Well, a proof-of-burn goes to the miners, at least that's what ThomasV (nprofile…7976) proposes in his paper. So it's not permanent destruction of sats.
But it's still a much stronger signal than a regular zap, because no one miner is guaranteed to mine the next block.
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2026-05-26 17:15:38 UTC
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