Steemit Crypto Academy Contest Season 1 Week 3 - Blockchain through the concepts by stellaheart

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Introduction


Greetings, fellow steemians!
I'm excited to be a part of this steemit engagement challenge "Blockchain through the concepts" and I'll be talking about Genesis Block So let's begin.

The world is moving towards decentralization, and cryptocurrencies have become an integral part of our daily lives. Cryptocurrencies are currently being used in various industries, and some countries are attempting to make their use legal. For the reasons stated above, it is necessary to comprehend the origins and significance of the Genesis Book.

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  • Tell us about your favorite concept or term related to blockchain, try to be explanatory and make sure to give your opinion. (Genesis Block)
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Everything on earth has his own origin including the earth itself. On that note 'block' is the origin of cryptocurrencies. The word Genesis simply means creation, In Bible Book of Genesis is where the word was actually created by God.

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The Genesis block serves as a base of the blockchain and it explain how other block are formed . All blocks in the blockchain are connected by hash and they linked to Genesis block. The genesis block is the origin of block of any blockchain . Each block is connected to the previous block. Since genesis block is the blueprint of other block their is no block before genesis block. The genesis block of a blockchain is the foundation of blockchain. This fundamental block is known as Block 0 or Block 1 in the blockchain.

The genesis block's principal purpose is to identify valid blocks from illegal blocks. It achieves this by having no predecessor and hence nothing to connect to, and being connected to every other block by their hashes.

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Breif HIstory

Money, the senior officer in the banking system, was Abinitino. The entire policy is managed by the financial institution.

In late 2008, the Bitcoin Whitepaper was produced with the goal of establishing a decentralized system. The notion became a reality on the 3rd of January, 2009, when Satoshi Nakamoto, a well-known Bitcoin financier, made the first Bitcoin transaction, giving birth to Block 0, the Bitcoin Genesis Block. The transaction resulted in the birth of cryptocurrency.

Block reward is the mining of the Genesis Block. The block reward was significantly higher than what we have now. Every four years, the award is divided in half: 50 BTC in 2009, 25 BTC in 2013, 12.5 BTC in 2018, and 6.25 BTC in 2020.

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  • Why do you think it is important in the blockchain?
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The Genesis block has a lot of significance in the Blockchain system that has driven the world of cryptocurrency:

  • Modernized finance companies, such as banks, are centralized, and the details of how transactions are carried out are not open to the public. However, there is openness in a decentralized system. Users could now see timestamps, awards, block height, transaction receipts, and other information because to the Genesis block's transparency.

  • Genesis blockchain provides a private communication channel for members in the same organization. The communication is secured by each member's private key, and only members and it allows members of the same team to communicate without relying on third-party services.

  • The Genesis Block is unique in that it is the first block on a blockchain that does not use a blueprint or refer to another block, and the initial mining rewards are non-spendable.

  • The Genesis block is used to ensure that a blockchain is orderly and to clarify how data should be maintained in a blockchain.

  • Every block on the blockchain is built on the Genesis block. Every other block maintains the systematic organization of the content in the initial block, and this defines the criterion must be met for a new block to be mined.

  • Transparency: The blockchain's time-stamped transactions are transparent and traceable. This provides a level of accountability to the transactions.

  • The Genesis block provides a decentralized control of system configurations such as consensus processes, block production schedules, and economic parameters. This implies that any organization can fully govern its network without relying on a third party using the Genesis block.

  • Due to the fact that data likes are keys, transaction history are stored on Blocks this aid easy recovery when needed.

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Do you think that the existence of the blockchain would be possible without this concept? Is there an alternative or similar term?

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No!! Blockchain would never come into existence without Genesis Block because it's so unique that it is the first block on a blockchain, it also serve as a blueprint where other block is built upon and its where transactions is permanently recorded in terms of cryptocurrency.

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Do you think it is possible to improve this term in some way? Explain us how

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No I don't think nothing can be done since is the blueprint where so many block have been built upon, all that is needed is to increase the level of security so that it wont be permeable to hack since so may information is being store on it.

Conclusion

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In this post I was able to analyze blockchain started with the Genesis block. The Genesis block is the beginning of the Blockchain's records of cryptocurrency transactions. The BTC genesis block was discovered to be the first born of genesis blocks.

Thank you everyone again, and I hope you have a nice day.

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 2 years ago 

I never knew this much about genesis block, your explanations are very detailed. Thanks for the enlightenment

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  • You jave discussed the Genesis block as your favourite blockchain concept.
  • You have also discussed the unique features of the Genesis block and its relevance on the Blockchain.
  • The Genesis block is an important concept of the blockchain which forms the primary chain in any blockchain.

Thank you for participating in this contest.


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