Don't you love having a bitcoin address that starts with a name, something pretty, or just something that suits you? You can find them yourself brute-force using vanitygen, or I can make one for you. How about 1Pretty3icg1......?Limitations- All addresses start with 1 (one)
- Most characters are allowed, except for l (lower case L), I (upper case i), 0 (zero) and O (upper case o). You can replace these characters by something else, 1HiDE would be possible, or 1HeLLo
- Finding an address is based on computing power, and luck. There are no guarantees
- Difficulty increases exponentially with prefix-length
- Addresses starting with upper case are (usually) much easier than lower case. 1Loyce takes the same amount of time to find as 1oyce
- A 1 (one) is extremely more difficult to find than any other character, so 111111 would take a couple thousand times longer than 1Loyce
- 4 prefix characters are easy to find, 5 is okay too, but 6 (case insensitive) is the limit for this giveaway (and please don't ask for 111111, it is not possible)
- 7 prefix characters is too much for this giveaway, but I can make you an offer if you post your request.
- I can only create uncompressed legacy addresses (for now).
InstructionsI can just create an address, and send you the private key. This means you have to trust me, my computer, my cat, both our email clients, and by definition it can no longer be used for cold storage. So let's not. Instead, use split key: Step 1: Goto https://www.bitaddress.org/ move your mouse/type in the field until it shows 100% and wait a second. Step 1.5: Optional but highly recommended. Download the page, verify the download and run it locally *. Step 2: Click Vanity Wallet click the Generate button next to Generate your "Step1 Key Pair"Step 3: Reply to this thread with your public key and the prefix for your address. Save the private key somewhere safe. You will need it later when I generated your partial private key. Also, let me know if your preferred prefix is case sensitive, or any case is okay (the latter is much faster) Step 4: Once you received your partial private key, go back to bitaddress.org and click on Vanity Wallet. Step 5: Go to step 2 Calculate your vanity wallet. In the first field put the private key you saved and in the second field put the partial private key I gave you. Click Add and Calculate Vanity WalletStep 6: Copy the Vanity Private Key (WIF) and import it into your preferred wallet. Credits to shorena for most of these instructions! If something doesn't work as expected, have a look at this example. BonusTag this address on blockchain.info, so it shows up on blockchain.info with only the prefix instead of the full address. I have done this for 1foreverDArUNEX2gVD26vautcx3b8zTZ. SegWitDarkStar_ offers the same service, but for SegWit vanity addresses. See here for details, you can post your request in this topic. What wallet to useYou can use any wallet that can import a private key. Possible:- Bitcoin Core: Click Help > Debug Window > Console > Enter: "importprivkey"
- Electrum: Create a new wallet to import a private key
- Mycelium (Android mobile): Slide to ACCOUNTS > click "key+"-icon
- Paper Wallet: DO NOT use
bitcoinpaperwallet.com (Warning! It's a confirmed scam since the site is under new ownership!) - Paper Wallet: Print it directly from bitaddress.org > Wallet Details, or create some artwork yourself (take safety precautions printing offline*)
- MultiBit Classic: Click tools > import private keys (from file) (thanks poptok1)
- MultiBit HD: Use this method from Timelord2067 (thanks poptok1)
- Blockchain.info: Go to Settings > Address > Import addresses (thanks faysher)
Not possible:- Coinbase: This is an exchange, not a wallet. A wallet means you own the private key
WhyWhy do I do this? I like it! I've been making vanity addresses for a while, I now have more than I can ever use, so why not give them away? I hope this will be a nice long-running giveaway, but I feel the need for a disclaimer: DisclaimerI offer no guarantees whatsoever, I can deny any request that would take too much computing time, and I can stop or change this giveaway at any moment. Just to be sure everything is okay: test importing the private key before funding the vanity address. New threadAfter 11 months, 13 pages and more than 9000 views I've closed Pretty Addy Giveaway and re-opened this self-moderated thread. Now I don't have to facilitate "I don't understand"-posts spamming the forum. Questions are welcome of course, but not from people who don't bother to read this. Donations are welcome: 1foreverDArUNEX2gVD26vautcx3b8zTZ (Balance:  ) * Download and use offline. Use for example Ubuntu or Knoppix from a LIVE DVD without ethernet/Wi-Fi |
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i wouldn't waste my bitcoins on a coffee or any product that i can buy with cash.
