The Message in Block #0

Sealed into the very first block of the chain — forever, unchangeable.

Genesis message (read live from the chain)
Reading from the blockchain…
Block
#0 — Genesis
Genesis hash (fingerprint)
Verifying on-chain…
How do I know this is real and not just text on a webpage?

This page doesn't store the message — it asks the live ETH II blockchain for its first block (block #0) the moment you load it, and decodes the message right in your browser. You can do the exact same thing yourself:

Send this request to https://www.ethii.net/rpc:
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["0x0",false],"id":1}

Take the extraData value it returns, drop the 0x, and paste it into any free “hex to text” converter. You'll get the same message you see above.

The message can never be edited: the genesis fingerprint (hash) is calculated from every field in the block, including this message. Change one letter and the fingerprint changes — and that node is no longer on the ETH II chain at all.

Live from ethii.net · Chain ID 20482