user1878: If I wanted to destroy bitcoins, and prove that it was done (with relative certainty), what would I need to do?

user2630: If you just want to make it clear that you no longer own them you can just send yourself 1 santoshi and put the rest up as a fee. If you want to destroy them there are a couple decent address to send them to in What is the Bitcoin equivalent of /dev/null?
EDIT: there are better answers here: How to generate a valid bitcoin address for destroying bitcoins?

1878: <p>If I wanted to destroy bitcoins, and prove that it was done (with relative certainty), what would I need to do?</p>
 2630: <p>If you just want to make it clear that you no longer own them you can just send yourself 1 santoshi and put the rest up as a fee. If you want to destroy them there are a couple decent address to send them to in <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/3777/2630">What is the Bitcoin equivalent of /dev/null?</a></p>

<p>EDIT: there are better answers here: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1851/how-to-generate-a-valid-bitcoin-address-for-destroying-bitcoins">How to generate a valid bitcoin address for destroying bitcoins?</a></p>
