Transaction e9208eac12add2f59579b16ff04f53562a740899dee416c4f7e23659b1011ac9

Block #597603

2019-10-02 22:35:52 +0000 UTC (~4 years, 9 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00005093 BTC🔥

Inputs

3N4bVuQHhi3irydkwcYQrj8vxri5M7vUQb

OP_HASH160 df77472c89dccae33114afc122b9ecfc1e8c9b62 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": "e9208eac12add2f59579b16ff04f53562a740899dee416c4f7e23659b1011ac9",
  "hash": "da7f7645223f45b0560a78b3b0d6d031d8ad18dab6e729101fbda1bdfa6da456",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 217,
  "vsize": 136,
  "weight": 541,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "ac16c043385d36fad4e1e9bcaa1ed1c9c9e52f5edffbb5fc81a99fb4a6cdacd3",
      "vout": 1,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "001467aee63d874e58adb7bd75c32f73cc5dbe3fd005",
        "hex": "16001467aee63d874e58adb7bd75c32f73cc5dbe3fd005"
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "304402205d0765aeb7ce477fed2ad6f799db524a6c5ed5ce4699a850910859db04675d0d022016f8943b7a87cf9bf6c3ede73aa2eb3afe7fff2e3602ca5c8d9fd737ab44cd1101",
        "0251213fc8c639824e7a3f5ee02b8acaad5c340264e9d95a531a4624ecb08cafe8"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 596447,
        "value": "0.00005241",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_HASH160 df77472c89dccae33114afc122b9ecfc1e8c9b62 OP_EQUAL",
          "desc": "addr(3N4bVuQHhi3irydkwcYQrj8vxri5M7vUQb)#8fand742",
          "hex": "a914df77472c89dccae33114afc122b9ecfc1e8c9b6287",
          "address": "3N4bVuQHhi3irydkwcYQrj8vxri5M7vUQb",
          "type": "scripthash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00005093",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f9 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE)#6yunqau7",
        "hex": "76a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac",
        "address": "1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00000148",
  "hex": "01000000000101d3accda6b49fa981fcb5fbdf5e2fe5c9c9d11eaabce9e1d4fa365d3843c016ac010000001716001467aee63d874e58adb7bd75c32f73cc5dbe3fd005ffffffff01e5130000000000001976a914759d6677091e973b9e9d99f19c68fbf43e3f05f988ac0247304402205d0765aeb7ce477fed2ad6f799db524a6c5ed5ce4699a850910859db04675d0d022016f8943b7a87cf9bf6c3ede73aa2eb3afe7fff2e3602ca5c8d9fd737ab44cd1101210251213fc8c639824e7a3f5ee02b8acaad5c340264e9d95a531a4624ecb08cafe800000000"
}