Special addresses

[TheArchaeologist]

Hey all,

I know there are a lot of Vanity addresses out there and other kind of addresses with some kind of story attached to them. I'm looking for addresses with some kind of story..

I'll kick off with this one:

Code:

1SaToShiTN5fyhh19bkxhx4SMBwcDgaWg

Which has 1 Satoshi left in balance!

Edit 1: Thanks for your responses. They've gone in different directions from Vanity-addresses, Pizza transaction to biggest donations addresses. For me there is no right or wrong, my intention was not to see only "the best" Vanity addresses or only addresses attached to famous people or specific/sketchy transactions. So keep coming with your addresses and their stories Much appreciated!

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[mocacinno]

To be honest, i don't really see why this address would be special...
It would take a very short time to generate several of these addresses, then make sure there's only one UTXO left funding said address with a predefined amount of sat's.

It might be more interesting to find the vanity addresses that actually belonged to certain people, or that were used in certain events?

[mk4]

Check this old thread out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90982.0

Apparently there's this address that's sort of a "burner" address: 1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE

and weirdly enough, it has 13.24 BTC in it. While I don't get the need for such address, it sure is interesting. Especially knowing that people are actually still sending some sats to the address. Like damn send it to me instead lul.

[TheArchaeologist]

To be honest, i don't really see why this address would be special...
It would take a very short time to generate several of these addresses, then make sure there's only one UTXO left funding said address with a predefined amount of sat's.

In this case t's not about the difficulty (at least not for me) but I do think it has some kind of a story to it.

It might be more interesting to find the vanity addresses that actually belonged to certain people, or that were used in certain events?

If you know of any, please share them. That's one of the reasons I started this thread: addresses with some kind of story attached to them, hell they don't have to be vanity addresses at all as long as they come with a good story attached to them!

[Mbitr]

Some forum members have managed to incorporate the forum names into their vanity addresses. Here’s a couple I found .

Otoh
Profile https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=20300
Address 1otohotohMoQoxHuxLBveQiZcV3Pji3Tc

DobZombie
Profile https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=61730
Address 1DobZomBiE2gngvy6zDFKY5b76yvDbqRra

Story is - I guess they want a cool address with their name in it 

[SiNeReiNZzz]

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Story is - I guess they want a cool address with their name in it  

You're absolutely right!

This is my personal forum address:     1SiNeRYT3iE7wbJeXULmSHUaDU6nfBjAe

And here's some more :                          1XxXxwEL5vNAiSDQxA4p6uDF4mfE6rucV

                                                                    1F*cKZ4a4mVzdn6VLfbR9chYUup8mQ4iPK

[1miau]

This is my personal forum address:[/size]     1SiNeRYT3iE7wbJeXULmSHUaDU6nfBjAe

And here's some more :                          1XxXxwEL5vNAiSDQxA4p6uDF4mfE6rucV

                                                                    1F*cKZ4a4mVzdn6VLfbR9chYUup8mQ4iPK

Well the last one won't work because * isn't valid.  


LoyceV created a very impressive one:

My best one:
1NewbornSeatQVC9vegVHnxVseNAhhxewb

Edit:
Found some more interesting ones: The 7 Most Incredible Bitcoin Addresses

[SiNeReiNZzz]

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Well the last one won't work because * isn't valid.  
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I'm assuming you were just being ironic about this. 

I didn't want to attract the attention of any more 'rule keepers'. As you know, I have my experiences with that... 
So I decided to change the address a bit less offensive with a * to hide, because some of here may find that kind of 'fun' disturbing, objectionable or whatever!

Like this:      1DicKz2ZVYUiF9ynHC3KfxKboPXH6rYk85   <<<  (Blockchain.com)

And if you click on the adresses' link, you will see the addresses in its true glory! 

[Lordhermes]

Wow, this is amazing, this my first time I'm seeing addresses with story, sound funny actually, one good report about this address is easy remembrance, mistake avoidance.

Can someone show me how to generate this story address with my name, something like 1lordhermes3cv............. would be good for me, lol. I'm really impressed.

[TheArchaeologist]

Can someone show me how to generate this story address with my name, something like 1lordhermes3cv............. would be good for me, lol. I'm really impressed.

What you are looking for is a tool to generate Vanity addresses. Check these threads:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5112311.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0

Note: having a dedicated GPU is a must have for longer sequences of letters.

[so98nn]

Hm, this is very interesting thread for me. Since I have never seen such addresses before! Not that I have not heard of it, but so many examples up here that it amazed me.

So by looking at the Vanity word here I searched about it and also ended up on site here : BitcoinVanityGen

Tried my name with it but it says it will take from a minute to several hours to generate my address.

I wanna know What is the play here and How do they do it?

Is it some sort of algorithm that generate thousands of address to end up with my letters at start OR i am not even close to what it is?


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Can someone show me how to generate this story address with my name, something like 1lordhermes3cv............. would be good for me, lol. I'm really impressed.

What you are looking for is a tool to generate Vanity addresses. Check these threads:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5112311.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25804.0

Note: having a dedicated GPU is a must have for longer sequences of letters.

Reading this one, but would be nice if someone explains the backend process.

[TheArchaeologist]

Reading this one, but would be nice if someone explains the backend process.

Ok, I will do so in short:
An address (at least in this context) is just a different representation of a public key. In order to generate an address you need a private key, which is used to generate a public key, which in turn is presented as a bitcoin address using base58 encoding:

Private Key -> Public Key -> Address
Keep in mind that getting from Private Key to Public Key is a one direction operation. So you can generate a Public Key from a Private Key but not the other way around.

