block#0
Mined
1/3/2009, 6:15:05 PM
Reward
50 BTC
Fees
0 BTC
Difficulty
1
Block hash
000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
000000000019d6689c08…a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
The genesis block is block height 0, mined by Satoshi Nakamoto on January 3, 2009. Its coinbase transaction contains the text: 'The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks' — a timestamp and political statement permanently etched into Bitcoin's history. The 50 BTC reward from this block cannot be spent due to a quirk in the early code.