# Burn BTC on testnet

**URL:** <https://forums.counterparty.io/t/burn-btc-on-testnet/646>\
**Category:** Counterparty\
**Created:** [December 30, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/burn-btc-on-testnet/646 "2014-12-30T16:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![zono](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/zono/32/47_2.png) [@zono](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/zono)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/burn-btc-on-testnet/646/1 "2014-12-30T16:00:37Z")

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Hi, I have&nbsp;the following questions.  

  

1.&nbsp;

  

I burned 0.1BTC on testnet and then I got 149.91974826XCP. The quantity of XCP was much larger amont than I expected.&nbsp;

  

Is exchange rate fixed on testnet? and how much is it?

  

(JSON-RPC)

{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":0, "method":"create\_burn", "params":{"source":"mo1kgfktQfRaLMR5SvehDMHLa9Cu7xJp4m", "quantity":"10000000"}}

  

(Transaction)

http://tbtc.blockr.io/tx/info/d909777307219876f6f2244a24a24a1fe72cb8bd49e9f9db3283afcc2e55d374

  

2. burn only testnet

  

Burning is possible on testnet, isn't it? Actually, I tried it on mainnet then I got "too late" error.

  

3. blocksacn on testnet

  

Is there block explorer sites for counterparty on testnet.&nbsp;

  

It seems not to exist in February. https://forums.counterparty.io/discussion/76/testnet-blockscan

  

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![something](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/something/32/240_2.png) [@something](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/something)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/burn-btc-on-testnet/646/2 "2014-12-30T18:07:56Z")

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@zono,

  

1. You can see the exchange at the time here:

[http://support.counterparty.io/solution/articles/5000503024-how-many-btc-were-burned-how-many-xcp-created-and-how-many-are-there-now-](http://support.counterparty.io/solution/articles/5000503024-how-many-btc-were-burned-how-many-xcp-created-and-how-many-are-there-now-)  

(Obviously you’d divide the number of XCP issued by the number of BTC burned)

  

2. Burning is always possible on testnet because XCP is not mine-able and it’s necessary for testing.

  

3. Block explorer on testnet: I guess there was never enough interest (not many transactions, and it’s mostly used by developers). Counterparty started working on its own block explorer, but later it got de-prioritized. I don’t know if it’s any good - I think it may provide some basic functionality.&nbsp;[https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/blockparty](https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/blockparty).