private static Block CreateGenesis(NetworkParameters n) { var genesisBlock = new Block(n); var t = new Transaction(n); // A script containing the difficulty bits and the following message: // // "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" var bytes = Hex.Decode("04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73"); t.AddInput(new TransactionInput(n, t, bytes)); using (var scriptPubKeyBytes = new MemoryStream()) { Script.WriteBytes(scriptPubKeyBytes, Hex.Decode("04678afdb0fe5548271967f1a67130b7105cd6a828e03909a67962e0ea1f61deb649f6bc3f4cef38c4f35504e51ec112de5c384df7ba0b8d578a4c702b6bf11d5f")); scriptPubKeyBytes.Write(Script.OpCheckSig); t.AddOutput(new TransactionOutput(n, t, scriptPubKeyBytes.ToArray())); } genesisBlock.AddTransaction(t); return(genesisBlock); }