Transaction a66846617a73ba873698ae1b75071647916f4830adb84dc8dde15970e26f1273

Block #746887

2022-07-28 03:51:03 +0000 UTC (~1 year, 11 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.0000758 BTC🔥

Inputs

3Nv2Knj7TWCe79DKdamq1h4pmyYJu7xHQf

OP_HASH160 e8d0622e5ab3753d217e8849013f0e44e4d9aa71 OP_EQUAL scripthash

Outputs

1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 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": "a66846617a73ba873698ae1b75071647916f4830adb84dc8dde15970e26f1273",
  "hash": "96a33145342b598d2a162c28e557c0110cc60da0f5c6d9dacd40862f24d77e99",
  "version": 2,
  "size": 217,
  "vsize": 136,
  "weight": 541,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "77c2148c8ff09f6028be2c5c1d46cb158947801637850424bfb4ff9f57c2727e",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "00145911c77b9c552b53bf4ecf214811a91fdfd5d4b1",
        "hex": "1600145911c77b9c552b53bf4ecf214811a91fdfd5d4b1"
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "304402205e049684a0e127c9821dfd9c9a0af64f86c350d69b68120603f4d28d5572056f02205eb0324b2b8d50b3664c522abbb4df41a3a3e7d041ef3f52aefb950b8031b24101",
        "038ac1ef0e7596ea88c9d8d709ca1a70a47f4ea4cdc152b283e6cd561933879919"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 746881,
        "value": "0.00023900",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_HASH160 e8d0622e5ab3753d217e8849013f0e44e4d9aa71 OP_EQUAL",
          "desc": "addr(3Nv2Knj7TWCe79DKdamq1h4pmyYJu7xHQf)#ntr6p2dw",
          "hex": "a914e8d0622e5ab3753d217e8849013f0e44e4d9aa7187",
          "address": "3Nv2Knj7TWCe79DKdamq1h4pmyYJu7xHQf",
          "type": "scripthash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00007580",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE)#6yunqau7",
        "hex": "76a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac",
        "address": "1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00016320",
  "hex": "020000000001017e72c2579fffb4bf240485371680478915cb461d5c2cbe28609ff08f8c14c27701000000171600145911c77b9c552b53bf4ecf214811a91fdfd5d4b1ffffffff019c1d0000000000001976a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac0247304402205e049684a0e127c9821dfd9c9a0af64f86c350d69b68120603f4d28d5572056f02205eb0324b2b8d50b3664c522abbb4df41a3a3e7d041ef3f52aefb950b8031b2410121038ac1ef0e7596ea88c9d8d709ca1a70a47f4ea4cdc152b283e6cd56193387991900000000"
}