{"id":31274,"date":"2020-11-04T19:16:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=31274"},"modified":"2025-08-28T02:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:50:53","slug":"ethereum-2-0-genesis-block-launch-date-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-2-0-genesis-block-launch-date-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum 2.0 genesis block launch date revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum Foundation developers have officially confirmed the launch of the ETH2 deposit contract, and announced the genesis block launch date.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">eth2 quick update no. 19<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ruz3PQJXd1\">https:\/\/t.co\/ruz3PQJXd1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>v1.0.0 specs released<\/p>\n<p>Mainnet launchpad live \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the countless researchers, engineers, spec contributors, and community members that made this happen<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dannyryan (@dannyryan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dannyryan\/status\/1324018969880236035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to v1.0.0 specifications of the second version of the protocol, the genesis block launch will take place on December 1 at 12:00 UTC. Initially this date was set for January 3, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115387\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-github-com-ethereum-eth2-0-specs-commit-297538208ece97648a9a03b90f09fcb2d1bd8e3e-1604507624869.png\" alt=\"\u0421\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0438\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0441-\u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0430 Ethereum 2.0\" width=\"573\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-github-com-ethereum-eth2-0-specs-commit-297538208ece97648a9a03b90f09fcb2d1bd8e3e-1604507624869.png 573w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-github-com-ethereum-eth2-0-specs-commit-297538208ece97648a9a03b90f09fcb2d1bd8e3e-1604507624869-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ethereum\/eth2.0-specs\/commit\/297538208ece97648a9a03b90f09fcb2d1bd8e3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u0414\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043a\u0442<\/a> \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442 \u043e\u0442\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0442\u044c ETH \u0438\u0437 \u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0435\u0439 \u0441\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0432 ETH2, \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0434\u0430\u044f \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0447\u0438\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0435\u0439\u043a\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0432.<\/p>\n<p>Users noted that the stated code allowed only generating the keys required to deposit funds, but not the deposit contract itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Kvc2ATBvrq\">\n<p>\u0427\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0435 Ethereum 2.0?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c\u0427\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0435 Ethereum 2.0?\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-ethereum-2-0\/embed#?secret=Y1q4aVbCxb#?secret=Kvc2ATBvrq\" data-secret=\"Kvc2ATBvrq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, from Ethereum Foundation developer Karl Beekhuizen&#8217;s GitHub <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/alleged-ethereum-2-0-deposit-contract-launch-code-appears-on-github\">uploaded<\/a> code that, it was claimed, would initiate the launch of the deposit contract for ETH2\u2019s second version. However, community members raised doubts about its authenticity. Users noticed that the code in question only generates the keys necessary to deposit funds, but not the deposit contract itself.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in October, Ethereum 2.0 lead developer Danny Ryan <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-2-0-deposit-contract-launch-delayed-by-two-weeks-developers-say\">said<\/a> that the ETH2 deposit contract would launch in the first half of November.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum Foundation developers have officially confirmed the launch of the ETH2 deposit contract, and announced the genesis block creation date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-31274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31276,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31274\/revisions\/31276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}