Transaction 8ba55ece56a0709d0f1a2a56db94ffac9319377d8edcb6af63073b28c8fe5257

Block #861220

2024-09-14 02:34:06 +0000 UTC (~27 days, 18 hours ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00555 BTC🔥


Inputs
1NDxDDSHVHvSv48vd27NNHkXHYZjDdVLss
2.44263932 BTC
now $153,863.32
2.44263932 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 e8cdb871958da45f245270076b72dc31f92804a4 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
Outputs
OP_RETURN converted to ASCII LPX2[�_d�?ߕ���l�-Y���=-�u���9�֍���G#����3�P�U�'s@NI�{��r��ڞ�� $#� � ��\
OP_RETURN 58325b058b5f6403ff3fdf95b6a9966cf32d59fcc4f53d2d7fb77589dbe11939e7d68d89dcc44723f0f0cbce33b850c75596271273404e499c7b8c9f72aba6da9eaf05000d2423000b000d1edd00145c nulldata
1111111111111111111114oLvT2
0.002775 BTC
now $174.80
🔥0.002775 BTC🔥
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
1111111111111111111114oLvT2
0.002775 BTC
now $174.80
🔥0.002775 BTC🔥
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
1NDxDDSHVHvSv48vd27NNHkXHYZjDdVLss
2.43693351 BTC
now $153,503.90
2.43693351 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 e8cdb871958da45f245270076b72dc31f92804a4 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

How did this transaction burn BTC?

OP_RETURN outputs

OP_RETURN is a provably unspendable method that allows embedding of arbitrary data into the blockchain1.

OP_RETURN outputs are used to embed data such as messages, commitments from systems like Stacks2, or even files - there are no constraints on the nature of the data, only on the size per OP_RETURN output.

As they are provably unspendable, OP_RETURN outputs are pruned from the UTXO set automatically and do not contribute to the UTXO set size.

Although OP_RETURN outputs are exempted from the Dust Limit and can be 0-value, some users choose to transfer BTC to the output. This BTC is permanently and irreversibly lost, and reduces the circulating supply of Bitocin.

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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": "8ba55ece56a0709d0f1a2a56db94ffac9319377d8edcb6af63073b28c8fe5257",
  "hash": "8ba55ece56a0709d0f1a2a56db94ffac9319377d8edcb6af63073b28c8fe5257",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 352,
  "vsize": 352,
  "weight": 1408,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "1796cbb61a2ee62e571a21e7952ad893b4f4d2a079b0e3b4d774a05c9b426f3e",
      "vout": 3,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3045022100c09c7dcb348d06c18c0a92b0a26c38b71b26861dcd68dfce3e697fca71cf3f6a02203394a0ecb451340362d831303cda024ea290b09251624c7fd263ca7a7e22f9ca[ALL] 021b27219c6644eff1e324658aa614a525051f42d60e7f83036ca31d01c362cbb2",
        "hex": "483045022100c09c7dcb348d06c18c0a92b0a26c38b71b26861dcd68dfce3e697fca71cf3f6a02203394a0ecb451340362d831303cda024ea290b09251624c7fd263ca7a7e22f9ca0121021b27219c6644eff1e324658aa614a525051f42d60e7f83036ca31d01c362cbb2"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 861219,
        "value": "2.44263932",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 e8cdb871958da45f245270076b72dc31f92804a4 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1NDxDDSHVHvSv48vd27NNHkXHYZjDdVLss)#gw2zkqf8",
          "hex": "76a914e8cdb871958da45f245270076b72dc31f92804a488ac",
          "address": "1NDxDDSHVHvSv48vd27NNHkXHYZjDdVLss",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967293
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00000000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_RETURN 58325b058b5f6403ff3fdf95b6a9966cf32d59fcc4f53d2d7fb77589dbe11939e7d68d89dcc44723f0f0cbce33b850c75596271273404e499c7b8c9f72aba6da9eaf05000d2423000b000d1edd00145c",
        "desc": "raw(6a4c5058325b058b5f6403ff3fdf95b6a9966cf32d59fcc4f53d2d7fb77589dbe11939e7d68d89dcc44723f0f0cbce33b850c75596271273404e499c7b8c9f72aba6da9eaf05000d2423000b000d1edd00145c)#pvjjg3x3",
        "hex": "6a4c5058325b058b5f6403ff3fdf95b6a9966cf32d59fcc4f53d2d7fb77589dbe11939e7d68d89dcc44723f0f0cbce33b850c75596271273404e499c7b8c9f72aba6da9eaf05000d2423000b000d1edd00145c",
        "type": "nulldata"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "0.00277500",
      "n": 1,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1111111111111111111114oLvT2)#ula7cdg0",
        "hex": "76a914000000000000000000000000000000000000000088ac",
        "address": "1111111111111111111114oLvT2",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "0.00277500",
      "n": 2,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1111111111111111111114oLvT2)#ula7cdg0",
        "hex": "76a914000000000000000000000000000000000000000088ac",
        "address": "1111111111111111111114oLvT2",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    },
    {
      "value": "2.43693351",
      "n": 3,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 e8cdb871958da45f245270076b72dc31f92804a4 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1NDxDDSHVHvSv48vd27NNHkXHYZjDdVLss)#gw2zkqf8",
        "hex": "76a914e8cdb871958da45f245270076b72dc31f92804a488ac",
        "address": "1NDxDDSHVHvSv48vd27NNHkXHYZjDdVLss",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00015581",
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}