Provably burned supply — Bitcoin onchain, per block

How much bitcoin has been sent to outputs that can never be spent, so it is destroyed with certainty rather than merely lost.

DefinitionCumulative value carried in OP_RETURN outputs.

LimitThis is only the provable part. Coins lost to forgotten or destroyed keys are far more numerous and are unobservable.

UnitBTC

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Data on the chain How much of the chain is data rather than money?
Supply and issuance How many coins exist, and how fast are new ones being minted?
OP_RETURN outputs outputs that carry data instead of money
Transactions with an OP_RETURN transactions that write data into the chain
OP_RETURN payload bytes how many bytes of pure data the block carried
Inscriptions how many inscriptions were revealed
Inscription reveal transactions transactions that revealed an inscription
Inscription body bytes how many bytes of inscription content the block carried
Runestone transactions transactions carrying a Runes message
Cumulative data-carrier outputs unspendable outputs that will sit in the chain forever