Transaction 3ea4ee1f8cc8710e52337298e562e3eee9a3d0c48e656748fe4a713ef6d2218b

Block #283169

2014-01-30 08:06:01 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 6 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥1 BTC🔥

Inputs

1PB19k3CrpY15sXVFLwbGi3xw9wM7LGyeG

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 f3370d7c6a3fb96742274488e3c95e27e41a5e7a 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": "3ea4ee1f8cc8710e52337298e562e3eee9a3d0c48e656748fe4a713ef6d2218b",
  "hash": "3ea4ee1f8cc8710e52337298e562e3eee9a3d0c48e656748fe4a713ef6d2218b",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 224,
  "vsize": 224,
  "weight": 896,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "97d0d74db717656a104da344f47384cc053248e529230bd8bb7dff5e05f35888",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "30450220232a870fd094d2831c2dc15be35731005a294cfc263f505fa8229bd8324d4fde022100b0e37a327bf405b9ea8af0a3435619298c7c4f9b3ecadc4cff19775383395ca6[ALL] 0455d1f08d67cfe4750f673fc189d8be6add8b609c42b025abdb74c4fa1608708fc0a3b4b48c3f39bed6638135e4bccc5496d00c3ca254ad2ec1e7280e49aaa311",
        "hex": "4830450220232a870fd094d2831c2dc15be35731005a294cfc263f505fa8229bd8324d4fde022100b0e37a327bf405b9ea8af0a3435619298c7c4f9b3ecadc4cff19775383395ca601410455d1f08d67cfe4750f673fc189d8be6add8b609c42b025abdb74c4fa1608708fc0a3b4b48c3f39bed6638135e4bccc5496d00c3ca254ad2ec1e7280e49aaa311"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 283118,
        "value": "1.00010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 f3370d7c6a3fb96742274488e3c95e27e41a5e7a OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1PB19k3CrpY15sXVFLwbGi3xw9wM7LGyeG)#2s2hkzq7",
          "hex": "76a914f3370d7c6a3fb96742274488e3c95e27e41a5e7a88ac",
          "address": "1PB19k3CrpY15sXVFLwbGi3xw9wM7LGyeG",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "1.00000000",
      "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": "01000000018858f3055eff7dbbd80b2329e5483205cc8473f444a34d106a6517b74dd7d097000000008b4830450220232a870fd094d2831c2dc15be35731005a294cfc263f505fa8229bd8324d4fde022100b0e37a327bf405b9ea8af0a3435619298c7c4f9b3ecadc4cff19775383395ca601410455d1f08d67cfe4750f673fc189d8be6add8b609c42b025abdb74c4fa1608708fc0a3b4b48c3f39bed6638135e4bccc5496d00c3ca254ad2ec1e7280e49aaa311ffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}