Transaction 1134710e162a8fe85aaf799b3d8033fe63a353319862c8f7fb6be4ae4f995701

Block #592625

2019-08-31 16:24:36 +0000 UTC (~4 years, 10 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00001042 BTC🔥


Inputs
1FHMyiUeAUHDKJisodkjjswjsVafU1kxj5
0.00002407 BTC
now $1.51
0.00002407 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 9ca9ed83646bd08908923885949490a0bd3b39fd OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
Outputs
16LD3nQoa9qyqi7Luf71Mj14d1DXRNLDob
0.00000684 BTC
now $0.43
0.00000684 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 3a7a96df1604451ce3e9322a8e531228b414b70d OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
1HT7xU2Ngenf7D4yocz2SAcnNLW7rK8d4E
0.00001042 BTC
now $0.65
🔥0.00001042 BTC🔥
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 b472a266d0bd89c13706a4132ccfb16f7c3b9fcb OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

How did this transaction burn BTC?

The Empty String Public Key

The address 1HT7xU2Ngenf7D4yocz2SAcnNLW7rK8d4E is a Bitcoin address derived from an empty "" string as its public key. Wallets with bugs, including Bitcoin Core1, have at times attempted to derive an address using ripemd160(sha256("")), which producees 1HT7xU2Ngenf7D4yocz2SAcnNLW7rK8d4E.

As it is impossible for any private key to result in an empty public key, this address is provably unspendable.

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ECDSA Incompatibility

The Bitcoin Protocol relies on the secp256k1 elliptic curve for its cryptographic operations. This curve belongs to the larger family of elliptic curves.

Bitcoin also employs a number of hashing operations such as SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160. These operations are used in various places across the protocol, including in the creation of addresses and their corresponding Bitcoin Scripts.

In some cases, it is possible to select values that are invalid for the secp256k1 curve as inputs to the hashing operations. This can lead to unexpected results, such as the creation of addresses that can be used to receive BTC, but are never able to spend it.

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Raw Transaction
{
  "txid": "1134710e162a8fe85aaf799b3d8033fe63a353319862c8f7fb6be4ae4f995701",
  "hash": "1134710e162a8fe85aaf799b3d8033fe63a353319862c8f7fb6be4ae4f995701",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 226,
  "vsize": 226,
  "weight": 904,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "26deead20fd78d099c144de879ce35b4c375aa7372037957dd0f4f066cdf82a7",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3045022100e1d7812becfd815f5f59403cf54d028f13d861a2e6fd7012964cabe7894723b7022038277e064ded7dae1c42eed8c1fdcb253ff2b65f165866cc52c7c2c845c0a580[ALL] 02d96ea63f0fa6723af41aeb62d67d721b564ef1895be110afb839245ea48c23f9",
        "hex": "483045022100e1d7812becfd815f5f59403cf54d028f13d861a2e6fd7012964cabe7894723b7022038277e064ded7dae1c42eed8c1fdcb253ff2b65f165866cc52c7c2c845c0a580012102d96ea63f0fa6723af41aeb62d67d721b564ef1895be110afb839245ea48c23f9"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 592373,
        "value": "0.00002407",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 9ca9ed83646bd08908923885949490a0bd3b39fd OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1FHMyiUeAUHDKJisodkjjswjsVafU1kxj5)#yc72act8",
          "hex": "76a9149ca9ed83646bd08908923885949490a0bd3b39fd88ac",
          "address": "1FHMyiUeAUHDKJisodkjjswjsVafU1kxj5",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00000684",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 3a7a96df1604451ce3e9322a8e531228b414b70d OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(16LD3nQoa9qyqi7Luf71Mj14d1DXRNLDob)#q94rr276",
        "hex": "76a9143a7a96df1604451ce3e9322a8e531228b414b70d88ac",
        "address": "16LD3nQoa9qyqi7Luf71Mj14d1DXRNLDob",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "0.00001042",
      "n": 1,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 b472a266d0bd89c13706a4132ccfb16f7c3b9fcb OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1HT7xU2Ngenf7D4yocz2SAcnNLW7rK8d4E)#htsvnqcg",
        "hex": "76a914b472a266d0bd89c13706a4132ccfb16f7c3b9fcb88ac",
        "address": "1HT7xU2Ngenf7D4yocz2SAcnNLW7rK8d4E",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00000681",
  "hex": "0100000001a782df6c064f0fdd5779037273aa75c3b435ce79e84d149c098dd70fd2eade26010000006b483045022100e1d7812becfd815f5f59403cf54d028f13d861a2e6fd7012964cabe7894723b7022038277e064ded7dae1c42eed8c1fdcb253ff2b65f165866cc52c7c2c845c0a580012102d96ea63f0fa6723af41aeb62d67d721b564ef1895be110afb839245ea48c23f9ffffffff02ac020000000000001976a9143a7a96df1604451ce3e9322a8e531228b414b70d88ac12040000000000001976a914b472a266d0bd89c13706a4132ccfb16f7c3b9fcb88ac00000000",
  "blockhash": "0000000000000000000047d1a7f6defa4c40b7ffbcc4f4a088c6d02b90d55832",
  "time": 1567268676,
  "blocktime": 1567268676
}