpendable false
blockTimeUnit seconds since Unix epoch
category Bitcoin
blockchain
cryptocurrency history
chainId Bitcoin
surface form: Bitcoin main chain
chainPosition first block in Bitcoin blockchain
clientConfiguration hardcoded in Bitcoin node software
coinbaseMessage "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks"
coinbaseMessageSource The Times (London) newspaper headline
consensusRole anchor for proof-of-work chain
containsCoinbaseTransaction true
creationDate 2009-01-03
creator Satoshi Nakamoto
currency Bitcoin
surface form: bitcoin
difficultyTargetBits 486604799
embeddedReference 2008 financial crisis
embeddedReferenceType political and economic commentary
followedBy Block 1
hash 000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26
hashAlgorithm double SHA-256
hasSpecialRules true
influenced design of genesis blocks in other cryptocurrencies
isSpendable false
merkleRoot 4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b
network Bitcoin
surface form: Bitcoin network
networkType mainnet
nonce 2083236893
partOf Bitcoin
surface form: Bitcoin blockchain
previousBlockHash 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
protocol Bitcoin
surface form: Bitcoin protocol
servesAs foundation of the Bitcoin blockchain
starting point of Bitcoin ledger history
softwareClient original Bitcoin client
specialRuleDetail coinbase transaction output is unspendable due to implementation details
subsidy 50 BTC
symbolicSignificance birth of Bitcoin network
start of decentralized cryptocurrency era
timestamp 2009-01-03T18:15:05Z
transactionCount 1
usesProofOfWork true
version 1

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Genesis Block alsoKnownAs Genesis Block
this entity surface form: Block 0
Genesis Block alsoKnownAs Genesis Block
this entity surface form: Block #0
Bitcoin firstBlockName Genesis Block