The genesis block is the first block of the Bitcoin blockchain, and it was mined by Satoshi Nakamoto on January 3, 2009. It contains the following information:
- A timestamp of 12:00:00 UTC on January 3, 2009 - A nonce of 0 - A hash of the previous block (which does not exist, as this is the first block) - A Merkle root of the transaction data - A reward of 50 BTC