Transaction 212001bf039052849a99787807c0cc0bf409ae9feb42383e1748288f3bfc2eec

Block #296462

2014-04-18 12:03:44 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 4 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.5 BTC🔥

Inputs

1BQGwLEvrDGc2We17GKPBzqnxKBV8onEFc

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 721820d7b02c289093df1fd5d4e1d8d0c85930cf OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

1ChancecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXZELUFD

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 805639c18149c375a977300cd0821bbb97315155 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": "212001bf039052849a99787807c0cc0bf409ae9feb42383e1748288f3bfc2eec",
  "hash": "212001bf039052849a99787807c0cc0bf409ae9feb42383e1748288f3bfc2eec",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 223,
  "vsize": 223,
  "weight": 892,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "bfabbcb32ed8db10e6351f48e1078ea2dccab4334ab8e4e1958cf68c27bc51a4",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304402202ab294e88060f272720e5301946185c48dcf09ad5900884e4a1747d0d465809002202aaf98772a632a31399085dcef1304b17e2d3218672b09ca50fcd2a01cc9492e[ALL] 04a39d78009f101fcb594be6a2d5c79867889cb0ee306207854c92ec3a98c1f478aea2bb1798fbcd573968e319e115cbe6a84cf33f9661310c57d104b287c936f6",
        "hex": "47304402202ab294e88060f272720e5301946185c48dcf09ad5900884e4a1747d0d465809002202aaf98772a632a31399085dcef1304b17e2d3218672b09ca50fcd2a01cc9492e014104a39d78009f101fcb594be6a2d5c79867889cb0ee306207854c92ec3a98c1f478aea2bb1798fbcd573968e319e115cbe6a84cf33f9661310c57d104b287c936f6"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 296462,
        "value": "0.50010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 721820d7b02c289093df1fd5d4e1d8d0c85930cf OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1BQGwLEvrDGc2We17GKPBzqnxKBV8onEFc)#tdnreaef",
          "hex": "76a914721820d7b02c289093df1fd5d4e1d8d0c85930cf88ac",
          "address": "1BQGwLEvrDGc2We17GKPBzqnxKBV8onEFc",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.50000000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 805639c18149c375a977300cd0821bbb97315155 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1ChancecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXZELUFD)#zp2k5nlk",
        "hex": "76a914805639c18149c375a977300cd0821bbb9731515588ac",
        "address": "1ChancecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXZELUFD",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00010000",
  "hex": "0100000001a451bc278cf68c95e1e4b84a33b4cadca28e07e1481f35e610dbd82eb3bcabbf010000008a47304402202ab294e88060f272720e5301946185c48dcf09ad5900884e4a1747d0d465809002202aaf98772a632a31399085dcef1304b17e2d3218672b09ca50fcd2a01cc9492e014104a39d78009f101fcb594be6a2d5c79867889cb0ee306207854c92ec3a98c1f478aea2bb1798fbcd573968e319e115cbe6a84cf33f9661310c57d104b287c936f6ffffffff0180f0fa02000000001976a914805639c18149c375a977300cd0821bbb9731515588ac00000000"
}