Transaction ec49fa57e67f6be565a643fffdf6f9807569ffe315c62514353bb9f50c7d5e3c

Block #280956

2014-01-17 07:47:30 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.0594 BTC🔥

Inputs

1Mqn41zrgRKXRjwkT8MZ3ENhyrKy5nWJVW

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 e49c16e13d6ccb627858a16f863d3d77c4cc1ec0 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": "ec49fa57e67f6be565a643fffdf6f9807569ffe315c62514353bb9f50c7d5e3c",
  "hash": "ec49fa57e67f6be565a643fffdf6f9807569ffe315c62514353bb9f50c7d5e3c",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 192,
  "vsize": 192,
  "weight": 768,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "4bba49303a34c6dd4c4330822cc3f4c1e9af3d0fa9e9af9c7f9255eda40d8f95",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "3045022100da863c3bf68a9a5f988622e6d3646aa7ebee9fcade158f70e5f53f0baaefce9f02203a064d1cd59cd940214b4e59226ecb22ea27082c15eab1d73a93b3dcda0dc617[ALL] 0364b216952b08924de7adda28b1fc34d501139cbb7601291a826dc509e9bcdd35",
        "hex": "483045022100da863c3bf68a9a5f988622e6d3646aa7ebee9fcade158f70e5f53f0baaefce9f02203a064d1cd59cd940214b4e59226ecb22ea27082c15eab1d73a93b3dcda0dc61701210364b216952b08924de7adda28b1fc34d501139cbb7601291a826dc509e9bcdd35"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 280954,
        "value": "0.05950000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 e49c16e13d6ccb627858a16f863d3d77c4cc1ec0 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1Mqn41zrgRKXRjwkT8MZ3ENhyrKy5nWJVW)#w4c0d7me",
          "hex": "76a914e49c16e13d6ccb627858a16f863d3d77c4cc1ec088ac",
          "address": "1Mqn41zrgRKXRjwkT8MZ3ENhyrKy5nWJVW",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.05940000",
      "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": "0100000001958f0da4ed55927f9cafe9a90f3dafe9c1f4c32c8230434cddc6343a3049ba4b000000006b483045022100da863c3bf68a9a5f988622e6d3646aa7ebee9fcade158f70e5f53f0baaefce9f02203a064d1cd59cd940214b4e59226ecb22ea27082c15eab1d73a93b3dcda0dc61701210364b216952b08924de7adda28b1fc34d501139cbb7601291a826dc509e9bcdd35ffffffff0120a35a00000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}