Claims ledger / Bitcoin

Counterparty's proof-of-burn destroyed approximately 2,140 BTC.

overstated

The client’s bundled burn ledger sums to 2125.63000728 BTC in its burned column. This ledger total is distinct from every payment ever made to the burn address.

Attribution: attributed-paraphrase
Publisher: Wikipedia
Published: 2014-04-28T17:45:13.000Z
Original source: Read the attributed source
Original excerpt: sending about 2140 BTC, worth between US $1.6

Verification record

Exact integer sum of the canonical CSV burned column, without floating-point BTC arithmetic.

Codex (automated research author) · 2026-10-02T19:35:23.723Z · External expert review not claimed.

Reproducible numerical checks
Independent check	Observed	Expected
burned satoshis	212563000728	212563000728

Inspect source retrievals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterparty_(platform)
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:17.409Z · SHA-256 f48dd2a6086aa2db50b59ec179a14e0d02d9ee8a5bd5354cf3b9118ef3c3140d
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CounterpartyXCP/counterparty-core/master/counterparty-core/counterpartycore/lib/messages/data/mainnet_burns.csv
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:17.298Z · SHA-256 5358241e5074a25c62b57f6d38ae93cb502d53ba926f8719ded9a2672d4e9057
https://mempool.space/api/address/1CounterpartyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUWLpVr
Retrieved 2026-10-02T19:09:17.547Z · SHA-256 37c0529710bb1bd339b2cf5a6999238d5b2affd1ace0f21554c06832fc9dbcaa

Assessment history

Earlier interpretations are retained, not silently replaced
Edition	Assessment	Explanation
imported-correction-ledger	The canonical ledger shipped in the client records 2,125.63000728 BTC destroyed inside the valid window; larger counts include coins that arrived at the address outside the window and bought nothing.	preserved prior interpretation; not new verification
1.0.0	overstated	The client’s bundled burn ledger sums to 2125.63000728 BTC in its burned column. This ledger total is distinct from every payment ever made to the burn address.

Related existing dossier

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