Transaction 7458634a21eef0ebcc79bbabd5aef76b08802727a231074a4f0b8f40c977800e

Block #280819

2014-01-16 13:31:30 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.0494 BTC🔥


Inputs
1B3AL6dE1iME76Wk4aBED2zGomUoFkyMLF
0.0504 BTC
now $3,066.97
0.0504 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 6e19e09f82374aa4d5d4eb1d456c6db9649646d1 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
Outputs
1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr
0.0494 BTC
now $3,006.11
🔥0.0494 BTC🔥
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": "7458634a21eef0ebcc79bbabd5aef76b08802727a231074a4f0b8f40c977800e",
  "hash": "7458634a21eef0ebcc79bbabd5aef76b08802727a231074a4f0b8f40c977800e",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 225,
  "vsize": 225,
  "weight": 900,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "ff7d2a382269bccb4b026a0fee83fa24c599ddd008a30afc52194e16f96ab729",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3046022100a74da25134d14d109aa8bc6752bc97fbc11b5cc6b790c518188b6e765aaead14022100c5e199d5787fe557a99af3a5669a2e3eabfc3fb398e5b79f02e04809a0f0e299[ALL] 04cffeb73eaa5e59f63a307b9d44a77c1bc82983cf789c7f8f5c59ae6efeb5c4620b023cb4168d6a51812758d912f0689f3fe4f9063df1e6ed07d8fefe01356b5e",
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      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 280818,
        "value": "0.05040000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 6e19e09f82374aa4d5d4eb1d456c6db9649646d1 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1B3AL6dE1iME76Wk4aBED2zGomUoFkyMLF)#fnlkemv7",
          "hex": "76a9146e19e09f82374aa4d5d4eb1d456c6db9649646d188ac",
          "address": "1B3AL6dE1iME76Wk4aBED2zGomUoFkyMLF",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.04940000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00100000",
  "hex": "010000000129b76af9164e1952fc0aa308d0dd99c524fa83ee0f6a024bcbbc6922382a7dff010000008c493046022100a74da25134d14d109aa8bc6752bc97fbc11b5cc6b790c518188b6e765aaead14022100c5e199d5787fe557a99af3a5669a2e3eabfc3fb398e5b79f02e04809a0f0e299014104cffeb73eaa5e59f63a307b9d44a77c1bc82983cf789c7f8f5c59ae6efeb5c4620b023cb4168d6a51812758d912f0689f3fe4f9063df1e6ed07d8fefe01356b5effffffff01e0604b00000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}