Vanity Adresses, where can I find them

[BitcoinStriker]

So I just created a small company which I will reveal soon  

And I would like a vanity adress for it, a while back there was tons of services that did that, where can I find them?

PS: No I do not want "there is a search bar you know" posts.

[Laosai]

How about there is google you know kidding Well this thread might help you https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0 and also maybe this one might help too https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=84569.0 Hope those will help

[coinyoo]

The easiest way would be to google. There is a wiki site what describes how to create vanity addresses
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen

[upsidedown75]

Two more good links for vanity address generation and buying. Buying vanity address is always risky, so be careful.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0
https://bitcoinvanitygen.com/

[Laosai]

Two more good links for vanity address generation and buying. Buying vanity address is always risky, so be careful.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0
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Kindly remove that 2nd link cuz there were many bad reports and feedbacks claiming they lost bitcoins using the vanity bitcoin address generated on that site. That's totally not recommended

[BitcoinStriker]

My PC is wayy slow to generate vanity adresses, but I will try it anyway. How can I use the programs?

[notlist3d]

My PC is wayy slow to generate vanity adresses, but I will try it anyway. How can I use the programs?

Best way is to have a computer with decent GPU.  GPU kills it compared to CPU on getting these vanity address.  You can purchase them.... but I like to make as I don't trust others on it.

But it all depends on how long and what you are wanting.  Some will never happen if to long or to specific.  Others you can do fairly easy.

[shorena]

Safety first, if you hire someone use split key generation. A quick example how it works. Obviously the below key should not be used, because it is now compromised. Its just an example.

You go to e.g. bitaddress.org, download (!) the site and open it locally (!). Select the Vanity Wallet option and click generate.

It will show you a public key like this: 0460CF66AB508CA8D57A4CDA5D9846BA6005647E6DAAB93C776F175A5EEE37D50636CA12312BB6F DCC04A759EB3FC18D43232ED6DBF85389C0BC2AB6C6F827830C
and a part private key like this: E2A908CA171D4A3CD4B81EE35EBD20624428E3A6CE2846BC484973811E8C2CDE

You keep your part of the private key somewhere safe and do not show it to anyone.

You give the public key to the person that will create your vanity address. At this point you might get an escrow involved to secure the funds if there are trust issues.

The person will also need the prefix you want, e.g. 1test.

They run their vanitygen GPU magic... 1test only takes a few seconds on my GPU so I just did it.

You would get the following data returned.

Code:

Pattern: 1test
Address: 1testdYwC4vQikygV7XBkQyG1R6emwFh3
PrivkeyPart: 5Hpe9imYL7AejixceWNmVromjHQ9hovZwYXR93o9u1SP7J5DkzP

Notice how the private key part is in a different format. Again open your local copy of bitaddress.org and go to wallet details. Enter the private key, click the button and it will show you the private key in hex format. In this example its 00CE26771E07A19C4393B7978BF3729B94DE799531EDC089B76E7623E8EE1665

Now you go back to Vanity Wallet. Enter your part private key in the first field.

E2A908CA171D4A3CD4B81EE35EBD20624428E3A6CE2846BC484973811E8C2CDE

and the part you bought in the second field

00CE26771E07A19C4393B7978BF3729B94DE799531EDC089B76E7623E8EE1665

Click the button and it will show you the address:
1testdYwC4vQikygV7XBkQyG1R6emwFh3

the public key (not important) and the private key in WIF

5KYTtEGWihmKdvjvwiPThkmaWt11twrkPrnz2oEdFg3Drstutry

You make sure that no one sees this private key and import it into your favorite wallet. The wallet might need to rescan the blockchain or something like that, but there will no funds on it.

Contact the escrow to release the funds.

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Profit.

Talking about profit, let me know which prefix you need and whether or not it should be case sensetive. Keep in mind that the time needed increases exponentially for each symbol. E.g. 7 symbols with case would take ~28 days (with bad luck even longer), 6 symbols w/ case would take ~12 hours.

[xhomerx10]

That's an excellent answer Shorena.

BitcoinStriker: Post your public key and I'll run my computer on it for a few hours and see what I can get for you. 

[Next BillGates]

May be try https://www.bitaddress.org/ this might help you! 

[mark coins]

Two more good links for vanity address generation and buying. Buying vanity address is always risky, so be careful.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0
https://bitcoinvanitygen.com/

bitcoinvanitygen.com isnt safe as there are number of users claimed that the address they generate from that site got hacked as you dont have the sole control over your private keys

[notlist3d]

Two more good links for vanity address generation and buying. Buying vanity address is always risky, so be careful.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0
https://bitcoinvanitygen.com/

bitcoinvanitygen.com isnt safe as there are number of users claimed that the address they generate from that site got hacked as you dont have the sole control over your private keys

It's something you really should do yourself if you need one.  I also don't like to store a ton on vanity I feel they are kinda a gimmick.

