<p>The timestamp is set by the miner and is part of the data hashed for the Proof of Work. So it is set at the time the miner begins hashing a particular header and searching for a nonce for it.</p>

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Ava Chow
<p>I have a doubt, how the miner starts to count the timestamp to insert in the block.</p>

<p>An example the timestamp insert inside the genesis block is 1/3/2009, 7:15:05 PM GMT+1. If the genesis block would have been mined the time is the moment to the miner have started to resolve the proof-of-work or is the moment to the miner win the proof-of-work?</p>

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how the miner start to count the timestamp to insert in the block
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# how the miner start to count the timestamp to insert in the block

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-18)

I have a doubt, how the miner starts to count the timestamp to insert in the block.

An example the timestamp insert inside the genesis block is 1/3/2009, 7:15:05 PM GMT+1. If the genesis block would have been mined the time is the moment to the miner have started to resolve the proof-of-work or is the moment to the miner win the proof-of-work?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-18. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The timestamp is set by the miner and is part of the data hashed for the Proof of Work. So it is set at the time the miner begins hashing a particular header and searching for a nonce for it.


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