Transaction f7709fd5ced9e4f51a4ab5ad5b5fc317ca6abe5f035fff6c70cc1b8d4914cd29

Block #280650

2014-01-15 17:45:26 +0000 UTC (~10 years, 7 months ago)

BTC Burned: 🔥1 BTC🔥


Inputs
1KSqoWaPDLo17S1dWZnbxZq8NFAqtujsEk
1.0001 BTC
now $60,856.19
1.0001 BTC
OP_DUP OP_HASH160 ca5566a2e9522422b499156365bb9854a8f11187 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG pubkeyhash
Outputs
1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr
1 BTC
now $60,850.10
🔥1 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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  "txid": "f7709fd5ced9e4f51a4ab5ad5b5fc317ca6abe5f035fff6c70cc1b8d4914cd29",
  "hash": "f7709fd5ced9e4f51a4ab5ad5b5fc317ca6abe5f035fff6c70cc1b8d4914cd29",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 192,
  "vsize": 192,
  "weight": 768,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
    {
      "txid": "ff47be1828131e3b90679ac832838f437ec9eb4e52014b3a28d38c731d855b3a",
      "vout": 3,
      "scriptSig": {
        "asm": "30450221009ff3111924a850edb0f2cf6ab0be02972732e7983069f4f51822cf9152533f950220425d454da21af0441c07fab384f34a80c65843a2e4d3dee59c76d34f2da7c0e6[ALL] 03bdada2e77d9e4903772a32a3c21f54edd2f57eddf03c28e865afae1900256569",
        "hex": "4830450221009ff3111924a850edb0f2cf6ab0be02972732e7983069f4f51822cf9152533f950220425d454da21af0441c07fab384f34a80c65843a2e4d3dee59c76d34f2da7c0e6012103bdada2e77d9e4903772a32a3c21f54edd2f57eddf03c28e865afae1900256569"
      },
      "prevout": {
        "generated": false,
        "height": 280649,
        "value": "1.00010000",
        "scriptPubKey": {
          "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 ca5566a2e9522422b499156365bb9854a8f11187 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
          "desc": "addr(1KSqoWaPDLo17S1dWZnbxZq8NFAqtujsEk)#hxjx2470",
          "hex": "76a914ca5566a2e9522422b499156365bb9854a8f1118788ac",
          "address": "1KSqoWaPDLo17S1dWZnbxZq8NFAqtujsEk",
          "type": "pubkeyhash"
        }
      },
      "sequence": 4294967295
    }
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": "1.00000000",
      "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": "01000000013a5b851d738cd3283a4b01524eebc97e438f8332c89a67903b1e132818be47ff030000006b4830450221009ff3111924a850edb0f2cf6ab0be02972732e7983069f4f51822cf9152533f950220425d454da21af0441c07fab384f34a80c65843a2e4d3dee59c76d34f2da7c0e6012103bdada2e77d9e4903772a32a3c21f54edd2f57eddf03c28e865afae1900256569ffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a914818895f3dc2c178629d3d2d8fa3ec4a3f817982188ac00000000"
}