Burning

Inscriptions may be burned by constructing a transaction that spends them to a script pubkey beginning with OP_RETURN.

Sending inscriptions to a so-called "burn address" is not recognized by ord.

Burned inscriptions receive the "burned" charm, recognized with 🔥 on the inscription's /inscription page.

When burning inscriptions, CBOR metadata may be included in a data push immediately following the OP_RETURN.

Burn metadata is unstructured, having no meaning to the underlying protocol, and should be human readable. It is displayed on the burned inscription's /inscription page, in the same manner as inscription metadata, under the heading "burn metadata".

Use it, if you feel like it, to commemorate the inscription, celebrate the closing of a collection, or for whatever other purposes you so desire.

Data pushes after the first are currently ignored by ord. However, they may be given future meaning by the protocol, and should not be used.

For example, transaction b42f0d8a3277ce6a7e564fec8f5579f76bc19cb24f8eff565ebb81a4c2f94683 burned inscription 681b5373c03e3f819231afd9227f54101395299c9e58356bda278e2f32bef2cdi0.