How to burn tokens on Ethereum
Mainnet burns carry the most weight, because everyone is watching and nothing can be quietly undone. You send tokens to 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD, an address nobody holds the keys to, and Etherscan keeps the receipt forever.
Why burn on Ethereum
Ethereum is the venue where a burn is hardest to fake and hardest to ignore. Mainnet gas means a burn is a deliberate act, not a routine one, so the market reads it as a signal rather than noise. Save it for the moments that deserve the spotlight: a supply reduction you promised, a treasury cleanup, a milestone you want indexed everywhere.
Because gas dominates the cost, timing matters. Watch for a quiet gas window, then run the burn through Hood Incinerator so the announcement, the Etherscan link and the new supply number all land together while attention is high.
There is only one $0XdEaD — and it is on Robinhood Chain
Hood Incinerator burns on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base, Ink and Robinhood Chain, but the $0XdEaD token itself is native to Robinhood Chain only, at contract address 0xBAE9346CB6c12df12114c9edfbAC00E3543A2Ef9.
There is no mainnet deployment, no bridge and no official wrapper. Any "$0XdEaD" you see on Ethereum is an impostor — check the address above before you buy anything. Burning on Ethereum is fully supported; the $0XdEaD multiplier and Incinerator Points stay on Robinhood Chain where the token lives.
Burning on Ethereum, step by step
1. Switch the network to Ethereum
Use the network switcher in the header. Hood Incinerator asks your wallet to move to Ethereum mainnet (chain id 1) and re-checks the network right before you sign.
2. Pick the token or NFT
Select from your detected mainnet balances or paste a contract address. You can queue up to five items — tokens, NFTs, or a mix — into one bundle to save on gas.
3. Read the pre-flight checks
The dialog simulates the burn on mainnet and reports balance, approval status, likely revert reasons, estimated gas in ETH, and the app fee — before any signature. On Ethereum this step is the difference between a clean burn and a costly failed transaction.
4. Sign once
Batch-capable wallets bundle the transfer and the 0.001 ETH fee into a single approval, which also means one gas payment instead of two. Wallets without batching fall back to the stable two-step flow.
What an Ethereum burn costs
| Item | Amount | Paid to |
|---|---|---|
| Network gas | Mainnet rate (ETH) | Ethereum validators |
| App fee | 0.001 ETH | Hood Incinerator |
| Cut of your tokens | 0% | Nobody — no custody |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I burn tokens on Ethereum?
- Open Hood Incinerator, switch the network selector to Ethereum, connect your wallet, pick the ERC-20 or NFT you hold, set an amount and sign once. The tokens go to 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD and the flat app fee is paid in the same batched call.
- What does an Ethereum burn cost?
- Ethereum mainnet gas — the dominant cost, so time your burn for a quiet gas window — plus the flat 0.001 ETH Hood Incinerator app fee. There is no percentage cut of your tokens and no contract of ours ever holds them.
- Why is the Ethereum app fee higher than on Base or Ink?
- Mainnet execution is an order of magnitude more expensive than an L2, and the app has to keep archive-grade scanning, simulation and confirmation tracking reliable there. The fee is 0.001 ETH on Ethereum against 0.0004 ETH on the L2s, and it is always shown in the pre-flight dialog before you sign.
- Is there a $0XdEaD token on Ethereum?
- No. There is exactly one $0XdEaD token and it lives on Robinhood Chain at 0xBAE9346CB6c12df12114c9edfbAC00E3543A2Ef9. Any "$0XdEaD" contract on Ethereum mainnet is an impostor. You can burn any ERC-20 or NFT on Ethereum through the app — it just does not involve $0XdEaD.
- How do holders verify an Ethereum burn?
- Each burn is a public Transfer event to the dead address. Hood Incinerator waits for mainnet confirmations before it finalises the numbers, then hands you the Etherscan link and the recalculated circulating supply for your announcement.
Keep reading
- Burning tokens on Robinhood ChainThe full how-to: what a burn does to supply and how to run one in a single signature.
- Burning tokens on BaseRun the same one-signature burn on Base L2 — and why $0XdEaD stays Robinhood-only.
- Burning tokens on InkCheap, repeatable burns on Ink with pre-flight checks and public proof.
- Burning tokens on BNB ChainPaste a BEP-20 contract and burn it in one signature, with BscScan proof.
- The dead address explainedWhat 0x…dEaD is, why it is the standard burn destination, and how to verify a burn.
- Robinhood IncineratorWhat Hood Incinerator is, what it costs, and why it never touches your tokens.
- Burn culture on Robinhood ChainWhy deployers and holders burn, and how proof beats promises.