I do the exact opposite: anything I can buy with Bitcoin, I buy with Bitcoin. Even if I have to buy the Bitcoins just to do so, or buy back afterwards. I believe I support Bitcoin adoption by paying with it. And it feels great to pay with Bitcoins  Of course, I now see the price (in euro) of my dinner a year ago has doubled. But it's the same "loss" for every euro I didn't convert into Bitcoin a year ago. |
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Ive mixed my btc so no way they can prove one way or another that i didnt trade
That way i cannot prove that i have bought of mtgox and hopefully automatically fall under 20% capital gains
In the Netherlands they now have plans to automatically suspect anybody of money laundering if they've used a mixer. It's not implemented yet, and I don't know how UK taxes work exactly, but if it's anything like here you have to prove you earned the money in a honest way. If it's enough money, I can imagine a temporarily move to another country, cash out legally without having to pay capital gain tax, and move back to the UK afterwards. |
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Even if 10% below the market price, i am also willing to buy but limited to the countries we cn meet and cash trade only!
If someone is willing to sell that much under market price, it's most likely shade business. If not, anybody in their right mind would buy 2 Bitcoin, sell it instantly at an exchange, and make 250 dollar profit. |
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I find it hard to believe someone is making transactions just to spam the network.
You don't know much about the politics of money then. The Central Banks in particular have a huge amount to gain from causing as much turmoil in the Bitcoin ecosystem as possible, and millions of $ is not much to the people who magic the actual money supply into existence I know a thing or 2 about Central Banks. I see what you're going at, but I'd like to see some evidence showing Central Banks are buying Bitcoins just to make spam-transactions. And even if it's true, wouldn't that be all the more reason to increase block size? Let them pump more fiat into Bitcoin for whatever agenda they have. |
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If we have let's say 2MB blocks, then this person will still be able to spam the network, but it would cost him much more money to reach the same level of effect. I often read the statement that many transactions are caused by a "spam attack", but I haven't seen any evidence for it. Fees are now $2000 to $3500 per block. About $15,000 per hour, or more than $2 million per week. Even if only a fraction of this is caused by "spam", that would mean someone is spending millions of dollars on it. I find it hard to believe someone is making transactions just to spam the network. |
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Congratulations Winners of Draw 455500:
#1 First Prize: englishflavor wins 15 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #255
#2 Second Prize: artcode wins 7 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #140
#3 Third Prize: caine wins 4 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #7
Total pot: 26 mBTCFull Lottery Results are of course public. The next Draw is at Block 456000. As always, you can claim Free Lottery Tickets every day.Next server seed: 2Jx32z24G18f1571l17sT1ExQ2kGe6g8
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I'll get more specific but gimme a bit to think and write. But to those who say I don't explain. You don't know I have a history in the community of writing 100's of article citing and expounding on every aspect of his works. I was as meticulous and articulate as I am capable of, and its very easy to use google to search for it.
So what's happening is I did my homework ya'll haven't done yours.
You're doing the same again: expecting me to do "homework" when you open an incomplete thread. I am not going to perform a background check on anything you might have ever written, it's pointless. |
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Theymos, what kind of a world do we live in if I have to explain what Nash's already explained? Why won't anyone read it? I mean I know but, I'm pretty sure he did a perfect job of explaining. What is the culture of refusing to read the source documents?
