Transaction a50a022a4486b98d2b79beaa11c96fa8d6a076938183644be25169ad8d63213d

Block #281580

2014-01-20 22:57:13 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥1 BTC🔥

Inputs

18sinvadjvf7i5RXE4ns9sSH1iPrDeA1n9

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 56609089f2f558dbe78a99c1bd3817277f27c55e 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": "a50a022a4486b98d2b79beaa11c96fa8d6a076938183644be25169ad8d63213d",
  "hash": "a50a022a4486b98d2b79beaa11c96fa8d6a076938183644be25169ad8d63213d",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 191,
  "vsize": 191,
  "weight": 764,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "9dc987d93a9fa7f5b35c578fc18c7665056e923857a9319ab9a072aebd63b51a",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304402207cdfdd7ddc4ac744d142978daf36b1d0978b988a62fdf74e83284ff6a4acb502022026f35dfff299020f29e7a669f88e611781c02cef960a72ae280f4c698fa371fa[ALL] 02cfcaa7a875f16169a614b9c2a4e47f44c1c0cbc337856e9183ce0b1028cd1169",
        "hex": "47304402207cdfdd7ddc4ac744d142978daf36b1d0978b988a62fdf74e83284ff6a4acb502022026f35dfff299020f29e7a669f88e611781c02cef960a72ae280f4c698fa371fa012102cfcaa7a875f16169a614b9c2a4e47f44c1c0cbc337856e9183ce0b1028cd1169"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 281580,
        "value": "1.00010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 56609089f2f558dbe78a99c1bd3817277f27c55e OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(18sinvadjvf7i5RXE4ns9sSH1iPrDeA1n9)#k9ts57ct",
          "hex": "76a91456609089f2f558dbe78a99c1bd3817277f27c55e88ac",
          "address": "18sinvadjvf7i5RXE4ns9sSH1iPrDeA1n9",
          "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": "01000000011ab563bdae72a0b99a31a95738926e0565768cc18f575cb3f5a79f3ad987c99d000000006a47304402207cdfdd7ddc4ac744d142978daf36b1d0978b988a62fdf74e83284ff6a4acb502022026f35dfff299020f29e7a669f88e611781c02cef960a72ae280f4c698fa371fa012102cfcaa7a875f16169a614b9c2a4e47f44c1c0cbc337856e9183ce0b1028cd1169ffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}