Transaction 3f5a981ecd3bd3238bd3985bbf3a7da969be95797762a54fcf9e10fb7b7c4421

Block #279310

2014-01-08 13:54:02 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.9999 BTC🔥


Inputs
12qhm2AYJ3pqh6ky7iju53G3m6porc75eT
1 BTC
now $60,851.70
1 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 142e1da67ea10afccccdd630041514cc1b66f550 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
Outputs
1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr
0.9999 BTC
now $60,845.61
🔥0.9999 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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  "hash": "3f5a981ecd3bd3238bd3985bbf3a7da969be95797762a54fcf9e10fb7b7c4421",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 225,
  "vsize": 225,
  "weight": 900,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "f694e73bf24924db470c130a0367c13fc4197371e94965d835be86e42403104b",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3046022100fe84e6668e56627207729e354b879b3f3d65cbbc2995d5e86d15772f08577909022100b44ce2dd3dab62852f166a9f0b1f96d33ed733b7fc11aa524660a7dab4fa28cd[ALL] 04bc64fcef184538d8a378fe84febb252ef3336dc576976f5419b4f6660bcfad1717a17d336af12e441b8b3e830f5f04bcc87417b6d2222b0cb3d8dd758ba69eb7",
        "hex": "493046022100fe84e6668e56627207729e354b879b3f3d65cbbc2995d5e86d15772f08577909022100b44ce2dd3dab62852f166a9f0b1f96d33ed733b7fc11aa524660a7dab4fa28cd014104bc64fcef184538d8a378fe84febb252ef3336dc576976f5419b4f6660bcfad1717a17d336af12e441b8b3e830f5f04bcc87417b6d2222b0cb3d8dd758ba69eb7"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 279309,
        "value": "1.00000000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 142e1da67ea10afccccdd630041514cc1b66f550 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(12qhm2AYJ3pqh6ky7iju53G3m6porc75eT)#femeu55a",
          "hex": "76a914142e1da67ea10afccccdd630041514cc1b66f55088ac",
          "address": "12qhm2AYJ3pqh6ky7iju53G3m6porc75eT",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.99990000",
      "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": "01000000014b100324e486be35d86549e9717319c43fc167030a130c47db2449f23be794f6000000008c493046022100fe84e6668e56627207729e354b879b3f3d65cbbc2995d5e86d15772f08577909022100b44ce2dd3dab62852f166a9f0b1f96d33ed733b7fc11aa524660a7dab4fa28cd014104bc64fcef184538d8a378fe84febb252ef3336dc576976f5419b4f6660bcfad1717a17d336af12e441b8b3e830f5f04bcc87417b6d2222b0cb3d8dd758ba69eb7ffffffff01f0b9f505000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}