Vanitygen: Vanity bitcoin address generator/miner [v0.22]

[nagnagnag2]

Finally got it to work on 7970 using catalyst 13.04!

Downloaded the amd-sdk 2.7.  Then

# mv /usr/lib/fglrx/libamdocl64.so /usr/lib/fglrx/libamdocl64_old.so

then copied the 'libamdocl64.so' from the archive: /lib/x86_64/libamdocl64.so to /usr/lib/fglrx/

Patched oclengine.c  with this: https://gist.github.com/mnmnm/6387453

Recompiled oclvanitgen with:

# make oclvanitygen

profit!

[bitcool]

I am trying to use oclvanitygen to generate some LTC addresses by using:
  oclvanitygen.exe -X 48 Litesomething 

(I used information on https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen , -k switch doesn't work though)

but on the LTC console, importprivkey command always gives this error message:
   Error adding key to wallet (code -4)

 -4 supposedly is insufficient fund error, should be irrelevant here. (the wallet does have some coins).

Did I do something wrong?

[Trillium]

Errors during import process are basically always because of one of two things:

1) The wallet is locked (you need to unlock it)
and/or
2) The privkey has already been imported into that wallet

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_import_private_keys_v7%2B

[bitcool]

Errors during import process are basically always because of one of two things:

1) The wallet is locked (you need to unlock it)
and/or
2) The privkey has already been imported into that wallet

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_import_private_keys_v7%2B

Great, it works. Thanks!

[crazyearner]

How do you generate address using gpu or using asic ?

[adam3us]

Finally got it to work on 7970 using catalyst 13.04!

Downloaded the amd-sdk 2.7.  Then

# mv /usr/lib/fglrx/libamdocl64.so /usr/lib/fglrx/libamdocl64_old.so

fantastic Finally someone figured it out for linux.  17.4 Mkey/s on 7870.

I was thinking there ought to be a code patch to make it work other than copying the old version amdocl .so (or the windows analog) because surely that library is not that bugged - people are playing games on it etc.  Must be some thing that goes wrong (results inconsistent gpu/cpu) that could be debugged and fixed. 

But this is close enough for now.

Adam

[Deafboy]

I have strange problem using vanityminer on windows 7

Code:

C:\Users\Deafboy\Apps\vanitygen>oclvanityminer.exe -p cypress -d 0 -u "https://vanitypool.appspot.com/getWork" -a 163fnJCLCX9R3x6XHsAcSRD2hnbD2cvP4P
Invalid character '     ' in prefix '                   ga.src = ('https'
Invalid character '     ' in prefix '                   ga.src = ('https'
No work available, sleeping
^C
C:\Users\Deafboy\Apps\vanitygen>

Should have used oclvanityminer64.exe and URL without /getwork

[ColdHardMetal]

If I generate some addresses and send coins to them the balances will still be visible on a site like blockchain.info even if the private keys haven't been imported anywhere yet? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but figured it couldn't hurt to ask.

Also, if I import the private key into a wallet will it cause any problems if that private key gets imported into a different wallet later on? I think that just means both wallets can control the coins associated with the addresses, but that it shouldn't mess anything up. Not sure on that point.

[icey]

If I generate some addresses and send coins to them the balances will still be visible on a site like blockchain.info even if the private keys haven't been imported anywhere yet? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but figured it couldn't hurt to ask.

Yup, you thought right.

[sheinsha]

I have added the ability to dump the pub key when using verbose mode:
https://github.com/nicoschtein/vanitygen/tree/dump-pubkey
Check it out for debugging purposes !

[Roy Badami]

Should I be concerned that vanitygen is a multi-threaded OpenSSL-based application that doesn't seem to call CRYPTO_set_locking_callback ?

roy

[Roy Badami]

Should I be concerned that vanitygen is a multi-threaded OpenSSL-based application that doesn't seem to call CRYPTO_set_locking_callback ?

Ah, maybe it gets away with it because the non-threadsafe calls to OpenSSL are inside other locking anyway....

[george51]

Here is a question for someone more knowledgeable than I.

I have limited/no internet connection.

I want to try and solve some work from the vanitypool. To start with i found a public key with multiple search patterns on the available work site, saved the patterns in a file on the computer.
I then ran oclvanitygen using -f to search the file with patterns, and -P with the common public key.
The output I got from this I tried to manually insert back into the solved section of the vanity pool site however it said solution doesn't match pattern.

Spoke to ThePiachu and it was suggested it was because i used oclvanitygen not oclvantiyminer.

So my question: is there anyway to do a similar set up with oclvanityminer? As I can't get it to work without requiring a url and an address. But I don’t have internet for that, or can I set up oclvantiygen to correctly get me the privkeypart so I can manually upload them and they be accepted?

I am not sure why using oclvanitygen, with -P as the pubkey and finding the right pattern produced a privkeypart that wasn't accepted.

[Dabs]

How do I get this (or other versions) to generate other alt-coins? Litecoins begin with L and Bytecoins begin with 8 and Tagcoins begin with T, for example.

[Trillium]

How do I get this (or other versions) to generate other alt-coins? Litecoins begin with L and Bytecoins begin with 8 and Tagcoins begin with T, for example.

Use this page: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_address_prefixes

EXAMPLE:

Code:

oclvanitygen -D 0:0 -i -k -o found664.txt -X 23 Atri11ium

You must then test the address by importing the privkey and then testing it with a (small) quantity of coin.

[alexrossi]

I have a problem: when i start oclvanitygen with 1something, unless to generate public and private key, vg generate a useless cpu and gpu hash...

How i can resolve?

[Trillium]

I have a problem: when i start oclvanitygen with 1something, unless to generate public and private key, vg generate a useless cpu and gpu hash...

How i can resolve?

Can you give the string you're using, and the output from the window?

[alexrossi]

I have a problem: when i start oclvanitygen with 1something, unless to generate public and private key, vg generate a useless cpu and gpu hash...

How i can resolve?

Can you give the string you're using, and the output from the window?

Code:

oclvanitygen -p 1 -d 0 1something

And output like this:

Code:

Difficulty: 264104224
[22.86 Mkey/s][total 455081984][Prob 82.1%][90% in 6.7s]                       
Match idx: 0
CPU hash: 71682fec9bcafa7b1291c2cc09954692b716ca3e
GPU hash: 099bccd501a398a56eff31b40b924d8d9b132b72
Found delta: 4131272 Start delta: 1

[Trillium]

I have a problem: when i start oclvanitygen with 1something, unless to generate public and private key, vg generate a useless cpu and gpu hash...

How i can resolve?

Can you give the string you're using, and the output from the window?

Code:

oclvanitygen -p 1 -d 0 1something

And output like this:

Code:

Difficulty: 264104224
[22.86 Mkey/s][total 455081984][Prob 82.1%][90% in 6.7s]                       
Match idx: 0
CPU hash: 71682fec9bcafa7b1291c2cc09954692b716ca3e
GPU hash: 099bccd501a398a56eff31b40b924d8d9b132b72
Found delta: 4131272 Start delta: 1

I've started to experience this as well, I have concluded this problem is related to newer drivers (eg 13.xx). I had this card working great with v 12.8 Radeon drivers, as have many others.

[mike b.]

Greetings.
According to oclvanitygen.c :
'"By default, <pattern> is interpreted as an exact prefix.\n"'
But is there any possibility to use the vanitygen on an OpenCL device to find address not only by prefix, but, for example, by suffix or postfix or regex.

For example not like "1Love.*" but like "1.*Love"?