why this exists

about

a quiet little ledger for money that isn't coming back.

what is 巴?

巴 is a read-only watchtower for Robinhood Chain (an Ethereum L2, chain id 4663). It keeps a running tally of everything that has been permanently burned, mis-sent, or otherwise lost on the chain — and streams new losses live as they happen.

It's not a wallet, not an exchange, and not a contract. It holds no funds, holds no keys, and can't touch anything. It just watches, and writes down what it sees.

why track burned money?

Burn activity is a real on-chain signal — it shows deflationary pressure, tells you what a community is willing to destroy, and documents how much value has simply vanished. Most explorers show you a single transaction at a time; 巴 shows you the lifetime total, broken down by address and token.

questions

is the number exact?

Native ETH and well-known tokens (WETH, USDG) are priced. USDG is assumed to equal $1. Other tokens are counted by amount but left unpriced, so the dollar total is a lower bound, not a perfect figure.

can burned money ever come back?

No. A burn address has no private key, and tokens sent to their own contract are stuck by design. "Gone forever" is not an exaggeration — that's the whole point.

does 巴 ever write to the chain?

Never. It's a read-only node. No private keys, no signing, no transactions.

where does the data come from?

The official Robinhood Chain RPC with a public fallback, Robinhood's documented token contracts for canonical addresses, and CoinGecko for the ETH price. Every event links to the block explorer so you can verify it yourself.

disclaimer

巴 is a data tool, not financial advice. Figures are read from public chain state and may lag or be incomplete. Verify anything important against the explorer before relying on it.