在週一，五個在 2014 年建立的比特幣地址同時轉入合計 107 比特幣、價值 820 萬美元至一個燒毀地址，將資金永久移出流通。這些同步轉帳至地址 1111111111111111111114oLvT2——比特幣網路上一個知名的燒毀地址——引發社群媒體的強烈猜測，因為資金被送到燒毀地址後，沒有可存取的私鑰，且無法被取回。截至週二，該燒毀地址持有 807 比特幣，價值約 6100 萬美元。
Transaction Details and Burn Mechanics
The five addresses that moved the coins were completely emptied in the process, with the senders spending approximately $5.56 in transaction fees to permanently destroy the Bitcoin. At Monday's transaction time, the 107 Bitcoin represented roughly $13.4 million in value, though Bitcoin changed hands around $76,000 on Tuesday—far below its October peak of $126,000 when the destroyed funds would have been worth approximately $13.4 million.
Because all transactions occurred at the same moment and originated from addresses created in the same year, onlookers speculated the activity was tied to a single individual or group. The incident underscored one of Bitcoin's foundational design elements: once transactions are validated, they are added to a global ledger viewable by anyone with an internet connection, even though parties remain pseudonymous due to the nature of public keys.
銷毀背後的理論
比特幣基礎設施公司 Blockstream 的創辦人兼執行長 Adam Back 在一則 X 貼文中推測，這些交易可能代表一種「意外的量子獎賞」，並提到日益成長的量子電腦威脅，對某些比特幣錢包構成風險。
其他社群成員與開發者提出了替代解釋。一位旁觀者表示，這些交易可能源自一個具備比特幣錢包存取權的人工智慧聊天機器人發生故障，並說：「你完全說對了。看起來確實是我把比特幣寄到了燒毀地址！」
一名開發者推測，之所以將比特幣送往燒毀地址，是為了在潛在的「勒索攻擊」事件中，讓攻擊者獲得零獎賞——「勒索攻擊」是一種針對他人進行的實體攻擊或威脅，目的是迫使對方交出其數位資產。這名開發者也指出，由於交易包含基於時間的參數，它們可能源自死者的開關，一種自動化的安全機制：若有人未能在設定時間內與系統互動，該機制就會轉移或揭露對加密貨幣的存取。
也有人推測這些交易是誤操作，最終在既定規則下（即使只有些微的程度）提升了比特幣的稀缺性，因為這些資金再也無法被任何人持有。
