Magento 2 add static block to layout XML
<referenceContainer name="footer-container">
<block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="footerstaticblock" after="-" >
<arguments>
<argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">footerstaticblock</argument>
</arguments>
</block>
</referenceContainer>
Magento 2 add static block to TEMPLATE
<?php echo $block->getLayout()->createBlock('Magento\Cms\Block\Block')->setBlockId('block_identifier')->toHtml();?>
Magento 2 add static block to CMS
{{block class="Magento\\Cms\\Block\\Block" block_id="block_identifier"}}
