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Title: [List] VanityGen Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links - [MODERATED] Post by: Timelord2067 on May 24, 2022, 01:33:57 AM W.I.P. [List] Vanity Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links
[Downloads (#post_Downloads)] | [How To's (#post_howto)] | [Discussion Threads (#post_threads)] | [External Links (#post_external)] This is a thread to list the various vanity wallet generation threads with links on how to and downloads of various programs. First off you'll need a really really good [Downloads] | [How To's (#post_howto)] | [Discussion Threads (#post_threads)] | [External Links (#post_external)]
[Downloads (#post_Downloads)] | [How To's] | [Discussion Threads (#post_threads)] | [External Links (#post_external)] (Portions copied from samr7 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20336)'s thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0)) How do I import the private key into bitcoin? If you wish to spend coins received on a vanity address created by vanitygen, you must import the private key into a bitcoin client. There are two popular methods of doing this with the standard Satoshi bitcoin client: Use the importprivkey command. To do this, select Help -> Debug Window, and in the window, on the bottom line, enter importprivkey <privatekey>, e.g. Code: importprivkey 5J4XJRyLVgzbXEgh8VNi4qovLzxRftzMd8a18KkdXv4EqAwX3tS Jackjack's pywallet script (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.0) is an all-in-one tool that directly modifies the wallet.dat file. This works with a normal, unpatched bitcoin client, but does require Python with the bsddb package. [Downloads (#post_Downloads)] | [How To's (#post_howto)] | [Discussion Threads (note, if it says [Archive] chances are the thread is defunct)] | [External Links (#post_external)]
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Title: Re: [List] VanityGen Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links - [MODERATED] Post by: Timelord2067 on May 24, 2022, 01:34:17 AM Reserved #1
Title: Re: [List] VanityGen Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links - [MODERATED] Post by: Timelord2067 on May 24, 2022, 01:34:32 AM Reserved #2
Title: Re: [List] VanityGen Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links - [MODERATED] Post by: PawGo on May 25, 2022, 06:28:36 AM It is worth to mention one of the latest services for that: 1SPLiTKEY by forum member @WhyFhy
The full topic about his service, pricing, how to use etc: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5397602.msg60062287 Title: Re: [List] VanityGen Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links - [MODERATED] Post by: DaveF on May 25, 2022, 10:22:06 AM Just adding the comment that yes I do use vanity addresses, but there are privacy concerns to keep in the back of your head due to address reuse.
Or even just similar addresses. If I generate 1000 addresses that start 1DaveF and just use those it's going to make someones life who would want to track me easier. -Dave Title: Re: [List] VanityGen Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links - [MODERATED] Post by: Timelord2067 on May 25, 2022, 10:34:31 AM True. But there are also various other reasons for using a vanity address. LoyceV has/had vanity wallet addresses as "retirement" addresses for donations to his children 1boy... 1girL... if the funds sit there for a very long time (then perhaps go through a coin mixer) most people won't even notice when the funds move.
Similarly, donations could be sent (one payment at a time) to 1Give... The justifiable uses are endless. Title: Re: [List] VanityGen Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links - [MODERATED] Post by: LoyceV on May 25, 2022, 10:49:37 AM Just adding the comment that yes I do use vanity addresses, but there are privacy concerns to keep in the back of your head due to address reuse. They're great for public usage, say a donation address or a payment address from an online service.Quote Or even just similar addresses. If I generate 1000 addresses that start 1DaveF and just use those it's going to make someones life who would want to track me easier. That works both ways: you can use a popular vanity address to make it look like it's owned by someone else.I won't post them, but I found 55 addresses with "1DaveF". Some not even at the beginning (and this list isn't complete): Code: 17pPCGgp1davefJpTqv1TgSLFnXL3b9Bjb Title: Re: [List] VanityGen Wallet Generation - threads, how to & links - [MODERATED] Post by: DaveF on May 25, 2022, 11:47:38 AM Just adding the comment that yes I do use vanity addresses, but there are privacy concerns to keep in the back of your head due to address reuse. They're great for public usage, say a donation address or a payment address from an online service.Quote Or even just similar addresses. If I generate 1000 addresses that start 1DaveF and just use those it's going to make someones life who would want to track me easier. That works both ways: you can use a popular vanity address to make it look like it's owned by someone else.I won't post them, but I found 55 addresses with "1DaveF". Some not even at the beginning (and this list isn't complete): Code: 17pPCGgp1davefJpTqv1TgSLFnXL3b9Bjb If always use 1DaveF here for stuff I sell and sig campaigns and whatever, and with a bit of looking through the blockchain see that I send BTC to binance from those addresses there is no real privacy lost since I posted the address for all to see. NOW, you and I do a private deal. If at that time I give you a 1DaveF address to pay me and it goes to binance it's pretty much a given that it was me who got the funds at the 1DaveF address. That was the point I was making. If you post an address in public it's one thing. Using similar vanity addresses does (IMO) chip away at privacy. Since this is not the main point of this thread if we want to keep talking about it, we should probably start another one discussing this. -Dave |