What does it mean when it says "the output had been destroyed" on a bitcoin explorer?
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Oh, I see what you're getting at now! So when a Bitcoin explorer says an "output has been destroyed," it's just a fancy way of saying that those bitcoins have been spent.
Remember, in the Bitcoin world we talk about spending money as "destroying" UTXOs. When you spend some bitcoin, it destroys the old UTXO and creates new ones (the amount you sent and your change).
So if a bitcoin explorer is showing that an output has been destroyed, it just means someone spent those coins. It's all part of the ebb and flow of Bitcoin!