Transaction 4f8a2b713d19339b2ab20fe0027930e2e6df22f4a737bf2bd9e4d2a1ae26f06b

Block #170735

2012-03-12 00:47:49 +0000 UTC (~14 years, 3 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.01 BTC🔥

Inputs

19LMHomRQx5LvgzJpHGMcmnTf5v1eojydd

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 5b69d8b9dfa6e4122647e1794eaa3bfc111f70ef OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

1111111111111111111114oLvT2

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 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": "4f8a2b713d19339b2ab20fe0027930e2e6df22f4a737bf2bd9e4d2a1ae26f06b",
  "hash": "4f8a2b713d19339b2ab20fe0027930e2e6df22f4a737bf2bd9e4d2a1ae26f06b",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 224,
  "vsize": 224,
  "weight": 896,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "08fc91295f8798c8ad9f5f1b82551f484c84a0d3fd319d043a26db0ff9eb20d4",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304502201b31863e6ff2ba68c7ae89e20c418c793e972fec6e7464001dce0775efd5a675022100bfec794ce84ec319c2fd99dfdfe7785ad81c8173059efc62d5079ffcc98cf19f[ALL] 048b65a0e6bb200e6dac05e74281b1ab9a41e80006d6b12d8521e09981da97dd96ac72d24d1a7ded9493a9fc20fdb4a714808f0b680f1f1d93527748b5e3f629ff",
        "hex": "48304502201b31863e6ff2ba68c7ae89e20c418c793e972fec6e7464001dce0775efd5a675022100bfec794ce84ec319c2fd99dfdfe7785ad81c8173059efc62d5079ffcc98cf19f0141048b65a0e6bb200e6dac05e74281b1ab9a41e80006d6b12d8521e09981da97dd96ac72d24d1a7ded9493a9fc20fdb4a714808f0b680f1f1d93527748b5e3f629ff"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 170712,
        "value": "0.01000000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 5b69d8b9dfa6e4122647e1794eaa3bfc111f70ef OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(19LMHomRQx5LvgzJpHGMcmnTf5v1eojydd)#74xrqp3x",
          "hex": "76a9145b69d8b9dfa6e4122647e1794eaa3bfc111f70ef88ac",
          "address": "19LMHomRQx5LvgzJpHGMcmnTf5v1eojydd",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.01000000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1111111111111111111114oLvT2)#ula7cdg0",
        "hex": "76a914000000000000000000000000000000000000000088ac",
        "address": "1111111111111111111114oLvT2",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00000000",
  "hex": "0100000001d420ebf90fdb263a049d31fdd3a0844c481f55821b5f9fadc898875f2991fc08000000008b48304502201b31863e6ff2ba68c7ae89e20c418c793e972fec6e7464001dce0775efd5a675022100bfec794ce84ec319c2fd99dfdfe7785ad81c8173059efc62d5079ffcc98cf19f0141048b65a0e6bb200e6dac05e74281b1ab9a41e80006d6b12d8521e09981da97dd96ac72d24d1a7ded9493a9fc20fdb4a714808f0b680f1f1d93527748b5e3f629ffffffffff0140420f00000000001976a914000000000000000000000000000000000000000088ac00000000"
}