<p>I found answer to my question there: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/10009/why-cant-the-genesis-block-coinbase-be-spent">Why can’t the genesis block coinbase be spent?</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>For some reason, Satoshi decided not to add the coinbase transaction
  from the genesis block to the global transaction database. Thus all
  the nodes in the network would reject the block.</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>When I run command</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>getrawtransaction
  4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b</p>
</blockquote>

<p>in my bitcoin-qt console (or bitcoind), I get</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>No information available about transaction (code -5)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>But I can get raw data about any other transaction.</p>

<p>Here is link to blockchain.info: <a href="https://blockchain.info/ru/tx/4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b" rel="nofollow">https://blockchain.info/ru/tx/4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b</a></p>

<raw-transaction><genesis-block>
Why I cannot get transaction from genesis block
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# Why I cannot get transaction from genesis block

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-09)

When I run command

> getrawtransaction
> 4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b

in my bitcoin-qt console (or bitcoind), I get

> No information available about transaction (code -5)

But I can get raw data about any other transaction.

Here is link to blockchain.info: <https://blockchain.info/ru/tx/4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b>

**Tags:** raw-transaction, genesis-block


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2014-01-09. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I found answer to my question there: [Why can’t the genesis block coinbase be spent?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/10009/why-cant-the-genesis-block-coinbase-be-spent)

> For some reason, Satoshi decided not to add the coinbase transaction
> from the genesis block to the global transaction database. Thus all
> the nodes in the network would reject the block.


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