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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Block 0
this entity surface form:
Block #0