codama-idl-codama/packages/renderers-demo/test/e2e/token/docs/instructions/burn.md

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title: Burn

description: Overview of the Burn instruction

Burn

Burns tokens by removing them from an account. Burn does not support accounts associated with the native mint, use CloseAccount instead.

Instruction accounts

Name	Signer	Writable	Required	Description
account	❌	✅	✅	The account to burn from.
mint	❌	✅	✅	The token mint.
authority	either	❌	✅	The account's owner/delegate or its multisignature account.

Instruction arguments

type BurnInstruction = { discriminator: number /* u8 */; amount: number /* u64 */ }