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=== The Genesis Block
The first block((("blockchain", "genesis block", id="blockchain-genesis")))((("genesis block", id="genesis-block"))) in the blockchain is called the _genesis block_
The first block((("blockchain", "genesis block", id="blockchain-genesis")))((("genesis block", id="genesis-block")))((("Bitcoin Core", "genesis block", id="bitcoin-core-genesis"))) in the blockchain is called the _genesis block_
and was created in 2009. It is the common ancestor of all the blocks in
the blockchain, meaning that if you start at any block and follow the
chain backward in time, you will eventually arrive at the genesis block.
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tongue-in-cheek reminder of the importance of an independent monetary
system, with Bitcoin's launch occurring at the same time as an
unprecedented worldwide monetary crisis. The message was embedded in the
first block by Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin's ((("blockchain", "genesis block", startref="blockchain-genesis")))((("genesis block", startref="genesis-block")))creator.
first block by Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin's ((("Nakamoto, Satoshi")))((("blockchain", "genesis block", startref="blockchain-genesis")))((("genesis block", startref="genesis-block")))((("Bitcoin Core", "genesis block", startref="bitcoin-core-genesis")))creator.
=== Linking Blocks in the Blockchain