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Ethereum is the only major chain that burns coins continuously without anyone asking it to. Every single transaction permanently destroys a slice of ETH through the EIP-1559 base fee. On top of that automatic burn sits the familiar 0x...dEaD address that projects and holders use deliberately. Those are two different mechanisms, and this page separates them.
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Ethereum burns ETH in two very different ways
One is automatic and unavoidable. The other is a deliberate act. They are often described together, which makes both harder to understand.
The EIP-1559 base fee burn
Since London in August 2021, every transaction pays a base fee that is set algorithmically and then destroyed permanently. It is not recoverable by anyone and reduces total ETH supply without a single wallet holder deciding to burn anything. EIP-1559
Transfers to a dead address
Sending ETH to 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD is the conventional deliberate burn. The ETH is provably unspendable, but the supply itself is untouched, because ETH has no supply counter to reduce.
Contract-level burns
Many tokens implement their own burn function. That genuinely reduces the token's total supply, which behaves differently from a dead-address transfer and is a common source of confusion.
The conventional Ethereum dead address
0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD
Why a dead-address transfer does not reduce supply
For ERC-20 tokens this distinction is not academic. It is the difference between a burn that shows up in your token's supply figures and one that does not, and analytics platforms treat them differently.
| Action | What happens | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Native ETH sent to 0x...dEaD | Supply unchanged | Balance stuck forever, publicly visible |
| ERC-20 transfer to 0x...dEaD | totalSupply unchanged | Tokens exist but are unreachable |
| ERC-20 contract burn() call | totalSupply decreases | Supply reduces, event emitted |
| EIP-1559 base fee | Supply decreases | Automatic, on every transaction |
Read the checksum before you send
Ethereum addresses carry a mixed-case checksum defined by EIP-55. It is a free integrity check that most people never use.
Mixed case is meaningful
EIP-55 encodes a checksum in the capitalisation. An address with mixed case has been checksummed; an all-lower or all-upper address is still valid, but the checksum was never applied, so it carries no integrity guarantee. EIP-55
Gas cost
A plain ETH transfer is roughly 21,000 gas. Very small sends can be mostly fee.
Chain ID matters
The same 0x address exists on Ethereum and on BNB Smart Chain. Confirm the network, not just the address.
Reversibility
None once the transaction is included in a block.
Burn or redirect: Ethereum
The base fee burn happens either way. The rest is your choice.
| Aspect | Burn address | Redirect |
|---|---|---|
| Base fee | Burned automatically | Burned automatically |
| What you send | Destroyed | Received and spendable |
| Supply you control | Permanently removed | Unchanged |
| Reversible | No | No |
| Network fee | Standard | Standard |
| Platform fee | None | None |
Ethereum redirect questions
Answers to the questions people ask most before sending. If anything here conflicts with the Risk Disclaimer, that document takes precedence.
Is the Ethereum base fee burned forever?
Does sending ETH to 0x...dEaD reduce total supply?
Why is my Ethereum address mixed case?
Can I send BNB to an Ethereum address?
Why does a small ETH transfer seem expensive?
Does CryptoBurn Fun hold my ETH?
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