The coinbase transaction in the first block (0) is not included in the spendable UTXO set by the bitcoin software and is therefore provably lost.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Anders Brownworth |
| Status | Final |
| Created | 2020-12-18 |
| Category | Provably Lost |
| First Seen in Block | 0 |
| Scale Estimate | 50 BTC |
Bitcoin's source code excludes the coinbase transaction in block 0 from the spendable outputs. It is unclear if this was deliberatly done but at this point is considered highly unlikely to be reversed.
if (block.block_number == 0)