You're posting at a discussion forum. You got me curious with the "Open Letter to Core Devs" title, and while reading through your post I was hoping you would tell me what it's all about. Unfortunately, you don't explain that. As theymos told you already: you mention Nash a few times. It's not my field of study, I've seen the name before, but I don't know more than just the name. What is the point of posting: "read Nash"? What do you expect from this thread, a confirmation from people who read it? That's not helping anybody. It would be very interesting if you could share your point of view without complaining about people you spoke to in "slack" (another term I've seen, but don't know what it is exactly). Write a complete post about it, explain your point of view, and convince me why a. you are right and b. why it matters whether or not Bitcoin is "ideal money". |
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The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):2x BitLab 31,32 2x CASIO 33,34 Dress 35 Famoso 36 Gio999 37 IIO 38 Llozer1 39 2x Mayglia 40,41 2x RefbackTeam 42,43 Scarface4 44 SergiuS 45 2x Visions 46,47 4x aRp 48,49,50,51 2x angayan17 52,53 artcode 54 2x ashitha 55,56 banklontong 57 2x batakoluck 58,59 4x cryptos 60,61,62,63 gio999 64 3x hitava 65,66,67 2x logged 68,69 maksosip 70 natsag3 71 3x nekochan05 72,73,74 2x only 75,76 rajapalak 77 2x refbackteam 78,79 3x shanem 80,201,202 6x somuchee 203,204,205,206,207,208 2x star2343 209,210 2x tnecniv 211,212 tyagi 213 2x vavilon 214,215 If you posted your name but didn't get tickets, one of these options is most likely the cause:- You used the wrong format in your post. Use this format: Username: Loyce
- The username you posted doesn't exist on Rollin.io
- You never talked in Rollin Chatter Box
- You have Red Trust on Bitcointalk
- You are Blacklisted for abusing this giveaway
- You have already claimed Free Tickets today
- You posted shortly before I posted this, and your post wasn't there yet when my Scraping Bot checked for new posts. If this happened, your post will be included in the next run.
You can always send me a message. Remaining ticket(s) donated in Rollin Chatter Box:artcode 216,217,218,219,220 Next Draw is at Block 455500.
Lottery pot: 22 mBTC.
Good luck!
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Thats how it works. If you want faster confirmation on your transaction, just put a higher fees. The higher, the faster the transaction to be confirmed. Although this is still true, it's a race into higher fees now. Most wallets use "dynamic fees", which means they adjust the fee to whatever fee is best at that moment. Since most wallets do that, they keep increasing fees. In the end, we all pay more, and we're all still waiting, as blocks are still limited. Fees are now spiralling up very fast. A fee that was more than high enough a week ago is now already too small to get a confirmation within 12 hours. This really stops bitcoin gorwth and mass adoption.
I fear this holds back Bitcoin indeed. How can it grow if more users only means we can make less transactions per person? Pay higher fees. You should pay $1-3 per tx these days.
If we all do that, it won't be enough anymore by next week. Paying more doesn't solve a scarcity problem, it pushes the poorest off the market. |
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Prize Winners! The first Bet of March: 4,059,894,648Prizes:
#1 (100 mBTC): BitLab Predicted 76,648 under the first Bet of March (#82 in the final table)
#2 (60 mBTC): Wilhelm Predicted 105,352 above the first Bet of March (#83 in the final table)
#3 (40 mBTC): Scarface4 Predicted 227,649 under the first Bet of March (#81 in the final table)
Craziest Prediction (10 mBTC): angayan17 predicted 1,010,101,010,101 (#161 in the final table)
Congratulations! All winners have been Paid: Thanks for joining! I can close this thread now.This Giveaway continues in March: ¦¯¦¦¯¦ROLLIN.IO¦¯¦¦¯¦ Bet ID Prediction ¦¯¦¦¯¦ $250 March Giveaway ¦¯¦¦¯¦ |
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Rollin Bet ID Prediction | $250* Giveaway
Closed for new entries One of the most popular bitcoin dice sites ever, Rollin.io, is continuing the Prediction Contest of the New Year Giveaway Promo at Bitcointalk to reward the loyal players of Rollin, Bitcointalkers and just about everyone interested.
Please read everything before posting.
Rollin Bet ID Prediction Contest
Predict the total number of Bets the moment April starts. In other words: predict the Bet ID of the first Bet made on April 1, 2017. Closest 3 predictions win.
You can join 3 times: once in the first week (1-7), once in the second week (8-14), and once in the third week (15-21). Predictions made after March 21, 2017 ends (Rollin time) are invalid.
Special : Level 6/7/8 players get to make 2 predictions per post and level 9+ gets 3 predictions.
Prizes:
#1: 100 mBTC
#2: 60 mBTC
#3: 40 mBTC
Craziest prediction gets 9.55 mBTC (Isn't that a crazy amount?)
How to Join:
Post your prediction, Rollin username and Bitcoin address.
Use this template, and substitute your own details:
MyPrediction: 1234567890
RollinUsername: Loyce
BitcoinAddress: 1addy
Under these 3 lines, you can type whatever you want.
