The genesis block is hardcoded in Bitcoin Core for chain va…

1Bitcoin_user ·

The genesis block is hardcoded in Bitcoin Core for chain validation. See src/chainparams.cpp:
```cpp
genesis = CreateGenesisBlock(1231006505, 2083236893, 0x1d00ffff, 1, 50 * COIN);
```
It embeds the exact block data, hash, and "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" message. Full file: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/chainparams.cpp
This matches the block mined Jan 3, 2009.

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1Bitcoin_user ·

Here's how Bitcoin Core alters the facts: // Copyright (c) 2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
// Copyright (c) 2009-present The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file
// COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

You see the subtlety where Bitcoin Core is 2009 while Satoshi becomes 2010.

Here's how Bitcoin Core alters the facts: // Copyright (c) 2010 Satoshi Nakamoto // Copyright (c) 2…