Transaction ed5dc34e787e168ff5e8479adccd3f577f487db448d10dc9becc34d9fbe68318

Block #161648

2012-01-11 03:42:41 +0000 UTC (~12 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.00000001 BTC🔥

Inputs

1EtchrGAQGeVbqDRssTTLeYJxWSeYAyaiw

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 985ca7581ace0a69f7e01c5fbe55eafd01ed28e1 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash

Outputs

11EtchabLockDotComXXXXXXXXXV3aBeU

OP_DUP OP_HASH160 000b983fcc598c1294024bb82c6378e665fcd58e 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": "ed5dc34e787e168ff5e8479adccd3f577f487db448d10dc9becc34d9fbe68318",
  "hash": "ed5dc34e787e168ff5e8479adccd3f577f487db448d10dc9becc34d9fbe68318",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 223,
  "vsize": 223,
  "weight": 892,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "7d4f59f8b2a047ed38336941379d224ec030fb16903e8d6d49ce02d9e5d2be0c",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "304402202931b0adfa960d2f095460d376ecdc6a8c4ef42a8d638274be39ea19df41e0e502206b3e76b09c14d4118ee303280382b4c0a762fd01ea9dac306eb15efa57c2c151[ALL] 042f30b7f67b1f11fa377094860666d60f60bb86725f4747bb445958aaa5c191d7cbb402b2928dbad06fed073eb4fd09e3d9ea8be23d5b427c7d482e91dda34b35",
        "hex": "47304402202931b0adfa960d2f095460d376ecdc6a8c4ef42a8d638274be39ea19df41e0e502206b3e76b09c14d4118ee303280382b4c0a762fd01ea9dac306eb15efa57c2c1510141042f30b7f67b1f11fa377094860666d60f60bb86725f4747bb445958aaa5c191d7cbb402b2928dbad06fed073eb4fd09e3d9ea8be23d5b427c7d482e91dda34b35"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 161648,
        "value": "0.00300001",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 985ca7581ace0a69f7e01c5fbe55eafd01ed28e1 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1EtchrGAQGeVbqDRssTTLeYJxWSeYAyaiw)#lacnue7q",
          "hex": "76a914985ca7581ace0a69f7e01c5fbe55eafd01ed28e188ac",
          "address": "1EtchrGAQGeVbqDRssTTLeYJxWSeYAyaiw",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00000001",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 000b983fcc598c1294024bb82c6378e665fcd58e OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(11EtchabLockDotComXXXXXXXXXV3aBeU)#2gg7yq0t",
        "hex": "76a914000b983fcc598c1294024bb82c6378e665fcd58e88ac",
        "address": "11EtchabLockDotComXXXXXXXXXV3aBeU",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00300000",
  "hex": "01000000010cbed2e5d902ce496d8d3e9016fb30c04e229d3741693338ed47a0b2f8594f7d000000008a47304402202931b0adfa960d2f095460d376ecdc6a8c4ef42a8d638274be39ea19df41e0e502206b3e76b09c14d4118ee303280382b4c0a762fd01ea9dac306eb15efa57c2c1510141042f30b7f67b1f11fa377094860666d60f60bb86725f4747bb445958aaa5c191d7cbb402b2928dbad06fed073eb4fd09e3d9ea8be23d5b427c7d482e91dda34b35ffffffff0101000000000000001976a914000b983fcc598c1294024bb82c6378e665fcd58e88ac00000000"
}