<p>If you have an altcoin's node software and that software is based off of Bitcoin Core, then you can use the following RPC commands to get information about the genesis block:</p>

<pre><code>getblockhash 0
</code></pre>

<p>This will get you the hash of the genesis block. Take that hash and do</p>

<pre><code>getblock &lt;hash&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>This will give you all of the information about the genesis block.</p>

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<p>Hi is there any resource or site where we can see details of the very first block mined like its time-stamp and other details . I have been asking around in groups for last 3 days no answer .</p>

<p>I did find some details about bitcoin but would like to find for other crypto coins too.<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/YA6kJ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/YA6kJ.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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How to find details about very first block mined for any crypto?
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# How to find details about very first block mined for any crypto?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-31)

Hi is there any resource or site where we can see details of the very first block mined like its time-stamp and other details . I have been asking around in groups for last 3 days no answer .

I did find some details about bitcoin but would like to find for other crypto coins too.[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/YA6kJ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/YA6kJ.jpg)

**Tags:** blockchain, genesis-block


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-31. Score: 2

If you have an altcoin's node software and that software is based off of Bitcoin Core, then you can use the following RPC commands to get information about the genesis block:

```
getblockhash 0

```

This will get you the hash of the genesis block. Take that hash and do

```
getblock <hash>

```

This will give you all of the information about the genesis block.


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