After googling some more I guess I'm SOL if I have a Mac and want to do business with Bitcoins.

1) Bitcoind apparently doesn't work on Mac OS X.
2) The Armory client is pretty hard to compile.

Guess I have a reason to fire up my Windows partition :-)

I would rather just do it once and be done with it.

I was using vanitygen because it was the only tool I knew that could mass-generate bitcoin addresses.

Nice, just what I was looking for. Thank you very much.

Edit: I'm on a Mac. How do I install bitcoind? I found this wiki-article, but there's nothing listed under the Mac section.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_bitcoind#Mac

Hello

I'm in the process of coding a webshop app, and would like to accept bitcoins.

What I want to do is this:

• Pre-Generate a few thousand addresses with vanitygen.
• Import the addresses in a mysql table.
• Import the private keys in the Bitcoin app so I can easily see the money I've made.
• Every new user that registers gets a bitcoin address from the mysql table.
• A bitcoin notification service pings a script on the webserver when someone sends bitcoins to their address.
• Their balance is updated and they can make purchases.

I'm having a few problems, though:

- Vanitygen is slow (2009 Core 2 Duo)

- Most notification services only support a low number of addresses.

- It's hard to import thousands of bitcoins into the Bitcoin app.

- An internet wallet like Blockchain only supports up to 400 addresses. (is there an alternative that supports more?)

I'd guess someone has done all this before. Is there an easy solution to this? Or am I handling this wrong?