Transaction f305a8d45ce74302f256d774c7897a0c1bc0c72b1f2c73b3e26f6f8981b32dea

Block #778830

2023-03-01 16:04:53 +0000 UTC (~1 year, 4 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥0.0000548 BTC🔥

Inputs

bc1pk5ldl86xfd7mlhq86nscdpc0r4ve3wqcpre7m5ghkjejjuulu5cqhjxcq5

1 b53edf9f464b7dbfdc07d4e186870f1d5998b81808f3edd117b4b329739fe530 witness_v1_taproot

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": "f305a8d45ce74302f256d774c7897a0c1bc0c72b1f2c73b3e26f6f8981b32dea",
  "hash": "4c8b5a0140187f757ad770f6bbe1bb671d49f34225bc74d968377434ec06cd3d",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 153,
  "vsize": 102,
  "weight": 408,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "d54cecbf7cf4ab2231de0764e7a748ef742437b39c9d84cd42fe7f334ca64da2",
      "vout": 0,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "",
        "hex": ""
      },
      "txinwitness": [
        "6723eb669bab94a7157aeb318f5411ecd18b43084eba6a0ffdbb4cfd0fd49d80ec29a62573e325b66bdbe693c59905f70d06d6bd6d18f866f36a98e4d05167d7"
      ],
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 778704,
        "value": "0.00007225",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "1 b53edf9f464b7dbfdc07d4e186870f1d5998b81808f3edd117b4b329739fe530",
          "desc": "rawtr(b53edf9f464b7dbfdc07d4e186870f1d5998b81808f3edd117b4b329739fe530)#2vqnt2w2",
          "hex": "5120b53edf9f464b7dbfdc07d4e186870f1d5998b81808f3edd117b4b329739fe530",
          "address": "bc1pk5ldl86xfd7mlhq86nscdpc0r4ve3wqcpre7m5ghkjejjuulu5cqhjxcq5",
          "type": "witness_v1_taproot"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967293
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "0.00005480",
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f8179821 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
        "desc": "addr(1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr)#v66r8cp2",
        "hex": "76a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac",
        "address": "1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr",
        "type": "pubkeyhash"
      }
    }
  ],
  "fee": "0.00001745",
  "hex": "01000000000101a24da64c337ffe42cd849d9cb3372474ef48a7e76407de3122abf47cbfec4cd50000000000fdffffff0168150000000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac01406723eb669bab94a7157aeb318f5411ecd18b43084eba6a0ffdbb4cfd0fd49d80ec29a62573e325b66bdbe693c59905f70d06d6bd6d18f866f36a98e4d05167d700000000"
}