---
title: "Burn fungible tokens"
method: POST
path: "/v3/blockchain/token/burn"
tags: ["Fungible Tokens (ERC-20 or compatible)"]
---

# Burn fungible tokens

`POST /v3/blockchain/token/burn`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.tatum.io`
- URL: `https://api.tatum.io/v3/blockchain/token/burn`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

/v3/blockchain/token/burn

**2 credits per API call**

Burn fungible tokens. Burning fungible tokens deletes the specified supply of the tokens (the `amount` parameter in the request body) from the smart contract (the `contractAddress` parameter in the request body).

This API is supported for the following blockchains:

*   Algorand
*   BNB Smart Chain
*   Celo
*   Ethereum
*   Harmony
*   Klaytn
*   KuCoin Community Chain
*   Polygon
*   XinFin
*   Flare
*   Cronos
*   Base
*   Avalanche
*   Fantom
*   Optimism

**Signing a transaction**  
When burning fungible tokens, you are charged a fee for the transaction, and you must sign the transaction with the private key of the blockchain address from which the fee will be deducted.

Providing the private key in the API is not a secure way of signing transactions, because the private key can be stolen or exposed. Your private keys should never leave your security perimeter. You should use the private keys only for testing a solution you are building on the **testnet** of a blockchain.

For signing transactions on the **mainnet**, we strongly recommend that you use the Tatum [Key Management System (KMS)](https://github.com/tatumio/tatum-kms) and provide the signature ID instead of the private key in the API. Alternatively, you can use the [Tatum JavaScript client](https://github.com/tatumio/tatum-js/tree/v2).

## Query parameters

- `testnetType` 'ethereum-sepolia' | 'flare-coston' | 'flare-coston2' | 'flare-songbird': Specifies the testnet type. The default is ethereum-sepolia for Ethereum (ETH) currency and flare-coston for Flare (FLR) currency. Valid testnet types depend on the specified currency.

## Headers

- `x-testnet-type` Schema (unresolved $ref)

