Transaction 489ecaf8b3e02a92d5afe85e5c9fea0a3e2074180fc7243c0641738e07c79f7e

Block #281459

2014-01-20 09:25:09 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.01 BTC🔥

Inputs

177CtUsFc39RKEwaLDVcbyK9yYUsTJqUcG

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 42fd2c7a0a577611398d4739e135c81733fa8d71 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": "489ecaf8b3e02a92d5afe85e5c9fea0a3e2074180fc7243c0641738e07c79f7e",
  "hash": "489ecaf8b3e02a92d5afe85e5c9fea0a3e2074180fc7243c0641738e07c79f7e",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 224,
  "vsize": 224,
  "weight": 896,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "918955eb72894453c515a1b51b0493a9cf6420f9e74291d7eacf3abd603f1903",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3045022045a84a8976fe54c15db5325412f07c41112d7a08bc91800252d871586f8bd125022100e8f2ed475ea64306feca03d40066cfef4f35d97996f6be3d7d24cc745e9d2101[ALL] 049c03fa0b8a09a47ba6b6e9778591359e62bef074fd541edd7de1948a958df4151124108d2377f2ffbcaf8f5fa6c714f0ce3655998dec07a3ff38b8f7e4b16261",
        "hex": "483045022045a84a8976fe54c15db5325412f07c41112d7a08bc91800252d871586f8bd125022100e8f2ed475ea64306feca03d40066cfef4f35d97996f6be3d7d24cc745e9d21010141049c03fa0b8a09a47ba6b6e9778591359e62bef074fd541edd7de1948a958df4151124108d2377f2ffbcaf8f5fa6c714f0ce3655998dec07a3ff38b8f7e4b16261"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 281459,
        "value": "0.01010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 42fd2c7a0a577611398d4739e135c81733fa8d71 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(177CtUsFc39RKEwaLDVcbyK9yYUsTJqUcG)#cjtrw7uu",
          "hex": "76a91442fd2c7a0a577611398d4739e135c81733fa8d7188ac",
          "address": "177CtUsFc39RKEwaLDVcbyK9yYUsTJqUcG",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.01000000",
      "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": "010000000103193f60bd3acfead79142e7f92064cfa993041bb5a115c553448972eb558991010000008b483045022045a84a8976fe54c15db5325412f07c41112d7a08bc91800252d871586f8bd125022100e8f2ed475ea64306feca03d40066cfef4f35d97996f6be3d7d24cc745e9d21010141049c03fa0b8a09a47ba6b6e9778591359e62bef074fd541edd7de1948a958df4151124108d2377f2ffbcaf8f5fa6c714f0ce3655998dec07a3ff38b8f7e4b16261ffffffff0140420f00000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}