If your Rollin account level allows you to make 2 or 3 Predictions, just separate them by space. Like this:MyPrediction: 1234567890 987654321
LoyceBot will list entries in this thread. Non-qualifying entries will be removed even after LoyceBot posted them.
Please check your entry thoroughly.Previous Round:
$200 February GiveawayWinners will be paid within the first week of April (I may ask winners to confirm their entry in Rollin Chatter Box).Rules
1. This Giveaway is self-moderated to stop signature spam. I will remove all non-qualifying posts. If you quote the entire OP, your entry will be deleted.
2. Only one entry per person per week (Rollin time).
3. Eligibility: Bitcointalk account Full Member or higher with a minimum of 50 mBTC (=0.05 BTC) wagered on Rollin (Bitcointalk accounts that are mainly used for giveaways or Activity-spam are rejected, no matter what the level is) OR Rollin account level 3 and above (Bitcointalk Newbie accounts accepted). If you're a new player: you'll reach lvl 3 after wagering 1 BTC in total.
4. Anybody who has been blacklisted for any other giveaway (including HiLoGames) will be rejected here. Just don't cheat 
Users with Red Trust on DT2 are not allowed to join.
5. No post should be edited (changes may be overlooked).
6. No post should be deleted.
7. In case of dispute, it will be settled in a manner as fair as possible to all the parties concerned. As in all decisions, it may seem to favor one party more than the other to one or the other, and a perfect solution is more often not available than otherwise.
8. We reserve the right to change this giveaway at any moment, and to exclude people from the giveaway if we feel we need to do so.FAQ
Q. Is there any other contest, competition or giveaway I can participate in?
Yes. Rollin gives away 1000 m฿ every week to the Caesars of Rollin. Rollin has a Twitter giveaway, and a Lottery Tickets – Daily Giveaway (this Lottery runs year-round in Rollin Chatter Box.
Q. Is there an escrow?
No. Funds for this giveaway are stored in 1RoLLiNLVU9u89UiYN2EyEHoJU4LhE3xM (Balance:  ) (signed).
Q. Can I win more than one prize?
No, you can win one prize per month. If this Giveaway is continued into the next month, you're welcome to join again.
Q. What happens if my entry is incomplete?
Your entry won't show up in LoyceBot's post. It will be deleted (unless I overlook it).
Q. What happens if my prediction has been picked already?
Your prediction is ignored. Make sure you check the latest entries before submitting yours.
Q. What happens if I enter more often than allowed?
Your second entry is rejected. If you do this repeatedly, all your entries will be deleted.
Q. My entry has been deleted. Can I enter again?
Yes. Make sure your entry qualifies first. Feel free to contact me. You can only post an entry for the current week.
Q. Can Rollin Mod Loyce join?
No I don't want any conflicts of interest.
Q. Can other Rollin Mods join?
Yes
Q. Can Rollin Admin join?
Yes, but Admin won't win a prize. I'd like to see Admin's prediction though.This thread will be managed by me ("Mod Loyce" in Rollin Chatter Box, "LoyceV" on Bitcointalk) on behalf of Rollin as well as any Rollin Mods and Staff.Special thanks to ndnh for allowing me to copy/paste and edit parts of last year's giveaway  * $250 is rounded (up) at current Bitcoin value. The total giveaway will be 0.20955 BTC. |
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Congratulations Winners of Draw 455200:
#1 First Prize: Scarface4 wins 17 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #86
#2 Second Prize: englishflavor wins 8 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #183
#3 Third Prize: gio999 wins 4 mBTC with Free Lottery Ticket #39
Total pot: 29 mBTCFull Lottery Results are of course public. The next Draw is at Block 455500. As always, you can claim Free Lottery Tickets every day.Next server seed: uqeY7G8F7m527K46S64AANL5xuRnMSO4
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The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):BitLab 1 4x CASIO 2,3,4,5 2x Dress 6,7 Ghostbystive 8 IIO 9 InfidelIRAN 10 2x Llozer1 11,12 Mayglia 13 3x Naoko 14,15,16 4x RefbackTeam 17,18,19,20 2x Scarface4 21,22 2x SimpleRed7 23,24 Timoteo 25 Ton 26 2x Visions 27,28 4x aRp 29,30,31,32 angayan17 33 artcode 34 2x ashitha 35,36 banklontong 37 batakoluck 38 2x gio999 39,40 6x hitava 41,42,43,44,45,46 logged 47 maksosip 48 2x only 49,50 rajapalak 161 saiid 162 6x shanem 163,164,165,166,167,168 6x somuchee 169,170,171,172,173,174 2x star2343 175,176 If you posted your name but didn't get tickets, one of these options is most likely the cause:- You used the wrong format in your post. Use this format: Username: Loyce
- The username you posted doesn't exist on Rollin.io
- You never talked in Rollin Chatter Box
- You have Red Trust on Bitcointalk
- You are Blacklisted for abusing this giveaway
- You have already claimed Free Tickets today
- You posted shortly before I posted this, and your post wasn't there yet when my Scraping Bot checked for new posts. If this happened, your post will be included in the next run.
