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What is a Genesis Block in Blockchain?

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  • The genesis block is the first block in the Blockchain which is also known as block 0
  • In Blockchain, it is the only block that doesn’t refer to its previous block.
  • It defines the parameters of the Blockchain such as,
    • level of difficulty,
    • consensus mechanism etc. to mine blocks

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