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Boelens (OP)
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August 09, 2013, 04:57:53 PM
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Curious if this is possible, if so, how?
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August 09, 2013, 05:01:08 PM
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I'm going to guess "no" since I'm pretty sure vanity address generation involves creating a bunch of addresses in the form of public/private key pairs, and the USB sticks are designed only for hashing block headers.

I might be wrong though.
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August 09, 2013, 07:31:05 PM
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Quote from: mitty on August 09, 2013, 05:01:08 PM
I'm going to guess "no" since I'm pretty sure vanity address generation involves creating a bunch of addresses in the form of public/private key pairs, and the USB sticks are designed only for hashing block headers.

I might be wrong though.

   no, you were right asic miner cant use with vanitygen but maybe FPGA can do it but slow.
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