BNB Donation Address:
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BNB is the only major asset with a permanent, automatic, ongoing burn written into its protocol. A fixed share of every transaction fee is destroyed under BEP-95 BEP-95, and a quarterly Auto-Burn removes more on top, all pointed at the same blackhole address. On top of that sits one serious hazard: BNB and Ethereum share an identical address format, and getting the network wrong is unrecoverable.
Read this before sending BNB. BNB Smart Chain and Ethereum use the identical 0x address format, so the address alone cannot tell you which network you are on. If your wallet says Ethereum while you send BNB, the transfer can succeed and the funds will be stranded. Confirm BNB Smart Chain and chain ID 56 in your own wallet before you send anything.
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How BNB burns, automatically and on schedule
Two mechanisms run at once. Neither depends on any holder deciding to destroy anything, and both send the tokens to the same destination.
BEP-95 real-time burn
Introduced in 2021. In every block, a fixed proportion of the gas fees collected is burned outright. The proportion is set by BNB Smart Chain validators, so the rate adapts to network conditions rather than being fixed in advance.
Quarterly Auto-Burn
A scheduled event whose size is derived from BNB's market price and the number of blocks the chain produced over the quarter. The stated goal is to bring total supply toward 100,000,000 BNB, and each burn is reported publicly.
The blackhole address
BNB Chain calls its dead address the blackhole. Since the BNB Chain Fusion process, scheduled burns occur directly on BNB Smart Chain, with the tokens sent to that address rather than being handled off-chain.
The BNB Chain blackhole address
0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD
The chain ID trap: the one mistake that costs everything
BNB Smart Chain uses the same 0x address format as Ethereum. The address is identical on both networks, so nothing about the address itself will tell you you are on the wrong chain.
| Action | What happens | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum mainnet | 1 | 0x... followed by 40 hex characters |
| BNB Smart Chain | 56 | 0x... followed by 40 hex characters |
| Correct address, wrong network | Funds transferred and stranded | Irrecoverable |
Before you send BNB
Three checks that take under a minute and prevent the only mistake that cannot be undone.
Confirm the chain ID
BNB Smart Chain is 56. Ethereum is 1. Your wallet must say BNB Smart Chain, not Ethereum.
Check the asset
Sending to a correct 0x address still fails if your wallet sends the wrong asset on that network.
Compare the address fully
Forty hex characters. Scan the QR inside your own wallet rather than copying from an untrusted page.
Reversibility
None. There is no support path once a transfer confirms.
Burn or redirect: BNB
The scheduled burns happen regardless of what you do.
| Aspect | Burn address | Redirect |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic burns | Continue on schedule | Continue on schedule |
| What you send | Sent to the blackhole | Received and spendable |
| Who can spend it | No one, ever | The recipient, immediately |
| Reversible | No | No |
| Network fee | Standard | Standard |
| Platform fee | None | None |
BNB redirect questions
Answers to the questions people ask most before sending. If anything here conflicts with the Risk Disclaimer, that document takes precedence.
What is the BNB Auto-Burn?
Why do BNB burns go to 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD?
What is chain ID 56 and why does it matter?
Is BNB burning because of transaction fees?
What happened to the BNB Beacon Chain?
Does CryptoBurn Fun take a cut or hold my BNB?
Log your BNB redirect.
Anything you log here is tagged Your note and stays in this browser on this device only — it is never uploaded, never shared with us, and is not proof that a transfer happened. The blockchain is the only real record, so confirm any transfer on a block explorer before you treat it as settled.