I want firstbits key pair for 1gig

[unclemantis]

Who owns 1GiGKdNCywjPxdXEg6PbPtXWYNZStFoSfr?

I am interested in this address and the keypair that goes along with it.

Who owns this address?

[JompinDox]

A guy named satoshi. I'm his personal assistant. Why are you interested in this address?

[unclemantis]

A guy named satoshi. I'm his personal assistant. Why are you interested in this address?

Seriously?

[unclemantis]

I am interested in this address for vanity purposes.

[BkkCoins]

Are you just wanting 1gig...anything or this exact whole address? You can create as many 1gig addresses as you want in less than 1 second each with the vanitygen program. It's easy to download and use on windows and on linux you need to compile it first.

(well, maybe a few second each on plain old cpu systems but on a decent gpu < 1 sec each)

[unclemantis]

Are you just wanting 1gig...anything or this exact whole address? You can create as many 1gig addresses as you want in less than 1 second each with the vanitygen program. It's easy to download and use on windows and on linux you need to compile it first.

I require this exact address for the whole intention of the 1gig firstbits. I do not want the firstbits of 1gig2 or 1giga.

[ErebusBat]

Are you just wanting 1gig...anything or this exact whole address? You can create as many 1gig addresses as you want in less than 1 second each with the vanitygen program. It's easy to download and use on windows and on linux you need to compile it first.

I require this exact address for the whole intention of the 1gig firstbits. I do not want the firstbits of 1gig2 or 1giga.

I don't understand, you do or do not care about the characters after the firstbits?

[TTBit]

First seen march of 2010. Coins were under 5 cents back then. My guess is those coins / private key are gone.

[unclemantis]

First seen march of 2010. Coins were under 5 cents back then. My guess is those coins / private key are gone.

The coins are still intact.

I am interested in this entire address for the whole sake that the first bits is 1gig.

[BkkCoins]

Looks like it was a mined block output on Mar. 8th 2010.
Good luck finding who owns it!
Some people back then didn't even bother saving their addresses/keys due to low value.

[TTBit]

First seen march of 2010. Coins were under 5 cents back then. My guess is those coins / private key are gone.

The coins are still intact.

I am interested in this entire address for the whole sake that the first bits is 1gig.

My point is that bitcoin in March of 2010 was thought of as an experiment. These coins were certainly mined on a CPU (Difficulty of 4).  People who generated a block didn't think about backing wallets, as the coins were worthless.

[Raoul Duke]

First seen march of 2010. Coins were under 5 cents back then. My guess is those coins / private key are gone.

The coins are still intact.

I am interested in this entire address for the whole sake that the first bits is 1gig.

If someone who is not the original owner can get you the private key to that address, well, bitcoin is finished.
And would you use an address that someone else has the private key for? LOL

[unclemantis]

Well it would be cool if someone still had the private key!

[BurtW]

Would 3gig be good enough for you?  Just curious.

[drakahn]

Would 3gig be good enough for you?  Just curious.

there are addresses that start with 3?

[BurtW]

Would 3gig be good enough for you?  Just curious.

there are addresses that start with 3?

It has been a while since I looked into it but a while back that was the designation for a script based address.  If still true then eventually there will be addresses that start with 3.  Others that keep up on these things more than I can answer the question.

[cbeast]

This thread is silly.

[drakahn]

This thread is silly.

why? It is possible there is some miner somewhere still active in bitcoins that mined that block, got those firstbits and hasn't had a need to use that specific 50btc input

of course, it may also be possible to generate a new 1gig address and ask firstbits to change 1gig to your one, making the case that you would actually use it.

[phatsphere]

of course, it may also be possible to generate a new 1gig address and ask firstbits to change 1gig to your one, making the case that you would actually use it.

that's ridiculous. e.g. sites like blockchain.info don't query this "firstbit database". there is a set of rules which determine the firstbit address and that's it.

what you think about is something like btc.to

[DeathAndTaxes]

of course, it may also be possible to generate a new 1gig address and ask firstbits to change 1gig to your one, making the case that you would actually use it.

Would you rely on firstbits if someone could change it?  Vanity addresses are a bad idea but firstbits only works if the addresses are deterministic.  1gig will always be the first address beginning with 1gig that had a tx in the blockchain.