Transaction b9f98a9b258ae636cd9ea8d0e680480d7138496ec356426691c015c1a5fe74b0

Block #828054

2024-01-30 02:46:04 +0000 UTC (~5 months, 1 day ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.002285 BTC🔥

Inputs

37pWg4FA7MjFqQcHEVphhMdsP817DLpB8D

OP_HASH160 433baa7950ccec19c0e5d03916e08b2f0d990bfb 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": "b9f98a9b258ae636cd9ea8d0e680480d7138496ec356426691c015c1a5fe74b0",
  "hash": "dce7e2aac9fbdff6a98404cad8119a88cb8898ed3dd4c659773d90301783df5b",
  "version": 2,
  "size": 217,
  "vsize": 136,
  "weight": 541,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "7de68e8abc5df2adb28ee7b81669cfc6d566f2a6d5c2055d88f46b70faba1502",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "0014b126425f2665241725d33d8e83828d50b9b45d4a",
        "hex": "160014b126425f2665241725d33d8e83828d50b9b45d4a"
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "304402204ed2fd452919cc0308f705996bc07fd5dbdaca738b32a2f537e7ba024ad9762a02203c130c164da3d37b3ab786c8b2e99419cacc2b7856b0f916809d1111d53c552101",
        "032d0ec7aba15993809f831e213a6b0d5394b8124fc5f7c3bf7b1d6939df99c765"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 827977,
        "value": "0.00238500",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_HASH160 433baa7950ccec19c0e5d03916e08b2f0d990bfb OP_EQUAL",
          "desc": "addr(37pWg4FA7MjFqQcHEVphhMdsP817DLpB8D)#ff5c2s7g",
          "hex": "a914433baa7950ccec19c0e5d03916e08b2f0d990bfb87",
          "address": "37pWg4FA7MjFqQcHEVphhMdsP817DLpB8D",
          "type": "scripthash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00228500",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE)#6yunqau7",
        "hex": "76a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac",
        "address": "1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00010000",
  "hex": "020000000001010215bafa706bf4885d05c2d5a6f266d5c6cf6916b8e78eb2adf25dbc8a8ee67d0000000017160014b126425f2665241725d33d8e83828d50b9b45d4affffffff01947c0300000000001976a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac0247304402204ed2fd452919cc0308f705996bc07fd5dbdaca738b32a2f537e7ba024ad9762a02203c130c164da3d37b3ab786c8b2e99419cacc2b7856b0f916809d1111d53c55210121032d0ec7aba15993809f831e213a6b0d5394b8124fc5f7c3bf7b1d6939df99c76500000000"
}