You can always send me a message. Remaining ticket(s) donated in Rollin Chatter Box:Scarface4 177,178,179,180 Next Draw is at Block 455200.
Lottery pot: 18 mBTC.
Good luck!
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Congratulations Winners of Draw 455000:
#1 First Prize: RefbackTeam wins 33 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #314
#2 Second Prize: sairji wins 16 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #158
#3 Third Prize: artcode wins 7 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #506
Total pot: 56 mBTCFull Lottery Results are of course public. The next Draw is at Block 455200. As always, you can claim Free Lottery Tickets every day.Next server seed: 8M5875QCK6X261T63gT4W66CU8262O2W
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so I assumed it is also trying to look for keys on the CPU? Or does it really take that much CPU to verify the keys?
I can answer your last question: my laptop sometimes drops the CPU-speed 90% until I reboot (I think it's an overheat-protection). When this happens, it gets very slow. During this event, I can use oclvanitygen at the normal speed. As always, it uses full CPU, but for the end result it doesn't matter. I can't answer your first question, my Nvidia is 25 times faster than my CPU and the output varies too much to see if the CPU adds 4% more to the total. I wish it wouldn't though, it makes my laptop slow to use during searches. |
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Now would be a good time to try again! Although https://bitcoinfees.21.co/ recommends 140 satoshi/byte, https://btc.com/stats/unconfirmed-tx recommends only 20 satoshi/byte. And this is for an almost instant transaction, so you can go lower. With currently only 3000 unconfirmed transactions there isn't much competition and you have a good chance you can consolidate many small inputs today. Use these rare moments to exchange dust if you have had many small incoming transactions in the past! |
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The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):13x BitLab 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 2x Dress 14,15 Gio999 16 2x Llozer1 17,18 3x Mayglia 19,20,21 3x Naoko 22,23,24 4x RefbackTeam 25,26,27,28 Scarface4 29 11x SergiuS 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40 2x Ton 41,42 4x aRp 43,44,45,46 2x angayan17 47,48 6x artcode 49,50,51,52,53,54 2x ashitha 55,56 banklontong 57 3x batakoluck 58,59,60 gio999 62 6x hitava 63,64,65,66,67,68 kustepuchen 69 2x logged 70,71 11x maksosip 72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82 12x natsag3 83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94 2x only 95,96 6x psonowa 97,98,99,100,101,102 12x sairji 103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114 6x shanem 115,116,117,118,119,120 6x somuchee 121,122,123,124,125,126 2x star2343 127,128 2x timoteo 129,130 tyagi 491 4x vavilon 492,493,494,495 2x visions 496,497 If you posted your name but didn't get tickets, one of these options is most likely the cause:- You used the wrong format in your post. Use this format: Username: Loyce
- The username you posted doesn't exist on Rollin.io
- You never talked in Rollin Chatter Box
- You have Red Trust on Bitcointalk
- You are Blacklisted for abusing this giveaway
- You have already claimed Free Tickets today
- You posted shortly before I posted this, and your post wasn't there yet when my Scraping Bot checked for new posts. If this happened, your post will be included in the next run.
You can always send me a message. Happy Hour:username: SergiuS  username: maksosip  username: sairji  username: natsag3 for Happy Hour  Username : artcode  Username: BitLab  PvP 61,498,499,500 Next Draw is at Block 455000.
Lottery pot: 50 mBTC.
Good luck!
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