# Welcome to BlockBurns ## Overview BlockBurns aims to become an ecosystem around token burning. Whether you are an everyday Blockchain User or a bonified Blockchain Developer we have you covered! > What is burning? > > Token burning refers to the permanent removal of existing cryptocurrency or tokens from the existing circulation, creating deflationary effects on their spot price. > > — From [SupraOracles](https://supraoracles.com/academy/what-is-token-burning/) > What it the most common way of burning? > > Perhaps the most common way to carry out a token burn is for a protocol’s foundation to purchase a set amount of tokens on the open market and effectively remove the tokens from circulation. This is achieved by sending the tokens to a private burn address which cannot be recovered as the private keys to the burn address were never known and thus the tokens cannot be recovered. The term *token burning* was likely coined in order to easily illustrate the end result without much nuance. > > — From [SupraOracles](https://supraoracles.com/academy/what-is-token-burning/) If you are an everyday Blockchain user head over to the [Burning via Contract](https://docs.blockburns.com/users/burning-via-contract) section to burn unneeded tokens! If you are a Developer head to our [For Developers](https://docs.blockburns.com/developers/for-developers) section! ## Quick links {% content-ref url="users/burning-via-contract" %} [burning-via-contract](https://docs.blockburns.com/users/burning-via-contract) {% endcontent-ref %} {% content-ref url="developers/for-developers" %} [for-developers](https://docs.blockburns.com/developers/for-developers) {% endcontent-ref %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.blockburns.com/welcome-to-blockburns.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.