Transaction 11f097564f2d43175a2648d482ee51902461ccd43c52269685069e9111450c11

Block #841558

2024-04-30 21:46:50 +0000 UTC (~2 months, 4 hours ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00003471 BTC🔥


Inputs
bc1p7ynzjqcxlycqlst09jenzk4s5wmtazpq4p0ny4x306ek9ek5wtaq386hp4
0.00006561 BTC
now $3.99
0.00006561 BTC
1 f126290306f9300fc16f2cb3315ab0a3b6be8820a85f3254d17eb362e6d472fa witness_v1_taproot
Outputs
1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr
0.00003471 BTC
now $2.11
🔥0.00003471 BTC🔥
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

How did this transaction 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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Raw Transaction
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  "txid": "11f097564f2d43175a2648d482ee51902461ccd43c52269685069e9111450c11",
  "hash": "cb34768831d5f4d23c9708199fc64cbf2cfa58e644dd5828e7af8663151b510d",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 153,
  "vsize": 102,
  "weight": 408,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "aded64f12e7a47cd4c1ba306c039db57392cdea4d1e479b3201aedd43dc3af6c",
      "vout": 208,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "",
        "hex": ""
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "53520d57f8f0fffe6459b11312d220afea12814d312c96775d38c221a9acc5abff1d3dc3b1bd00fd65ec50d6292718a0cff38d820ce95b335318c04f191ddfef"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 841523,
        "value": "0.00006561",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "1 f126290306f9300fc16f2cb3315ab0a3b6be8820a85f3254d17eb362e6d472fa",
          "desc": "rawtr(f126290306f9300fc16f2cb3315ab0a3b6be8820a85f3254d17eb362e6d472fa)#q2e69syt",
          "hex": "5120f126290306f9300fc16f2cb3315ab0a3b6be8820a85f3254d17eb362e6d472fa",
          "address": "bc1p7ynzjqcxlycqlst09jenzk4s5wmtazpq4p0ny4x306ek9ek5wtaq386hp4",
          "type": "witness_v1_taproot"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967293
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00003471",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00003090",
  "hex": "010000000001016cafc33dd4ed1a20b379e4d1a4de2c3957db39c006a31b4ccd477a2ef164edadd000000000fdffffff018f0d0000000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac014053520d57f8f0fffe6459b11312d220afea12814d312c96775d38c221a9acc5abff1d3dc3b1bd00fd65ec50d6292718a0cff38d820ce95b335318c04f191ddfef00000000"
}