Address: 1UnMensajeParaToda2222222226C2PCx

Script: 76a914054117a116bc10caaf39b130eb1c0fcd3e311a0188ac

Total Lost: 0.00001 BTC

Transactions: 1

How did this script burn BTC?

Burn Address

Bitcoin addresses are generated by base58 or bech32 encoding the hash of a public key or script, along with a version and checksum.

As the encoding is directly performed on this hash value, it is possible to generate a valid address for which the pre-image public key or script is unknown. This is known as a burn address.

This is commonly done to create a visually distinct address, and to demonstrate some level of “nothing up my sleeve” transparency. The hash values are picked to be values that are improbably to have been generated by chance (due to the immense computational power required to find a pre-image that hashes to a specific value).

While some burn addresses were used in Proof-of-Burn schemes, the majority of burn addresses are simply vanity addresses used to simply burn coins or encode a message into the blockchain.

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Transaction ID Block Height Amount
cb267227b854d738f63492f3ae360bc97beacd6306bca2cca5749f96f38524e3 285381
0.00001 BTC
now $0.63
0.00001 BTC