Transaction 6e905ec73870d6c6cdc8f4e64767ec41f74c8f07a24cc7c54811134f5b6aa6a7

Block #280537

2014-01-15 00:48:37 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥1 BTC🔥

Inputs

1ADpYypUcnbezuuYpCyRCY7G4KD6a9YXiF

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 6525d1468a980438895a05be6abdf72dced0e605 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 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": "6e905ec73870d6c6cdc8f4e64767ec41f74c8f07a24cc7c54811134f5b6aa6a7",
  "hash": "6e905ec73870d6c6cdc8f4e64767ec41f74c8f07a24cc7c54811134f5b6aa6a7",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 192,
  "vsize": 192,
  "weight": 768,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "b60695854f6e70c5d8beb27e753d9f04ddfb78c34a91667b9124be2aa780134a",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304502204c714d2f6d90aea044ec25f970b2348b30f70b0cd9dd700249de6a048f12b2a9022100a580ace1d8487c272477ad71d6f671c230b2ce1fee9bf907bf8051ae8dbdfef1[ALL] 02b4310bda88ff0189847cc61a5d7b70f0bcc75743080dadcd6785d09fe9beaec1",
        "hex": "48304502204c714d2f6d90aea044ec25f970b2348b30f70b0cd9dd700249de6a048f12b2a9022100a580ace1d8487c272477ad71d6f671c230b2ce1fee9bf907bf8051ae8dbdfef1012102b4310bda88ff0189847cc61a5d7b70f0bcc75743080dadcd6785d09fe9beaec1"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 280516,
        "value": "1.00010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 6525d1468a980438895a05be6abdf72dced0e605 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1ADpYypUcnbezuuYpCyRCY7G4KD6a9YXiF)#d8s3lhsm",
          "hex": "76a9146525d1468a980438895a05be6abdf72dced0e60588ac",
          "address": "1ADpYypUcnbezuuYpCyRCY7G4KD6a9YXiF",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "1.00000000",
      "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": "01000000014a1380a72abe24917b66914ac378fbdd049f3d757eb2bed8c5706e4f859506b6000000006b48304502204c714d2f6d90aea044ec25f970b2348b30f70b0cd9dd700249de6a048f12b2a9022100a580ace1d8487c272477ad71d6f671c230b2ce1fee9bf907bf8051ae8dbdfef1012102b4310bda88ff0189847cc61a5d7b70f0bcc75743080dadcd6785d09fe9beaec1ffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}