---
title: "Retrieve details of the chain's genesis."
method: GET
path: "/eth/v1/beacon/genesis"
tags: ["Beacon", "ValidatorRequiredApi"]
---

# Retrieve details of the chain's genesis.

`GET /eth/v1/beacon/genesis`

## Request

- Base URL: `eth2-beacon-mainnet.nodereal.io/v1/api_key` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `eth2-beacon-mainnet.nodereal.io/v1/api_key/eth/v1/beacon/genesis`
- Auth: none declared

Retrieve details of the chain's genesis which can be used to identify chain.

## Response `200`

Request successful

- object
  - `data` object
    - `genesis_time` string: The genesis_time configured for the beacon node, which is the unix time in seconds at which the Eth2.0 chain began.
    - `genesis_validators_root` string
    - `genesis_fork_version` string: a fork version number

## Other responses

- `404`: Chain genesis info is not yet known
- `500`: Beacon node internal error.

---

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