Transaction 56ca0b95a8fa6a2e5843231e777c76863fee3f70a8ed398bb18c1c09c2933e6c
Block #281724
2014-01-21 20:08:11 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)
BTC Burned: 🔥0.0492045 BTC🔥
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.
View revision historyRaw Transaction
{
"txid": "56ca0b95a8fa6a2e5843231e777c76863fee3f70a8ed398bb18c1c09c2933e6c",
"hash": "56ca0b95a8fa6a2e5843231e777c76863fee3f70a8ed398bb18c1c09c2933e6c",
"version": 1,
"size": 225,
"vsize": 225,
"weight": 900,
"locktime": 0,
"vin": [
{
"txid": "6559f97a3913f5d8a5b211bc93350f0065ddac2778bdee046340007f0defe2f3",
"vout": 9,
"scriptSig": {
"asm": "304602210090efe5d5912dd1b629d3050aac22e7f2d155ac5d2a29762b8a1fd4de65dc08f3022100c6d6726cacf80514f7ff9cde49529481d3daa6cf042a874379461e6f87e75b97[ALL] 043237083863eb4575746ee089fb01bdd467fddb5f79465f97ff19fc92e4439e581d861a2a95634769ea79490b26a51f7fddac5f3460c9ef393fa29e433c5167c8",
"hex": "49304602210090efe5d5912dd1b629d3050aac22e7f2d155ac5d2a29762b8a1fd4de65dc08f3022100c6d6726cacf80514f7ff9cde49529481d3daa6cf042a874379461e6f87e75b970141043237083863eb4575746ee089fb01bdd467fddb5f79465f97ff19fc92e4439e581d861a2a95634769ea79490b26a51f7fddac5f3460c9ef393fa29e433c5167c8"
},
"prevout": {
"generated": false,
"height": 281719,
"value": "0.04930450",
"scriptPubKey": {
"asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 ee8798b7890edf730eac94205816e88a3b968a0b OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
"desc": "addr(1NkEG51arM3nvjLSuZaJhxYHb8UxiubgHQ)#k50h4a8r",
"hex": "76a914ee8798b7890edf730eac94205816e88a3b968a0b88ac",
"address": "1NkEG51arM3nvjLSuZaJhxYHb8UxiubgHQ",
"type": "pubkeyhash"
}
},
"sequence": 4294967295
}
],
"vout": [
{
"value": "0.04920450",
"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": "0100000001f3e2ef0d7f00406304eebd7827acdd65000f3593bc11b2a5d8f513397af95965090000008c49304602210090efe5d5912dd1b629d3050aac22e7f2d155ac5d2a29762b8a1fd4de65dc08f3022100c6d6726cacf80514f7ff9cde49529481d3daa6cf042a874379461e6f87e75b970141043237083863eb4575746ee089fb01bdd467fddb5f79465f97ff19fc92e4439e581d861a2a95634769ea79490b26a51f7fddac5f3460c9ef393fa29e433c5167c8ffffffff0182144b00000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}