Transaction 288e10ad70782392cdd329f42875a06181d46e34b5a5ef0f090b29cf06d6c630

Block #280713

2014-01-16 00:24:29 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.4999 BTC🔥

Inputs

18sBWP7DybvrnYu9WFPxAPPit3JRZTRETi

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 564672f2fec324e6183f7f10dc8f19b7405ee641 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr

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": "288e10ad70782392cdd329f42875a06181d46e34b5a5ef0f090b29cf06d6c630",
  "hash": "288e10ad70782392cdd329f42875a06181d46e34b5a5ef0f090b29cf06d6c630",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 224,
  "vsize": 224,
  "weight": 896,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "85dd7363c98f0c443610bb9505ac5d365f45037801406ce6a9b42dee0d94a614",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304502207c8b67b88f499ce53a71c2c11acdb9e5f2920f3213ee0ebea7d0c79f0f03c3cc0221008696b091ab28f31202c815c049708b527ad34ad0d3f414ccfe1fb5322ce6bde2[ALL] 049e9c8378dcc021ff9acf00fc90ee7e0eb4ea8e477f008a8bdbec021ac652446871969bedc53c7f0282774a847ed0c3f34803dc53b70b6b7c8baf604a97c22647",
        "hex": "48304502207c8b67b88f499ce53a71c2c11acdb9e5f2920f3213ee0ebea7d0c79f0f03c3cc0221008696b091ab28f31202c815c049708b527ad34ad0d3f414ccfe1fb5322ce6bde20141049e9c8378dcc021ff9acf00fc90ee7e0eb4ea8e477f008a8bdbec021ac652446871969bedc53c7f0282774a847ed0c3f34803dc53b70b6b7c8baf604a97c22647"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 280658,
        "value": "0.50000000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 564672f2fec324e6183f7f10dc8f19b7405ee641 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(18sBWP7DybvrnYu9WFPxAPPit3JRZTRETi)#mjum83vz",
          "hex": "76a914564672f2fec324e6183f7f10dc8f19b7405ee64188ac",
          "address": "18sBWP7DybvrnYu9WFPxAPPit3JRZTRETi",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.49990000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00010000",
  "hex": "010000000114a6940dee2db4a9e66c40017803455f365dac0595bb1036440c8fc96373dd85000000008b48304502207c8b67b88f499ce53a71c2c11acdb9e5f2920f3213ee0ebea7d0c79f0f03c3cc0221008696b091ab28f31202c815c049708b527ad34ad0d3f414ccfe1fb5322ce6bde20141049e9c8378dcc021ff9acf00fc90ee7e0eb4ea8e477f008a8bdbec021ac652446871969bedc53c7f0282774a847ed0c3f34803dc53b70b6b7c8baf604a97c22647ffffffff0170c9fa02000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}