1{2 "config": {3 "chainId": …,4 "londonBlock": 05 },6 "nonce": "0x0",7 "timestamp": …,8 "gasLimit": …,9 "difficulty": "0x0",10 "coinbase": "0x3141592653589793238462643383279502884197",11 "alloc": { … },12 "number": "0x0"13}
π
Not in a random transaction.
Not added later.
There from block 0.
Genesis is where a blockchain begins.
Block 0. The chain ID, the initial parameters, the contracts a network is born with.
Circle left something inside Arc's.
A small technical easter egg in the official mainnet genesis file. Line 10.
Look closely.
Drop the 0x. Add a decimal point.
Those are the digits of π.
genesis
coinbase
decode
block 0