Transaction 7ec3e33b5fa9d375dcb1ee7f9dc2ace8143e714fe7d5011a4f8f0468a5859429

Block #279593

2014-01-10 00:08:11 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥1 BTC🔥

Inputs

1JtL8srqFqLArXi8aJK7YeqqQbM8ub4ZNu

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 c42f537e2952a6340900502828cd77a8248d713c 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": "7ec3e33b5fa9d375dcb1ee7f9dc2ace8143e714fe7d5011a4f8f0468a5859429",
  "hash": "7ec3e33b5fa9d375dcb1ee7f9dc2ace8143e714fe7d5011a4f8f0468a5859429",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 225,
  "vsize": 225,
  "weight": 900,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "05cd866d67bef309404d8b38c049364c9d57abd796b5e030398ff65cfe4d373c",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3046022100cdad74e47b913ecbd989e3519c92f8a2e24a7759f9ffb0b275e2de1b70ac72fb022100a5cfb59ec001ce69a8b1b9c2b5ba01a1fbbed1a043ef078edc5555d3f727a114[ALL] 04ff6e93d8eac2b0ffc2da577b44fde3feb2a4bfc26922d4aa5a0fbf24e8405723d57d0256d163fff68d503eff71bdfc4b0afa1b1ae45626802401d2c71556d21f",
        "hex": "493046022100cdad74e47b913ecbd989e3519c92f8a2e24a7759f9ffb0b275e2de1b70ac72fb022100a5cfb59ec001ce69a8b1b9c2b5ba01a1fbbed1a043ef078edc5555d3f727a114014104ff6e93d8eac2b0ffc2da577b44fde3feb2a4bfc26922d4aa5a0fbf24e8405723d57d0256d163fff68d503eff71bdfc4b0afa1b1ae45626802401d2c71556d21f"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 279584,
        "value": "1.00010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 c42f537e2952a6340900502828cd77a8248d713c OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1JtL8srqFqLArXi8aJK7YeqqQbM8ub4ZNu)#rh0jcwrx",
          "hex": "76a914c42f537e2952a6340900502828cd77a8248d713c88ac",
          "address": "1JtL8srqFqLArXi8aJK7YeqqQbM8ub4ZNu",
          "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": "01000000013c374dfe5cf68f3930e0b596d7ab579d4c3649c0388b4d4009f3be676d86cd05010000008c493046022100cdad74e47b913ecbd989e3519c92f8a2e24a7759f9ffb0b275e2de1b70ac72fb022100a5cfb59ec001ce69a8b1b9c2b5ba01a1fbbed1a043ef078edc5555d3f727a114014104ff6e93d8eac2b0ffc2da577b44fde3feb2a4bfc26922d4aa5a0fbf24e8405723d57d0256d163fff68d503eff71bdfc4b0afa1b1ae45626802401d2c71556d21fffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}