Transaction 71af894a05f575df893d2694d4c19d4697325202c60e8e882829293d6a939391

Block #335809

2014-12-25 06:53:41 +0000 UTC (~9 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00015479 BTC🔥


Inputs
1GkRkTpq4fQHjSh9baPBW1DAWNByp9hotU
0.00866562 BTC
now $478.30
0.00866562 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 acc06ece2aac4921c80bc159c260ade2cbd3452e OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
Outputs
31h1vYVSYuKP6AhS86fbRdMw9XHieotbST
0.00015479 BTC
now $8.54
🔥0.00015479 BTC🔥
OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUAL scripthash
1DxJdQyt1dQNX83RX45pwKzgQGr9vj58aX
0.00841083 BTC
now $464.24
0.00841083 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 8e171a2e10ab7f78c3d1a391c922fbabf69c2aa9 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

How did this transaction burn BTC?

P2SH All-0 HASH160

The address 31h1vYVSYuKP6AhS86fbRdMw9XHieotbST corresponds to a Pay-2-Script-Hash (P2SH) script with a HASH160 of all 0s. It is essentially analogous to 1111111111111111111114oLvT2, which ia a Pay-2-Public-Key-Hash (P2PKH) script with a HASH160 of all 0s.

Funds sent to this address are unspendable, as unlocking them requires producing valid Bitcoin Script which has a HASH160 of all 0s.

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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
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  "txid": "71af894a05f575df893d2694d4c19d4697325202c60e8e882829293d6a939391",
  "hash": "71af894a05f575df893d2694d4c19d4697325202c60e8e882829293d6a939391",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 223,
  "vsize": 223,
  "weight": 892,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "5338569d34c7ef298f9b6846b90d04dfb4012af6e9d0701a1077f156c945b5f6",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "30440220375645eeae8bfe9f66eda9f2a043889382e69a46706dd30098bed016fb5ba6b102200222addbafc1017039bbda5c00fff50dfa1e248fa55e866ac29644baccb07536[ALL] 0376dc2769470b1b422191525ce15a74cf6397d6a3a62eb0aa9720c6258341f7f6",
        "hex": "4730440220375645eeae8bfe9f66eda9f2a043889382e69a46706dd30098bed016fb5ba6b102200222addbafc1017039bbda5c00fff50dfa1e248fa55e866ac29644baccb0753601210376dc2769470b1b422191525ce15a74cf6397d6a3a62eb0aa9720c6258341f7f6"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 335407,
        "value": "0.00866562",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 acc06ece2aac4921c80bc159c260ade2cbd3452e OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1GkRkTpq4fQHjSh9baPBW1DAWNByp9hotU)#crt7kyc3",
          "hex": "76a914acc06ece2aac4921c80bc159c260ade2cbd3452e88ac",
          "address": "1GkRkTpq4fQHjSh9baPBW1DAWNByp9hotU",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00015479",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUAL",
        "desc": "addr(31h1vYVSYuKP6AhS86fbRdMw9XHieotbST)#4wdhde69",
        "hex": "a914000000000000000000000000000000000000000087",
        "address": "31h1vYVSYuKP6AhS86fbRdMw9XHieotbST",
        "type": "scripthash"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "0.00841083",
      "n": 1,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 8e171a2e10ab7f78c3d1a391c922fbabf69c2aa9 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1DxJdQyt1dQNX83RX45pwKzgQGr9vj58aX)#pru08x5y",
        "hex": "76a9148e171a2e10ab7f78c3d1a391c922fbabf69c2aa988ac",
        "address": "1DxJdQyt1dQNX83RX45pwKzgQGr9vj58aX",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00010000",
  "hex": "0100000001f6b545c956f177101a70d0e9f62a01b4df040db946689b8f29efc7349d563853010000006a4730440220375645eeae8bfe9f66eda9f2a043889382e69a46706dd30098bed016fb5ba6b102200222addbafc1017039bbda5c00fff50dfa1e248fa55e866ac29644baccb0753601210376dc2769470b1b422191525ce15a74cf6397d6a3a62eb0aa9720c6258341f7f6ffffffff02773c00000000000017a9140000000000000000000000000000000000000000877bd50c00000000001976a9148e171a2e10ab7f78c3d1a391c922fbabf69c2aa988ac00000000",
  "blockhash": "0000000000000000165d34788e5a141131ed05202c571320914767f5cd0a86b1",
  "time": 1419490421,
  "blocktime": 1419490421
}