## Request body

- union
  - ChainBurnErc20
    - `chain` 'ETH' | 'BSC' | 'MATIC' | 'KLAY' | 'XDC' | 'ONE' | 'FLR' | 'CRO' | 'BASE' | 'AVAX' | 'OPTIMISM' | 'FTM', required: The blockchain to work with
    - `amount` string, required: Amount of tokens to be destroyed.
    - `contractAddress` string, required: Address of ERC20 token
    - `fromPrivateKey` string, required: Private key of sender address. Private key, or signature Id must be present.
    - `fee` CustomFee: The custom defined fee; if not present, will be calculated automatically
      - `gasPrice` string, required: The price for one gas unit (in Gwei)
      - `gasLimit` string, required: The maximum number of gas units that you are willing to spend on processing the transaction at the provided gas price
    - `nonce` number: The nonce to be set to the transaction; if not present, the last known nonce will be used
  - ChainBurnErc20KMS
    - `chain` 'ETH' | 'BSC' | 'MATIC' | 'KLAY' | 'XDC' | 'ONE', required: The blockchain to work with
    - `amount` string, required: Amount of tokens to be destroyed.
    - `contractAddress` string, required: Address of ERC20 token
    - `signatureId` string, uuid, required: Identifier of the private key associated in signing application. Private key, or signature Id must be present.
    - `fee` CustomFee: The custom defined fee; if not present, will be calculated automatically
      - `gasPrice` string, required: The price for one gas unit (in Gwei)
      - `gasLimit` string, required: The maximum number of gas units that you are willing to spend on processing the transaction at the provided gas price
    - `nonce` number: The nonce to be set to the transaction; if not present, the last known nonce will be used
  - ChainBurnKcsErc20
    - `chain` 'KCS', required: The blockchain to work with
    - `amount` string, required: Amount of tokens to be destroyed.
    - `contractAddress` string, required: Address of ERC20 token
    - `fromPrivateKey` string, required: Private key of sender address. Private key, or signature Id must be present.
    - `fee` CustomFee: The custom defined fee; if not present, will be calculated automatically
      - `gasPrice` string, required: The price for one gas unit (in Gwei)
      - `gasLimit` string, required: The maximum number of gas units that you are willing to spend on processing the transaction at the provided gas price
    - `nonce` number: The nonce to be set to the transaction; if not present, the last known nonce will be used
  - ChainBurnKcsErc20KMS
    - `chain` 'KCS', required: The blockchain to work with
    - `amount` string, required: Amount of tokens to be destroyed.
    - `contractAddress` string, required: Address of ERC20 token
    - `signatureId` string, uuid, required: Identifier of the private key associated in signing application. Private key, or signature Id must be present.
    - `fee` CustomFee: The custom defined fee; if not present, will be calculated automatically
      - `gasPrice` string, required: The price for one gas unit (in Gwei)
      - `gasLimit` string, required: The maximum number of gas units that you are willing to spend on processing the transaction at the provided gas price
    - `nonce` number: The nonce to be set to the transaction; if not present, the last known nonce will be used
  - ChainBurnCeloErc20
    - `chain` 'CELO', required: The blockchain to work with
    - `amount` string, required: Amount of tokens to be destroyed.
    - `contractAddress` string, required: Address of ERC20 token
    - `fromPrivateKey` string, required: Private key of sender address. Private key, or signature Id must be present.
    - `fee` CustomFee: The custom defined fee; if not present, will be calculated automatically
      - `gasPrice` string, required: The price for one gas unit (in Gwei)
      - `gasLimit` string, required: The maximum number of gas units that you are willing to spend on processing the transaction at the provided gas price
    - `nonce` number: The nonce to be set to the transaction; if not present, the last known nonce will be used
    - `feeCurrency` 'CELO' | 'CUSD' | 'CEUR', required: The currency in which the transaction fee will be paid
  - ChainBurnCeloErc20KMS
    - `chain` 'CELO', required: The blockchain to work with
    - `amount` string, required: Amount of tokens to be destroyed.
    - `contractAddress` string, required: Address of ERC20 token
    - `signatureId` string, uuid, required: Identifier of the private key associated in signing application. Private key, or signature Id must be present.
    - `fee` CustomFee: The custom defined fee; if not present, will be calculated automatically
      - `gasPrice` string, required: The price for one gas unit (in Gwei)
      - `gasLimit` string, required: The maximum number of gas units that you are willing to spend on processing the transaction at the provided gas price
    - `nonce` number: The nonce to be set to the transaction; if not present, the last known nonce will be used
    - `feeCurrency` 'CELO' | 'CUSD' | 'CEUR', required: The currency in which the transaction fee will be paid
  - ChainBurnAlgoErc20
    - `chain` 'ALGO', required: Chain to work with.
    - `contractAddress` string, required: assetIndex - asset index uniquely specifying the asset
    - `fromPrivateKey` string, required: Private key of sender address. Private key, or signature Id must be present.
    - `fee` string: The transaction fee in Algos
  - ChainBurnAlgoErc20KMS
    - `chain` 'ALGO', required: Chain to work with.
    - `from` string, required: Blockchain address to send ERC20 token from
    - `contractAddress` string, required: assetIndex - asset index uniquely specifying the asset
    - `signatureId` string, uuid, required: Identifier of the private key associated in signing application. Private key, or signature Id must be present.
    - `index` number: If signatureId is mnemonic-based, this is the index to the specific address from that mnemonic.
    - `fee` string: The transaction fee in Algos

## Response `200`

OK

- union
  - TransactionHash
    - `txId` string, required: The hash (ID) of the transaction
  - SignatureId
    - `signatureId` string, uuid, required: The internal Tatum ID of the prepared transaction for Key Management Sysytem (KMS) to sign<br/>This is different from the <code>signatureId</code> parameter that you provided in the request body. The <code>signatureId</code> parameter in the request body specifies the signature ID associated with the private key in KMS.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized. Not valid or inactive subscription key present in the HTTP Header.
- `403`: Forbidden. The request is authenticated, but it is not possible to perform the operation due to logical error or invalid permissions.
- `500`: Internal server error. There was an error on the server during the processing of the request.

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