Transaction b68f26cdd8adfc41ee7b8678715c9838e05d86931b0d17cc02c9243b56a309e6

Block #307594

2014-06-24 16:37:51 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 2 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.5 BTC🔥

Inputs

17vz1dKXBdBAtk5XKGeDFNVBBqFPRv3auW

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 4c0664119d12c89658986314898b9056251451b1 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

1NewbiecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDN67UA8

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 ed879bd090da1f6c57ff50f47400ce3a4f53731a 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": "b68f26cdd8adfc41ee7b8678715c9838e05d86931b0d17cc02c9243b56a309e6",
  "hash": "b68f26cdd8adfc41ee7b8678715c9838e05d86931b0d17cc02c9243b56a309e6",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 225,
  "vsize": 225,
  "weight": 900,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "88385355ce2d5be74f07e5f315f96612597c1bb4511e0c253fcb196b5d1df095",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3046022100fe120698ecdc4f637aeb5c42916866c257aa17b615b5e5c064f88696463f5a0c022100c334633b1518d7c49cb4acfce5db705dc6f24bb0e250f50088bd789914f64251[ALL] 04d49c109fbdcd1242cff7aebde1411694b4e014433cb3ff3645bb630ce0d65085e48dca03db964986d183425ee35f7cc2300ece008b032c31a49b91481be5ee11",
        "hex": "493046022100fe120698ecdc4f637aeb5c42916866c257aa17b615b5e5c064f88696463f5a0c022100c334633b1518d7c49cb4acfce5db705dc6f24bb0e250f50088bd789914f64251014104d49c109fbdcd1242cff7aebde1411694b4e014433cb3ff3645bb630ce0d65085e48dca03db964986d183425ee35f7cc2300ece008b032c31a49b91481be5ee11"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 307593,
        "value": "0.50020000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 4c0664119d12c89658986314898b9056251451b1 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(17vz1dKXBdBAtk5XKGeDFNVBBqFPRv3auW)#np6qy6dy",
          "hex": "76a9144c0664119d12c89658986314898b9056251451b188ac",
          "address": "17vz1dKXBdBAtk5XKGeDFNVBBqFPRv3auW",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.50000000",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 ed879bd090da1f6c57ff50f47400ce3a4f53731a OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1NewbiecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDN67UA8)#cpzrqt6n",
        "hex": "76a914ed879bd090da1f6c57ff50f47400ce3a4f53731a88ac",
        "address": "1NewbiecoinXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDN67UA8",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00020000",
  "hex": "010000000195f01d5d6b19cb3f250c1e51b41b7c591266f915f3e5074fe75b2dce55533888000000008c493046022100fe120698ecdc4f637aeb5c42916866c257aa17b615b5e5c064f88696463f5a0c022100c334633b1518d7c49cb4acfce5db705dc6f24bb0e250f50088bd789914f64251014104d49c109fbdcd1242cff7aebde1411694b4e014433cb3ff3645bb630ce0d65085e48dca03db964986d183425ee35f7cc2300ece008b032c31a49b91481be5ee11ffffffff0180f0fa02000000001976a914ed879bd090da1f6c57ff50f47400ce3a4f53731a88ac00000000"
}