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Burn

Permanently removing tokens from circulation by sending them to an unusable wallet address.

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Permanently removing tokens from circulation by sending them to an unusable wallet address. Projects burn tokens to reduce supply and theoretically increase value of remaining tokens. Ethereum burns a portion of transaction fees since EIP-1559.

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