Transaction 4a46672bfd3ea360c6780ababf926cc5a97c3d601618a8684de02fb888774f78

Block #385320

2015-11-25 20:09:43 +0000 UTC (~8 years, 8 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00003559 BTC🔥

Inputs

16BVtsurRnXSnh9XrUUFwFE5MCoHCXw1mS

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 38d4e88d304ccc9893280cb95960a230c99e7062 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

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": "4a46672bfd3ea360c6780ababf926cc5a97c3d601618a8684de02fb888774f78",
  "hash": "4a46672bfd3ea360c6780ababf926cc5a97c3d601618a8684de02fb888774f78",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 192,
  "vsize": 192,
  "weight": 768,
  "locktime": 385309,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "8e01280bb5d98f7bb80bc3adb315d8188b7f3795c25b734a43768a64b4bb3ee4",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304502210088d1a981953b5af27ab512ee0068a6235469893ae24f2bab925475d3ea7d0249022048408eacdf5beb8342632babc2eb3ec5d2a41900489b99fd565ae7451dbb3d9e[ALL] 036affcb16c1d098f6dfca7340f41dde1465c774533cf5816f155e50b1bf7263dd",
        "hex": "48304502210088d1a981953b5af27ab512ee0068a6235469893ae24f2bab925475d3ea7d0249022048408eacdf5beb8342632babc2eb3ec5d2a41900489b99fd565ae7451dbb3d9e0121036affcb16c1d098f6dfca7340f41dde1465c774533cf5816f155e50b1bf7263dd"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 385320,
        "value": "0.00004689",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 38d4e88d304ccc9893280cb95960a230c99e7062 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(16BVtsurRnXSnh9XrUUFwFE5MCoHCXw1mS)#yeyltygk",
          "hex": "76a91438d4e88d304ccc9893280cb95960a230c99e706288ac",
          "address": "16BVtsurRnXSnh9XrUUFwFE5MCoHCXw1mS",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967294
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00003559",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE)#6yunqau7",
        "hex": "76a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac",
        "address": "1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00001130",
  "hex": "0100000001e43ebbb4648a76434a735bc295377f8b18d815b3adc30bb87b8fd9b50b28018e000000006b48304502210088d1a981953b5af27ab512ee0068a6235469893ae24f2bab925475d3ea7d0249022048408eacdf5beb8342632babc2eb3ec5d2a41900489b99fd565ae7451dbb3d9e0121036affcb16c1d098f6dfca7340f41dde1465c774533cf5816f155e50b1bf7263ddfeffffff01e70d0000000000001976a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac1de10500"
}