I think a plain address where I focus on security makes me sleep better.  But if you need a vanity address really look into GPU to find it yourse.

[iram66680]

May be try https://www.bitaddress.org/ this might help you! 

Bitaddress.org provides only the option to generate private key, paper wallet, keys for split key vanity etc. They do not generate the vanity themselves as it is very resource intensive.

[xhomerx10]

That's an excellent answer Shorena.

BitcoinStriker: Post your public key and I'll run my computer on it for a few hours and see what I can get for you. 

  It doesn't get any cheaper than free... are you not interested in a vanity address or are you going it alone?
 

[Pattart]

There is a "mining pool" for vanity addresses at https://vanitypool.appspot.com/. They use split key generation and it volunteers will find the vanity address and submit it to the site. When someone finds your vanity address, you will need to pay them a fee.

[Nobitcoin]

May be try https://www.bitaddress.org/ this might help you! 

Bitaddress.org provides only the option to generate private key, paper wallet, keys for split key vanity etc. They do not generate the vanity themselves as it is very resource intensive.

Don't use this website I recently imported a private key to my wallet and sent some Bitcoins to it but after one confirm they got moved to another address.

[OgNasty]

You need to generate your own using a vanity address generator. 

If you are on a linux system, or cared to install Ubuntu along side your current OS, you could use this step by step guide created by nonnakip to generate your own vanity address.

https://nastyfans.org/download/oclvanitygen.txt

[Velkro]

bitcoinvanitygen.com isnt safe as there are number of users claimed that the address they generate from that site got hacked as you dont have the sole control over your private keys

I was reading this claims and didn't see any proof there that they lost anything because of bitcoinvanitygen.com. This could be users fault in computer security especially when this site generated over 12000 addresses and there are like 4 complaints i found?
I will remove my sig after i will see proof, because until now im happy using address from them since over a year.

[xhomerx10]

Go to bitaddress.org follow the directions on the page when it opens and then use the vanity wallet.
Click on "generate" to generate a key pair.  Give me your public key and hang on to the private key - do not show anyone the private key!  I need the public key to generate addresses that will be encoded in a way that only the private key you generated initially can create the bitcoin address with the result I will send you.
 
 The page will look like this:

Step 1 Public Key:
04E709615ABDE6FAECC1E87878981829BA8BA5F5D5572EB15DB70CBADECC6D8004DC8065D6B368C 6A5323BD00BD25EE100DA1569142BC748BA7BA432039C112FC6


Copy and paste the above into the Your-Part-Public-Key field in the Vanity Pool Website.

Step 1 Private Key:
9622361CCAE4BDE04752DB4FC83B4414E93E17A05AAD18A5569BF9A7F72F3C67


Copy and paste the above Private Key field into a text file. Ideally save to an encrypted drive. You will need this to retrieve the Bitcoin Private Key once the Pool has found your prefix.



 Do you understand?

"
Vanity Bitcoin Address: Invalid input. Could not combine keys.
The above is your new address that should include your required prefix.
Vanity Public Key (HEX): Invalid input. Could not combine keys.
The above is the Public Key in hexadecimal format.
Vanity Private Key (WIF): Invalid input. Could not combine keys.
The above is the Private Key to load into your wallet.
"

 This idiot is just taking the piss.  Thanks for wasting my time Richard.

[BitcoinStriker]

Go to bitaddress.org follow the directions on the page when it opens and then use the vanity wallet.
Click on "generate" to generate a key pair.  Give me your public key and hang on to the private key - do not show anyone the private key!  I need the public key to generate addresses that will be encoded in a way that only the private key you generated initially can create the bitcoin address with the result I will send you.
 
 The page will look like this:

Step 1 Public Key:
04E709615ABDE6FAECC1E87878981829BA8BA5F5D5572EB15DB70CBADECC6D8004DC8065D6B368C 6A5323BD00BD25EE100DA1569142BC748BA7BA432039C112FC6


Copy and paste the above into the Your-Part-Public-Key field in the Vanity Pool Website.

Step 1 Private Key:
9622361CCAE4BDE04752DB4FC83B4414E93E17A05AAD18A5569BF9A7F72F3C67


Copy and paste the above Private Key field into a text file. Ideally save to an encrypted drive. You will need this to retrieve the Bitcoin Private Key once the Pool has found your prefix.



 Do you understand?

"
Vanity Bitcoin Address: Invalid input. Could not combine keys.
The above is your new address that should include your required prefix.
Vanity Public Key (HEX): Invalid input. Could not combine keys.
The above is the Public Key in hexadecimal format.
Vanity Private Key (WIF): Invalid input. Could not combine keys.
The above is the Private Key to load into your wallet.
"

 This idiot is just taking the piss.  Thanks for wasting my time Richard.

Well mate, maybe its you who cant explain shit and needs to come cry a bit in the topic