Transaction ac7594454bf681dd2a602353f44a3b2551637aa7d49a42cd87f59f6dfbe30964

Block #663814

2020-12-31 09:35:28 +0000 UTC (~3 years, 6 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00002 BTC🔥

Inputs

3Edreu7PeuTgaFAF6jwoUbU28R6vCUP8LM

OP_HASH160 8e00a639e201deab4eccd4b285ab614de73f3dbf OP_EQUAL scripthash

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": "ac7594454bf681dd2a602353f44a3b2551637aa7d49a42cd87f59f6dfbe30964",
  "hash": "ac7594454bf681dd2a602353f44a3b2551637aa7d49a42cd87f59f6dfbe30964",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 199,
  "vsize": 199,
  "weight": 796,
  "locktime": 663723,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "f0c19e26dadce65ea44ce1cf2a80fe1e194ce6514e8362aaca1c65e9e658213e",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304402207f8062641a9ff29cd87d7997ecd89f872fc8c3038d71f0a5fcfbf4ab3e664102022016b605fe4e2b24f4e2303aba4010c6c1fb8f998d905bb672ba39b552ed9bdcfe[ALL] 03ab200ab1752102884d029f03e170f816b6af9a72e5e9d20ef9068a9f70824a98584134286bf7d1ac",
        "hex": "47304402207f8062641a9ff29cd87d7997ecd89f872fc8c3038d71f0a5fcfbf4ab3e664102022016b605fe4e2b24f4e2303aba4010c6c1fb8f998d905bb672ba39b552ed9bdcfe012903ab200ab1752102884d029f03e170f816b6af9a72e5e9d20ef9068a9f70824a98584134286bf7d1ac"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 663808,
        "value": "0.00005000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_HASH160 8e00a639e201deab4eccd4b285ab614de73f3dbf OP_EQUAL",
          "desc": "addr(3Edreu7PeuTgaFAF6jwoUbU28R6vCUP8LM)#zueysmay",
          "hex": "a9148e00a639e201deab4eccd4b285ab614de73f3dbf87",
          "address": "3Edreu7PeuTgaFAF6jwoUbU28R6vCUP8LM",
          "type": "scripthash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967293
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00002000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00003000",
  "hex": "01000000013e2158e6e9651ccaaa62834e51e64c191efe802acfe14ca45ee6dcda269ec1f0000000007247304402207f8062641a9ff29cd87d7997ecd89f872fc8c3038d71f0a5fcfbf4ab3e664102022016b605fe4e2b24f4e2303aba4010c6c1fb8f998d905bb672ba39b552ed9bdcfe012903ab200ab1752102884d029f03e170f816b6af9a72e5e9d20ef9068a9f70824a98584134286bf7d1acfdffffff01d0070000000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188acab200a00"
}