Transaction 7fcd2dc934a3c7c268a6e2a2b423c91366e96dd2bafa1519f4d6731f733af3db

Block #164851

2012-02-01 11:41:53 +0000 UTC (~14 years, 5 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.15901088 BTC🔥

Inputs

Coinbase: 0b65636f406f7a636f2e696e040125294f02fe022cfabe6d6dcbd14eb80628f9292f006e39eb0241d9998766d0188008b33a90cad13d38421c0100000000000000

Outputs

1ChmkysDwYKCqUEjdZnqbGePYArGdsyBij

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 805f6269c9a3957ae2ecab272391754a6bce164c OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

How did this transaction burn BTC?

Coinbase Reward Loss

For a variety of reasons, some blocks do not claim their full block reward.

The Bitcoin Protocol and reference Bitcoin Core implementation only require that the sum of all outputs in the coinbase transaction are less than or equal to block subsidy + transaction fees for that block. They don’t require that all of this entitlement is claimed by the miner.

Over the years, numerous misconfigurations and bugs in the systems used by miners to generate block templates have resulted in under-claiming of the block reward. Not only is this a loss to the miner, but it also reduces the total supply of Bitcoin that will ever be mined. There is no mechanism to claim unclaimed rewards after the block in which they were supposed to be claimed.

On rarer occasions, bugs in the reference implementation itself have led to losses - notably, the Genesis Block, Block 91722, and Block 91812 block rewards were claimed but destroyed due to bugs in the Bitcoin Core implementation at that time.

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Raw Transaction

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  "hash": "7fcd2dc934a3c7c268a6e2a2b423c91366e96dd2bafa1519f4d6731f733af3db",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 150,
  "vsize": 150,
  "weight": 600,
  "locktime": 0,
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      },
      "prevout": {
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        "height": 0,
        "value": "",
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        }
      },
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      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "50.00000000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 805f6269c9a3957ae2ecab272391754a6bce164c OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1ChmkysDwYKCqUEjdZnqbGePYArGdsyBij)#x9gwseqd",
        "hex": "76a914805f6269c9a3957ae2ecab272391754a6bce164c88ac",
        "address": "1ChmkysDwYKCqUEjdZnqbGePYArGdsyBij",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "",
  "hex": "01000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff410b65636f406f7a636f2e696e040125294f02fe022cfabe6d6dcbd14eb80628f9292f006e39eb0241d9998766d0188008b33a90cad13d38421c0100000000000000ffffffff0100f2052a010000001976a914805f6269c9a3957ae2ecab272391754a6bce164c88ac00000000"
}