Transaction 51762ad53ab6d392171a4a7d5527a598d0b95b3f5a21d6e224f69ecb3cc30ed1

Block #305568

2014-06-13 10:53:18 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 2 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.3008 BTC🔥

Inputs

1KC1cMzoRntgrkjwFn8Q1STfRHTWCmbpPE

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 c787593fe37844d2aba76cb79f261d4145c8fadf OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

1NewbiecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDN67UA8

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 ed879bd090da1f6c57ff50f47400ce3a4f53731a 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": "51762ad53ab6d392171a4a7d5527a598d0b95b3f5a21d6e224f69ecb3cc30ed1",
  "hash": "51762ad53ab6d392171a4a7d5527a598d0b95b3f5a21d6e224f69ecb3cc30ed1",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 191,
  "vsize": 191,
  "weight": 764,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "c64c4dd2be8734957b2071d6e4a86a111cdefe204e326fce3f5ac5e8003c2f4e",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3044022029c012f25d1da18f41d0a0e2df1487d3624c2949d20f0358911b2f64ec4ef35e0220304b8262b818cafb8da2394b922d9d17acc80bcd7f4d90965fb2e2ed200a99c6[ALL] 02044a64f545f33b40b078e8ea05241f3b0873cf82d6c211c58a54baa1a6da7f55",
        "hex": "473044022029c012f25d1da18f41d0a0e2df1487d3624c2949d20f0358911b2f64ec4ef35e0220304b8262b818cafb8da2394b922d9d17acc80bcd7f4d90965fb2e2ed200a99c6012102044a64f545f33b40b078e8ea05241f3b0873cf82d6c211c58a54baa1a6da7f55"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 305565,
        "value": "0.30090000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 c787593fe37844d2aba76cb79f261d4145c8fadf OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1KC1cMzoRntgrkjwFn8Q1STfRHTWCmbpPE)#h2emrgw0",
          "hex": "76a914c787593fe37844d2aba76cb79f261d4145c8fadf88ac",
          "address": "1KC1cMzoRntgrkjwFn8Q1STfRHTWCmbpPE",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.30080000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 ed879bd090da1f6c57ff50f47400ce3a4f53731a OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1NewbiecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDN67UA8)#cpzrqt6n",
        "hex": "76a914ed879bd090da1f6c57ff50f47400ce3a4f53731a88ac",
        "address": "1NewbiecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDN67UA8",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00010000",
  "hex": "01000000014e2f3c00e8c55a3fce6f324e20fede1c116aa8e4d671207b953487bed24d4cc6000000006a473044022029c012f25d1da18f41d0a0e2df1487d3624c2949d20f0358911b2f64ec4ef35e0220304b8262b818cafb8da2394b922d9d17acc80bcd7f4d90965fb2e2ed200a99c6012102044a64f545f33b40b078e8ea05241f3b0873cf82d6c211c58a54baa1a6da7f55ffffffff0100fcca01000000001976a914ed879bd090da1f6c57ff50f47400ce3a4f53731a88ac00000000"
}