Transaction 9173fd38d4e1b6b8635331bcc777c08dfa5ed2e14dac60259ab55b3fe2246733

Block #833606

2024-03-07 17:21:18 +0000 UTC (~3 months, 24 days ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00000546 BTC🔥

Inputs

bc1pnj440cs8f07r0xszaq7ac9yjm2dpg7ma6gw67a3m8z2k64h9a5hqu3xec2

1 9cab57e2074bfc379a02e83ddc1492da9a147b7dd21daf763b38956d56e5ed2e witness_v1_taproot

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": "9173fd38d4e1b6b8635331bcc777c08dfa5ed2e14dac60259ab55b3fe2246733",
  "hash": "6782ac73ef472a0e236745def3a39c25ef8214397b697eb92f15c0dde9085ed7",
  "version": 2,
  "size": 153,
  "vsize": 102,
  "weight": 408,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "4970481bf752522a3286963416f8210740dd07e07ba7bf3b4860baf384147107",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "",
        "hex": ""
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "2566de2196635f8eb42ab935ced58eddb6f3ce0e8aadbb1effc4a44eeed227897e39793c176169b064eaf39901874fdbfd2a2c2dcddf35cdca31b6a28d97b6a4"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 833606,
        "value": "0.00003402",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "1 9cab57e2074bfc379a02e83ddc1492da9a147b7dd21daf763b38956d56e5ed2e",
          "desc": "rawtr(9cab57e2074bfc379a02e83ddc1492da9a147b7dd21daf763b38956d56e5ed2e)#e8agzd6u",
          "hex": "51209cab57e2074bfc379a02e83ddc1492da9a147b7dd21daf763b38956d56e5ed2e",
          "address": "bc1pnj440cs8f07r0xszaq7ac9yjm2dpg7ma6gw67a3m8z2k64h9a5hqu3xec2",
          "type": "witness_v1_taproot"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967294
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00000546",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00002856",
  "hex": "0200000000010107711484f3ba60483bbfa77be007dd400721f816349686322a5252f71b4870490000000000feffffff0122020000000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac01402566de2196635f8eb42ab935ced58eddb6f3ce0e8aadbb1effc4a44eeed227897e39793c176169b064eaf39901874fdbfd2a2c2dcddf35cdca31b6a28d97b6a400000000"
}