Transaction 6d9cec88bfa9dd1a73de85adbf772653fed4943fd0447c38c84a2d6b9c3a435e

Block #841083

2024-04-27 10:15:25 +0000 UTC (~2 months, 3 days ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00000546 BTC🔥

Inputs

bc1pzuhkk2xnt7qny4htcx3zld4hz6x0j74qy4k25sny95vc2gx52lmq937mv8

1 172f6b28d35f813256ebc1a22fb6b7168cf97aa0256caa42642d198520d457f6 witness_v1_taproot

327SCEWybugynrdbs39VPJQXnCPvv6RAXT

OP_HASH160 049e3e3b47e90591f246aac77b36026212545c5b OP_EQUAL scripthash

Outputs

6a5d0800a4aa33bb0b0101

OP_RETURN 13 00a4aa33bb0b0101 nulldata

1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

327SCEWybugynrdbs39VPJQXnCPvv6RAXT

OP_HASH160 049e3e3b47e90591f246aac77b36026212545c5b OP_EQUAL scripthash

How did this transaction burn BTC?

OP_RETURN outputs

OP_RETURN is a provably unspendable method that allows embedding of arbitrary data into the blockchain¹.

OP_RETURN outputs are used to embed data such as messages, commitments from systems like Stacks², or even files - there are no constraints on the nature of the data, only on the size per OP_RETURN output.

As they are provably unspendable, OP_RETURN outputs are pruned from the UTXO set automatically and do not contribute to the UTXO set size.

Although OP_RETURN outputs are exempted from the Dust Limit and can be 0-value, some users choose to transfer BTC to the output. This BTC is permanently and irreversibly lost, and reduces the circulating supply of Bitocin.

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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

{
  "txid": "6d9cec88bfa9dd1a73de85adbf772653fed4943fd0447c38c84a2d6b9c3a435e",
  "hash": "a90d1d04e70ba0576bba3933cb565754c2685ed5388a11bc7cc1af52eae3c607",
  "version": 2,
  "size": 376,
  "vsize": 245,
  "weight": 979,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "dd9696c024c8a08311e59ab1d374eb588e295e7f75762bd160ce6a0a6876c886",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "",
        "hex": ""
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "b96b94621dfbfb230eca6c00b19e11b5d6425b2a25ed7722741c4df21fa6a8aa50e9321e1dba0279ec7584b1fca8eccf47b63ba1d9bbbf4f722341d36210d642"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 840996,
        "value": "0.00000546",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "1 172f6b28d35f813256ebc1a22fb6b7168cf97aa0256caa42642d198520d457f6",
          "desc": "rawtr(172f6b28d35f813256ebc1a22fb6b7168cf97aa0256caa42642d198520d457f6)#qqq09plc",
          "hex": "5120172f6b28d35f813256ebc1a22fb6b7168cf97aa0256caa42642d198520d457f6",
          "address": "bc1pzuhkk2xnt7qny4htcx3zld4hz6x0j74qy4k25sny95vc2gx52lmq937mv8",
          "type": "witness_v1_taproot"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967293
    },
    {
      "txid": "696027ed9a4b4df2ce8098ea263c7e9e23953ca78c67ab9bc8faa7019e9f2cd5",
      "vout": 3,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "0014eb470cc2503c7d0899949874293abbe7af954880",
        "hex": "160014eb470cc2503c7d0899949874293abbe7af954880"
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "30440220505ff7eb5df56fb9769676fd7e4caadefa63b64eb4bba2e5089feeae2a6ca15f022035280c299c20d91842d5f16be116c218bb9d4138c2d4e9d36a7a49626174b14601",
        "02d4be6d6447db89e64ea8e94d757b2b71c59eebf28b344fa809ba3f2c5d19eedd"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 840998,
        "value": "0.01128292",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_HASH160 049e3e3b47e90591f246aac77b36026212545c5b OP_EQUAL",
          "desc": "addr(327SCEWybugynrdbs39VPJQXnCPvv6RAXT)#gtvevrwy",
          "hex": "a914049e3e3b47e90591f246aac77b36026212545c5b87",
          "address": "327SCEWybugynrdbs39VPJQXnCPvv6RAXT",
          "type": "scripthash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967293
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00000000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_RETURN 13 00a4aa33bb0b0101",
        "desc": "raw(6a5d0800a4aa33bb0b0101)#jugtqs27",
        "hex": "6a5d0800a4aa33bb0b0101",
        "type": "nulldata"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "0.00000546",
      "n": 1,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "0.01121922",
      "n": 2,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_HASH160 049e3e3b47e90591f246aac77b36026212545c5b OP_EQUAL",
        "desc": "addr(327SCEWybugynrdbs39VPJQXnCPvv6RAXT)#gtvevrwy",
        "hex": "a914049e3e3b47e90591f246aac77b36026212545c5b87",
        "address": "327SCEWybugynrdbs39VPJQXnCPvv6RAXT",
        "type": "scripthash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00006370",
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}