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Record No. 2020-03-16-mainnet-beta-genesisMilestoneVerified

Solana creates the Mainnet Beta genesis block

Solana's Mainnet Beta genesis configuration records a creation time of March 16, 2020, 14:29:00 UTC, and the network still returns that time for slot 0. Its hash, 5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdpKuc147dw2N9d, is the genesis hash mainnet nodes report today. Solana's June 2020 newsletter said: "Since we created our genesis block and used it to launch mainnet beta on March 16th, it has been quite the journey".

Entities

  • Solana
  • Mainnet Beta

Sources & citations (4)

  1. https://solscan.io/block/0Accessed Oct 8, 2026Slot 0, blockhash 4sGjMW1sUnHzSxGspuhpqLDx6wiyjNtZAMdL4VZHirAn, no transactions.
  2. https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com/genesis.tar.bz2Accessed Oct 8, 2026Genesis config with creation_time 1584368940 (2020-03-16 14:29:00 UTC); its sha256 is the genesis hash 5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdpKuc147dw2N9d.
  3. https://solana.com/news/june-newsletterAccessed Oct 8, 2026'Since we created our genesis block and used it to launch mainnet beta on March 16th, it has been quite the journey.'
  4. https://medium.com/coinlist/solanas-launch-auction-sells-out-f9032b65c48bAccessed Oct 8, 202625 Mar 2020: the SOL auction 'coincided with Solana's mainnet beta launch'.

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