Just adding the comment that yes I do use vanity addresses, but there are privacy concerns to keep in the back of your head due to address reuse.
They're great for public usage, say a donation address or a payment address from an online service.
Or even just similar addresses. If I generate 1000 addresses that start 1DaveF and just use those it's going to make someones life who would want to track me easier.
That works both ways: you can use a popular vanity address to make it look like it's owned by someone else.
I won't post them, but I found 55 addresses with "1DaveF". Some not even at the beginning (and this list isn't complete):
17pPCGgp1davefJpTqv1TgSLFnXL3b9Bjb
3QDhTb5TMxBZV2ijaXxtV77RRMgh1daVef
If always use 1DaveF here for stuff I sell and sig campaigns and whatever, and with a bit of looking through the blockchain see that I send
BTC to binance from those addresses there is no real privacy lost since I posted the address for all to see.
NOW, you and I do a private deal. If at that time I give you a 1DaveF address to pay me and it goes to binance it's pretty much a given that it was me who got the funds at the 1DaveF address. That was the point I was making. If you post an address in public it's one thing. Using similar vanity addresses does (IMO) chip away at privacy.
Since this is not the main point of this thread if we want to keep talking about it, we should probably start another one discussing this.
-Dave
