Transaction 40ca167d83ce7a3df67569a15458462673d3038048c405ef3862fd0406fb4ab1

Block #715483

2021-12-24 01:53:26 +0000 UTC (~2 years, 6 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00059367 BTC🔥

Inputs

bc1qz9ak4tnhrts9zuzdp4c4k3nkkwzthlmf3jkg62

0 117b6aae771ae051704d0d715b4676b384bbff69 witness_v0_keyhash

Outputs

1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 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": "40ca167d83ce7a3df67569a15458462673d3038048c405ef3862fd0406fb4ab1",
  "hash": "51a70341bc75544972cf338393110f0806715a32781341a95244cae66544dc72",
  "version": 2,
  "size": 194,
  "vsize": 113,
  "weight": 449,
  "locktime": 715481,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "cb1e7e8c3ea952cef66cd03d908a912d55ed38945b3e65418c0de7a7ea7d824a",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "",
        "hex": ""
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "304402207d0f0a6756375192fa26cdc49f2b04434da7a8609ff3e330f4f51eaaaebdcefb02201e49d5199aa45cefc3b6bf9b49b1ee245b9f155e6ea9c26373e2f36c0d1aa17401",
        "0313a44930d408d88e01e26861419c4b052035128e81e2dddc682e80260d26c68d"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 715482,
        "value": "0.00060226",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "0 117b6aae771ae051704d0d715b4676b384bbff69",
          "desc": "addr(bc1qz9ak4tnhrts9zuzdp4c4k3nkkwzthlmf3jkg62)#x3uqhpde",
          "hex": "0014117b6aae771ae051704d0d715b4676b384bbff69",
          "address": "bc1qz9ak4tnhrts9zuzdp4c4k3nkkwzthlmf3jkg62",
          "type": "witness_v0_keyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967294
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00059367",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE)#6yunqau7",
        "hex": "76a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac",
        "address": "1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00000859",
  "hex": "020000000001014a827deaa7e70d8c41653e5b9438ed552d918a903dd06cf6ce52a93e8c7e1ecb0000000000feffffff01e7e70000000000001976a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac0247304402207d0f0a6756375192fa26cdc49f2b04434da7a8609ff3e330f4f51eaaaebdcefb02201e49d5199aa45cefc3b6bf9b49b1ee245b9f155e6ea9c26373e2f36c0d1aa17401210313a44930d408d88e01e26861419c4b052035128e81e2dddc682e80260d26c68dd9ea0a00"
}