I may be missing something but can you clarify what your exact issue is regarding the authentication of the KAS genesis block? https://x.com/DesheShai/status/1691752128040059282?s=20 You should be able to follow the steps mentioned here and on GitHub to validate all blocks to KAS genesis point.
I hadn't seen this guide, thanks. Will try to replicate the steps.The issue was that in the tweet linked in the wiki FAQ about genesis block integrity, the author referenced a line which is inside the code for the Simnet genesis block, to prove that there was no premine. In Bitcoin, Simnet is a testnet whose purpose is to get a completely private network with very low difficulty.
If a Simnet line is used to prove that there was no premine, this looks at least a bit doubtful, so in my opinion if this was an error you should change it in your wiki FAQ. In my decentralized coins list, Kaspa is at #5 (behind Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Litecoin and Monero) so I'm a bit more rigourous when investigating if it meets the "no premine" criteria, so if there is such a doubt, I ask
I guess that the block described as genesis in the code (line 66 ff of genesis.rs is then the "hardwired" genesis block, i.e. the "checkpoint" which was inserted to repair the network split in late November '21, and that's the reason why its utxo commitment field isn't empty?