Can we choose wallet address?

[xbit.in]

Hi All,

I have seen many address include their brand name.
Can you choose wallet address for blockchain?
Or can we change it?

[Meuh6879]

wallet MUST be on local tool ... and NEVER hosted by an other (and unknown) party (on internet).

[norgan]

Do a search for vanitygen

[shorena]

Hi All,

I have seen many address include their brand name.
Can you choose wallet address for blockchain?
Or can we change it?

If you want to change the address you have on blockchain.info you need to import a specific private key. There is a tool called vanitygen, as has been suggested, that can generate the private key to a specific address. Keep in mind however that this might take a while. 1blasomething is easy 1IwantThisAddresssomething will most likely not be found while you are alive.

[Stery]

They are vanity address.

Check the service thread to see someone

[madmat]

Hi All,

I have seen many address include their brand name.
Can you choose wallet address for blockchain?
Or can we change it?

You could do it, but the more characters you want, the more expensive it is.

For 6 characters, it is about 8 days to have 50% chance to find one address who matched (depends on your computer...)

Code:

D:\tools\vanitygen-0.22-win>vanitygen.exe 1madmat
Difficulty: 888446610538
[497.47 Kkey/s][total 359895809722][Prob 33.3%][50% in 3.2d]

[Justin00]

yip do this then just import into bitcoin-qt (if that is your client.. and if so instructons below apply)

click debug, open console

if your wallet is password protected WHICH IT SHOULD BE do step #1

#1
walletpassphrase    <passphrase> <timeout>

e.g

walletpassphrase mypassword 60

#step 2
importprivkey <bitcoinprivkey> [label] [rescan=true]

e.g

importprivkey fjffjsfjfsjsfjfsfefjss myvanityaddress

#step 1 explanation
You need to unlock your wallet first so you can import the priv key, it will unlck for 60 seconds in my example, so you hve 60 seconds to enter in step #2 (regardless of how long the rescan takes as I mention below... after 60 seconds it will lock again)

#step 2 explan
the label is just the label you see in the recieved address section.
you can do rescan=false if you do not want want to rescan entrie blockchain for transactions. if its a brand new address, you might as well do rescan=false... by default it will do a rescan=true which can take a good 10-20 mins depending on your system.

RPC list is here... it might be outdated as it is a bit old now.. but still works a treat
You can verify the commands here yourself to make sure i'm not saying anything dodgy

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list

Hi All,

I have seen many address include their brand name.
Can you choose wallet address for blockchain?
Or can we change it?

You could do it, but the more characters you want, the more expensive it is.

For 6 characters, it is about 8 days to have 50% chance to find one address who matched (depends on your computer...)

Code:

D:\tools\vanitygen-0.22-win>vanitygen.exe 1madmat
Difficulty: 888446610538
[497.47 Kkey/s][total 359895809722][Prob 33.3%][50% in 3.2d]

[Velkro]

i used web service for this, dont have any good hardware to generate 6 letters vanity address in any real time
http://bitcoinvanitygen.com

[Justin00]

now i'm not saying it can't be trusted, but how do you know it can be trusted ??

btw you don't have any ATI GPU's ? even crap laptop ones do a fairly good job.

i used web service for this, dont have any good hardware to generate 6 letters vanity address in any real time
http://bitcoinvanitygen.com

[madmat]

i used web service for this, dont have any good hardware to generate 6 letters vanity address in any real time
http://bitcoinvanitygen.com

I didn't know this service. Very quick and paper wallet is beautiful.

However, for a 6 letters case sensitive, i would have to pay, so i prefer to wait for my computer.

[xbit.in]

i used web service for this, dont have any good hardware to generate 6 letters vanity address in any real time
http://bitcoinvanitygen.com

This is great.
But how can i use this address for my blockchain wallet?

[madmat]

i used web service for this, dont have any good hardware to generate 6 letters vanity address in any real time
http://bitcoinvanitygen.com

This is great.
But how can i use this address for my blockchain wallet?

In blockchain wallet, you have to go in "Import/Export" tab, and then enter the private key in "Import private key" field.

Very easy.

[xbit.in]

Ok got in their FAQ.

Thanks buddies for help

[Sydboy]

Can you share the FAQ ? the link please dude ?
i am interested in this to but a bit scared of using a website to do it for me.

[xbit.in]

Can you share the FAQ ? the link please dude ?
i am interested in this to but a bit scared of using a website to do it for me.

Here it is http://bitcoinvanitygen.com/bitcoinvanityaddress.php

Now my concern is how safe it is to use third party address?

[Sydboy]

thanks for that dude

I am going to look into vanitygen. you run it locally it seems so not third party. I think my AMD card will support it. I need a fancy vanity address because umm well you know haha ill think of something.

[ARGpentem]

i don't trust those generators. i just stick with my local wallet's "new address" function.

[shorena]

i used web service for this, dont have any good hardware to generate 6 letters vanity address in any real time
http://bitcoinvanitygen.com

They generate and send you the private/public key.

How do you know if they do not keep a copy of your private key?
You don't!!!

DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE!!!

But but but they offer a refund!

Security
Security is our top priority. After address generation is complete we send it to you with chosen delivery method.
Our automatic process delete every trace of generation.
Because of that, after we send it to you, we can't recover it.
However we could offer refund in this case and generate another vanity address of same phrase.

[CEG5952]

Because of that, after we send it to you, we can't recover it.
However we could offer refund in this case and generate another vanity address of same phrase.

Wow -- if that's not a red flag, I don't know what is. It's as if they didn't even stop to think about how they'd convince people to fall into a scam.

[williamj2543]

i used web service for this, dont have any good hardware to generate 6 letters vanity address in any real time
http://bitcoinvanitygen.com

never EVER use sites like these. I used one, and the site was compromised and every address that I had made on there was wiped and the funds were sent to the hacker. These sites do hold the private keys, and if it gets hacked or the owner decides to take them away, you will lose. Generate them yourself