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How did they generate these vanity addresses with 27 predetermined characters?
A while ago, I read some news about a huge transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain. The first few addresses used were apparently created with some kind of vanity address generator. One example is ...
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If Bitcoin addresses are truely random, then why are some more difficult to generate than others?
In this post TierNolan explains why 'Bitpoin' is much easier to generate than 'bitpoin', and that mainly has to do with the position (first character). But I remember that certain characters (I ...
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When importing private keys, will compressed or uncompressed format be used?
I am looking into implementing support for compressed public keys on Vanity Pool. However, I have my concerns about importing solutions into a desired vanity address under that format. From what I can ...
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What does it mean by Public Key on the Vanitygen Pool?
When I wanted to request a vanity address from https://vanitypool.appspot.com/ it asked me for my public key. I tried my main address, but it said it was too short. What should I put there?
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