Transaction b1ef253c2d2157207e5c524c58ae24a88dd1ba18894e4bbecf06ad49cf842d51

Block #567360

2019-03-16 16:06:19 +0000 UTC (~5 years, 4 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00011968 BTC🔥

Inputs

1DC5mGZ7nmJ4gv9L2NwKZPRrhdVHqtPTL2

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 85ba0fa6f1627ef522eb1cafa885d19730af78da 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": "b1ef253c2d2157207e5c524c58ae24a88dd1ba18894e4bbecf06ad49cf842d51",
  "hash": "b1ef253c2d2157207e5c524c58ae24a88dd1ba18894e4bbecf06ad49cf842d51",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 192,
  "vsize": 192,
  "weight": 768,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "99b4976c119663dc147ae4b7c0845139eaf458c7be5ffe549d7075bafbd9b6ce",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304502210093932040f283d17596e96c3be9dc5a78e9c20376b65c29b8d9d62a3d26ce62f102207a2bd2ab8fccd9d60a0b6016be8198b67b259595791e8b4d92f3df3f4e35631f[ALL] 030576475b86634b83882fbd11745dd189793408da54f15609943be0a0ee0a552e",
        "hex": "48304502210093932040f283d17596e96c3be9dc5a78e9c20376b65c29b8d9d62a3d26ce62f102207a2bd2ab8fccd9d60a0b6016be8198b67b259595791e8b4d92f3df3f4e35631f0121030576475b86634b83882fbd11745dd189793408da54f15609943be0a0ee0a552e"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 567055,
        "value": "0.00019200",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 85ba0fa6f1627ef522eb1cafa885d19730af78da OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1DC5mGZ7nmJ4gv9L2NwKZPRrhdVHqtPTL2)#kfsu5g2k",
          "hex": "76a91485ba0fa6f1627ef522eb1cafa885d19730af78da88ac",
          "address": "1DC5mGZ7nmJ4gv9L2NwKZPRrhdVHqtPTL2",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00011968",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00007232",
  "hex": "0100000001ceb6d9fbba75709d54fe5fbec758f4ea395184c0b7e47a14dc6396116c97b499000000006b48304502210093932040f283d17596e96c3be9dc5a78e9c20376b65c29b8d9d62a3d26ce62f102207a2bd2ab8fccd9d60a0b6016be8198b67b259595791e8b4d92f3df3f4e35631f0121030576475b86634b83882fbd11745dd189793408da54f15609943be0a0ee0a552effffffff01c02e0000000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}