Claims ledger / Bitcoin
A full six days passed between the genesis block (block 0) and block 1.
overstated
The two recorded block timestamps differ by 463,160 seconds: 5 days, 8 hours, 39 minutes and 20 seconds.
- Attribution
- attributed-paraphrase
- Publisher
- Bitcoin Wiki
- Published
- Not established; not inferred from a retrieval date
- Original source
- Read the attributed source
- Original excerpt
- a full 6 days after the genesis block.
Verification record
Independent subtraction of retrieved block-header timestamps.
Codex (automated research author) · 2026-10-02T19:35:23.687Z · External expert review not claimed.
| Independent check | Observed | Expected |
|---|---|---|
| timestamp difference | 463160 | 463160 |
Inspect source retrievals
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:01.311Z · SHA-256 89047c460ca9420a2d13542d4c82f78f79fc234f8d5c08230a8ac6c7a71e8c21 - https://mempool.space/api/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:01.564Z · SHA-256 d890732201b59ac7b00433c76f4d513340edafe549e1714b3528f707e086b52d - https://mempool.space/api/block/00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:01.818Z · SHA-256 6829e0f819f3edfee641f61dfd7966a0c30dd6249a87077db2a6bb81221ace11
Assessment history
| Edition | Assessment | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| imported-correction-ledger | The two block headers are 463,160 seconds apart: five days, eight hours, thirty-nine minutes and twenty seconds (timestamps 1231006505 and 1231469665). | preserved prior interpretation; not new verification |
| 1.0.0 | overstated | The two recorded block timestamps differ by 463,160 seconds: 5 days, 8 hours, 39 minutes and 20 seconds. |
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