btcsupply
tracks and monitors burns on the Bitcoin network. Three categories of burns are tracked:
- Bugs - BTC that is never minted due to miner bugs, such as the 50 BTC from the Genesis Block.
OP_RETURN
- Non-zeroOP_RETURN
outputs are provably unspendable and are considered burns.- Script Burns - BTC that is sent to a script that is likely or provably unspendable, such as Satoshi's addresses or known burn addresses.