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		londons_explore on May 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Proof-of-stake is inherently self-referential Getting agreement on a genesis block is a theoretically difficult problem... But practically it's as hard as agreeing if it was George Washington who was the first president of the USA or Bill Gates.

Dzugaru on May 21, 2021 | [–]

Well it's not and been solved for the first time by Satoshi Nakamoto. You pick the first block of the most worked chain. Any other thing is no better than WebMoney.

mrkramer on May 21, 2021 | [–]

Genesis block was hardcoded by Satoshi in Bitcoin client. It was something like seed the beginning of one big and long tree.

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