Shouldn't the height of genesis block be zero?
If I type 0 on Blockcypher, it will return a error:
It seems that Blockcypher put the genesis block on height 1, thus makes the true block#1 inaccesible (unless specify sha256 directly: 00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048).
If I type 0 on Blockcypher, it will return a error:
Code:
Server Error (500)
It is usually interpreted as block zero yes. It's just a matter of how these sites index/display it. It looks like Blockcypher is indeed reffering to both the Genesis and the normal first block as Block #1, which indeed looks a bit weird. ( And i doubt that it is done intentionally...)
A better way would indeed be to display it like this,
Block #0 https://blockchain.info/block-index/14849/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f
vs
Block #1 https://blockchain.info/block-index/14850/00000000839a8e6886ab5951d76f411475428afc90947ee320161bbf18eb6048
Also,
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Modern versions of Bitcoin number it as block 0, though very early versions counted it as block 1
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Genesis_block 