# eth/v1/beacon/genesis RPC method
Ethereum consensus layer Beacon Chain API call that returns the current chain's genesis details. This call can also be used to easily identify the chain.
Parameters:
none
Returns:
data
—object
with:genesis_time
—string
— thegenesis_time
configured for the consensus layer Beacon Chain node. This is the Unix time of when the Beacon Chain started.genesis_validators_root
—string
— the genesis validator root.genesis_fork_version
—string
— the fork version number.
Example:
curl -X GET https://beacon-nd-123-456-789.p2pify.com/3c6e0b8a9c15224a8228b9a98ca1531d/eth/v1/beacon/genesis