Transaction bc279c3026fbbd5b9cb68af339b8f0b986b19d7b078335b7160746bc84d4b04b

Block #279970

2014-01-11 21:24:43 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.9990005 BTC🔥


Inputs
1FeK4nJ7ik7r9R8zBZEn7kmeV7Lykhx7pY
0.9991005 BTC
now $60,780.28
0.9991005 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 a0a03b4b667c8da1f53e9527c8063c8c5bc967dd OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
Outputs
1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr
0.9990005 BTC
now $60,774.20
🔥0.9990005 BTC🔥
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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  "hash": "bc279c3026fbbd5b9cb68af339b8f0b986b19d7b078335b7160746bc84d4b04b",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 192,
  "vsize": 192,
  "weight": 768,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "bb401971850abb3335f028567f9a3978c501113057982f2e18b9ae757b5b5594",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3045022100a9e28e030b20d21a82227756c079d54b83113673d480235da01025b1c2c0f3c402205b36b1bf858614a3872a527f1ef2ba1ab88f23caa8efbac8c5815106242eff6f[ALL] 032c56896b89efc0747167d580d94d010ee7edd195692ff2e1214959bda3dbf6bc",
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      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 279953,
        "value": "0.99910050",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 a0a03b4b667c8da1f53e9527c8063c8c5bc967dd OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1FeK4nJ7ik7r9R8zBZEn7kmeV7Lykhx7pY)#cnl5vc22",
          "hex": "76a914a0a03b4b667c8da1f53e9527c8063c8c5bc967dd88ac",
          "address": "1FeK4nJ7ik7r9R8zBZEn7kmeV7Lykhx7pY",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.99900050",
      "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": "010000000194555b7b75aeb9182e2f9857301101c578399a7f5628f03533bb0a85711940bb000000006b483045022100a9e28e030b20d21a82227756c079d54b83113673d480235da01025b1c2c0f3c402205b36b1bf858614a3872a527f1ef2ba1ab88f23caa8efbac8c5815106242eff6f0121032c56896b89efc0747167d580d94d010ee7edd195692ff2e1214959bda3dbf6bcffffffff01925af405000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}