burning
UK /ˈbɜːnɪŋ/US /ˈbɝnɪŋ/
adjective6
noun4
- The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blockchain for anyone to review such a transaction. It’s a one-way address with no ability to reverse the transaction or withdraw the coins. For all practical purposes, the asset no longer exists (it has been “burned”). The act of burning effectively removes tokens from the available supply.
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Phrases with burning
- are your ears burningAsked of somebody who was not present but was the topic of discussion.
- book burningA mass burning of books, intended as a form of political and/or religious censorship.
- bridge-burningThat burns bridges.
- burning questionAn important and pertinent question that urgently requires an answer.
- carbon burningThe nucleosynthesis process, in stars of greater than 8 solar mass that have exhausted their helium supply, in which carbon is converted to neon, sodium, magnesium and other elements.
- hydrogen burningThe nucleosynthesis process, in stars of less than 1.2 solar mass, in which hydrogen is converted to helium, deuterium and some lithium.
- keep the home fires burningTo maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.
- long-burningWhich burns faster than comparable objects.
- oxygen burningThe nucleosynthesis process, subsequent to carbon burning, in which neon disintegrates to oxygen which subsequently fuses to form silicon, phosphorus sulfur and other elements of atomic number up to 40.
- slow-burningWhich burns more slowly than comparable objects.