Transaction ae3c875d8e05b7dc1a5ae6fccd6b7d4811b6331966cb828e27093231d44a2002

Block #281645

2014-01-21 08:25:56 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥1 BTC🔥

Inputs

1GWAiTszrGUPutL5uoQvrazxc5oAYKVNhg

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 aa0e0f298b81facc6f32985f6d7a916a9c7d5cac 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": "ae3c875d8e05b7dc1a5ae6fccd6b7d4811b6331966cb828e27093231d44a2002",
  "hash": "ae3c875d8e05b7dc1a5ae6fccd6b7d4811b6331966cb828e27093231d44a2002",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 223,
  "vsize": 223,
  "weight": 892,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "053319a6478a9aa9a92c5d24f9e28d2ce461d081a6a52c13ee3bfed1cf50aa29",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304402207c74bf10443df504fb2c7255f7c2b261a4dcb119d37db28ea9b9be51b31eb61202203aab5bc25d75f4ee5c0b32f1c59fe1ba402ebb3ba8f6cc2bc8334fc5101a7595[ALL] 0452ded31f5a9f94e9433e172cc4754f4d41e2fd1660927aeec5768484e8f374b8b9e9e10e4b50fee924acc9203793666e231ed8797757579ec1da24459eee8583",
        "hex": "47304402207c74bf10443df504fb2c7255f7c2b261a4dcb119d37db28ea9b9be51b31eb61202203aab5bc25d75f4ee5c0b32f1c59fe1ba402ebb3ba8f6cc2bc8334fc5101a759501410452ded31f5a9f94e9433e172cc4754f4d41e2fd1660927aeec5768484e8f374b8b9e9e10e4b50fee924acc9203793666e231ed8797757579ec1da24459eee8583"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 281645,
        "value": "1.00010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 aa0e0f298b81facc6f32985f6d7a916a9c7d5cac OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1GWAiTszrGUPutL5uoQvrazxc5oAYKVNhg)#5wz6cjxg",
          "hex": "76a914aa0e0f298b81facc6f32985f6d7a916a9c7d5cac88ac",
          "address": "1GWAiTszrGUPutL5uoQvrazxc5oAYKVNhg",
          "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": "010000000129aa50cfd1fe3bee132ca5a681d061e42c8de2f9245d2ca9a99a8a47a6193305000000008a47304402207c74bf10443df504fb2c7255f7c2b261a4dcb119d37db28ea9b9be51b31eb61202203aab5bc25d75f4ee5c0b32f1c59fe1ba402ebb3ba8f6cc2bc8334fc5101a759501410452ded31f5a9f94e9433e172cc4754f4d41e2fd1660927aeec5768484e8f374b8b9e9e10e4b50fee924acc9203793666e231ed8797757579ec1da24459eee8583ffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}