The only way to find an address is starting with specific characters is by bruteforcing, trying candidates until you find one that matches.

Simplified:

Code:

Target: I want an address starting with 1beer...
Random Value used as Private Key -> Public Key -> Address = 1ztyx...
Random Value +1 used as Private Key -> Public Key -> Address = 15b7..
....
Random Value + 123102931 used as Private Key -> Public Key -> Address = 1beer...
The found address starts with the target so we are done.

Each extra character gets exponentially harder to find, so the longer your target, the longer it will take to find if at all possible.

[SiNeReiNZzz]

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I have here a very descriptive contribution from a great guy from our german subforum, with which even a PC newbie can create his own address!
I am sure about that... if you want to try it just follow the instructions step by step:


[Guide] How to create your customized Bitcoin-Address (vanitygen) – step by step

[Mbitr]

I’ve found this old thread started in July 2012 - wow almost 8 yrs ago ! It’s cool this has always been an interesting subject - I wonder who cane up with the idea first - anyone know ?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90982.540

Some awesome historical addresses in this thread - enjoy 

[DarkDays]

Check this old thread out: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90982.0

Apparently there's this address that's sort of a "burner" address: 1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE

and weirdly enough, it has 13.24 BTC in it. While I don't get the need for such address, it sure is interesting. Especially knowing that people are actually still sending some sats to the address. Like damn send it to me instead lul.

Jesus, it must have taken some serious computing power to generate that vanity address.

Or did it arise some other means? Like, was it built into the Bitcoin, similar to the Ethereum burn address (0x*)

Edit: found out how it arose, more information available here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=136362.0

[famososMuertos]

I think this thread has an unexpected twist on the idea of ​​your OP, but it has been interesting to read the directions that have been shown.

For a moment I thought that maybe, that OP wants to see some addresses with strange, curious or funny messages like the ones that have been shown. Or maybe just a story associated with the owner of the public address, as simple as that.

I think that one of the most horrendous addresses that exist, is the international Sicilian network of Hitmen, in reality it is not linked to any murder but with various intentions and that they have paid up to $ 12,000  to murder ex-partner. In the strange reality it is good to know that these sites are a scam.

An investigation into the matter, led by the Woodridge Police Department, revealed that Jones paid the Sicilian Hitmen International Network more than $12,000 via bitcoin to have the wife of the man with whom she had an affair murdered.

Source: https://www.dupageco.org/States_Attorney/States_Attorney_News/2019/61299/

In reality, any address linked to such sites are special, as they are linked to sites that offer murder services, but the most incredible thing is that they receive funds to carry out murders with real intentions.

- As for other types of special addresses are those linked to celebrities, highlights that of Gerald Cotten, $ 190 million. His secret key died with him. In this case the special address is not public, it is private.

- F2Pool: Block 629999
1KFHE7w8BhaENAswwryaoccDb6qcT6DbYY

�   R🐟NYTimes 09/Apr/2020 With $2.3T Injection, Fed's Plan Far Exceeds 2008 Rescue  Mined �^H

[seoincorporation]

Hey all,

I know there are a lot of Vanity addresses out there and other kind of addresses with some kind of story attached to them. I'm looking for addresses with some kind of story..

Hello TheArchaeologist, i have been using my 1BtcBoSS addy since 2014-09-01...and still active today, so the history of it is i made it with Vanitygen, wasn't easy to get a 7 chars addy with CPU but i could say i was lucky, i just start making addies starting with 1btc, and got some crazy random ones, 1BtcBoSS was one of them but i get 1BtcBigMc too. Was some kind of jackpot game with vanity gen.

I don't want to post my address here because i feel that's against the rules, but if someone wants to see it is under my profile.

[1miau]

Hm, this is very interesting thread for me. Since I have never seen such addresses before! Not that I have not heard of it, but so many examples up here that it amazed me.

So by looking at the Vanity word here I searched about it and also ended up on site here : BitcoinVanityGen

Tried my name with it but it says it will take from a minute to several hours to generate my address. 

Be very careful, BitcoinVanityGen is a known scamsite, people lost Bitcoins.
Reference here:

BITCOINVANITYGEN.COM STOLE MY BITCOINS!!!!!!!!!!!!

bitcoin stolen from the address generated by bitcoinvanitygen.com


I would only use original and proven tools:

Vanitygen: Vanity bitcoin address generator/miner [v0.22]
VanitySearch (Yet another address prefix finder)

[SFR10]

I'm looking for addresses with some kind of story..

hell they don't have to be vanity addresses at all as long as they come with a good story attached to them!

On that note, I would like to mention the address behind the "Bitcoin Pizza Day" story: 1XPTgDRhN8RFnzniWCddobD9iKZatrvH4

Story:

• Pizza for bitcoins?
  

  I'll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas..

• 10 Years After Laszlo Hanyecz Bought Pizza With 10K Bitcoin, He Has No Regrets

In addition to that, there are a few interesting addresses in the following thread: The Top Bitcoin Donation Addresses

[slaman29]

Hello TheArchaeologist, i have been using my 1BtcBoSS addy since 2014-09-01...and still active today, so the history of it is i made it with Vanitygen, wasn't easy to get a 7 chars addy with CPU but i could say i was lucky, i just start making addies starting with 1btc, and got some crazy random ones, 1BtcBoSS was one of them but i get 1BtcBigMc too. Was some kind of jackpot game with vanity gen.

I don't want to post my address here because i feel that's against the rules, but if someone wants to see it is under my profile.

Cool story and I wonder, what are the odds for finding these addresses when using a CPU? It must be just crazy high actually. I wouldn't even know how to calculate it.

Do you still control all of these addresses and do you still do them nowadays?