Transaction 72c236e68a8f2eb9845abd978153f1b0314fd79ef445fc9584e400cccba9e8f8

Block #777414

2023-02-20 01:21:33 +0000 UTC (~1 year, 4 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.0000898 BTC🔥

Inputs

bc1pft4xvtjy68v8qpyz7a9h4sx0ku2255r2acc96cs6jyxvpz5kngsssxum0k

1 4aea662e44d1d8700482f74b7ac0cfb714aa506aee305d621a910cc08a969a21 witness_v1_taproot

Outputs

1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 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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  "hash": "dd1fe95ee26a610f8c6a6cd186e5ee766793cb811cca99f5e9297c197f58c39d",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 153,
  "vsize": 102,
  "weight": 408,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "d610edfd5c980c8e153c413a956b052376f7c7ecd0567419bbe02b1ac176f500",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "",
        "hex": ""
      },
      "txinwitness": [
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      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 777408,
        "value": "0.00010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "1 4aea662e44d1d8700482f74b7ac0cfb714aa506aee305d621a910cc08a969a21",
          "desc": "rawtr(4aea662e44d1d8700482f74b7ac0cfb714aa506aee305d621a910cc08a969a21)#8w8lhs8f",
          "hex": "51204aea662e44d1d8700482f74b7ac0cfb714aa506aee305d621a910cc08a969a21",
          "address": "bc1pft4xvtjy68v8qpyz7a9h4sx0ku2255r2acc96cs6jyxvpz5kngsssxum0k",
          "type": "witness_v1_taproot"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967293
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00008980",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE)#6yunqau7",
        "hex": "76a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac",
        "address": "1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00001020",
  "hex": "0100000000010100f576c11a2be0bb197456d0ecc7f77623056b953a413c158e0c985cfded10d60000000000fdffffff0114230000000000001976a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac0140d1779214e45418ef4c24fd1669f2ab15b09a25b4aa8af8c7baee636eb5a42a080e96099d9de768a19cba99b2e37b0394976401502782b350eda13c2f00df587600000000"
}