Date: 2024-04-14 · basis: publication date recorded in the magazine inventory
unbylined
A magazine-conducted interview with Burntoshi, Clyde, Gyp, Waldo, FalseFaucet and BTCFakDaBanks about deliberately burning bitcoin and the #burnchain they run alongside the main chain. Clyde lays out burn history: an August 2010 burn to two eater addresses, 40+ BTC sent to OP_RETURN, Mt. Gox's accidental 2,609 BTC burn in block 150951, the 4 BTC tributes to the genesis address in 2013 and 2023, and the July 2011 Len Sassaman tribute inscribed by Dan Kaminsky. Burntoshi argues burnchain is an optional side chain to Stackchain, that only burning gives zero-trust proof, and proposes non-hash memorial blocks so burns are represented at the tip; the piece ends with a how-to for burning via Electrum OP_RETURN. The piece is unattributed to any individual author, though it is conducted by Stackchain Magazine.
Archive summary written from the sources below — not a quotation.
The bitcoin is fierce prey. Few can claim the trophy of having slain bitcoin.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/a-conversation-with-burnchainers/
This is a battle for the heart of Stackchain.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/a-conversation-with-burnchainers/
The UTXO set is our hunting grounds. The #burnchain is our trophy room.https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/a-conversation-with-burnchainers/
Six burners on burning Bitcoin, the history of burns, and the #burnchain as a side chain.
Machine-written summary, not an editorial statement.
Stackchain Magazine article, catalogue item 27, category interview-profile. Summarised by the archive from the published piece; quotes below are verbatim excerpts. Original: https://www.stackchainmagazine.net/a-conversation-with-burnchainers/