Transaction a34ef44cab7338ea81e96984e2bd7bd4a75fa48a38f18607c570100840f04640

Block #281348

2014-01-19 17:27:28 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.4997 BTC🔥

Inputs

13wzsFWFNz6z7rQMRqvV9esdAvrNxcbPUZ

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 20570496cde73f03dffbb223bd1995859a12f21b 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.

View revision history

Raw Transaction

{
  "txid": "a34ef44cab7338ea81e96984e2bd7bd4a75fa48a38f18607c570100840f04640",
  "hash": "a34ef44cab7338ea81e96984e2bd7bd4a75fa48a38f18607c570100840f04640",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 225,
  "vsize": 225,
  "weight": 900,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "19860f9095ed275712c72518b81d629eea5fc13f90024a749df322b635340635",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3046022100f659d2c67561cab4cbb01f0af04e4baaf613d5fb1d0e0697a8e3363c3ecdc4b8022100be59e9fd6200034c8b879c8355cbf3a992e442e078cded294b3bc877239d7e81[ALL] 04e4b8f52303902c14c27015640dc638e6074e5236f9741cfc916b2b5d2128543f66c86bd4715e0f75a5c1789ce6eaa96b15542dbf945495e7262054e8ef17a31a",
        "hex": "493046022100f659d2c67561cab4cbb01f0af04e4baaf613d5fb1d0e0697a8e3363c3ecdc4b8022100be59e9fd6200034c8b879c8355cbf3a992e442e078cded294b3bc877239d7e81014104e4b8f52303902c14c27015640dc638e6074e5236f9741cfc916b2b5d2128543f66c86bd4715e0f75a5c1789ce6eaa96b15542dbf945495e7262054e8ef17a31a"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 281346,
        "value": "0.49980000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 20570496cde73f03dffbb223bd1995859a12f21b OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(13wzsFWFNz6z7rQMRqvV9esdAvrNxcbPUZ)#eldq264z",
          "hex": "76a91420570496cde73f03dffbb223bd1995859a12f21b88ac",
          "address": "13wzsFWFNz6z7rQMRqvV9esdAvrNxcbPUZ",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.49970000",
      "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": "010000000135063435b622f39d744a02903fc15fea9e621db81825c7125727ed95900f8619010000008c493046022100f659d2c67561cab4cbb01f0af04e4baaf613d5fb1d0e0697a8e3363c3ecdc4b8022100be59e9fd6200034c8b879c8355cbf3a992e442e078cded294b3bc877239d7e81014104e4b8f52303902c14c27015640dc638e6074e5236f9741cfc916b2b5d2128543f66c86bd4715e0f75a5c1789ce6eaa96b15542dbf945495e7262054e8ef17a31affffffff01507bfa02000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}