Would you like to have a custom Bitcoin address like 1MyAddresseNngkoXEeobR76a53LETnpyT? Do you know that create a custom address is possible? Would you like to know how to generate a custom bitcoin address? Keep reading!
What is a Vanity Address?
Vanity address is a classic bitcoin address that starts with some string of characters or regex that you prefers. It’s just like having a custom number phone on your mobile or a custom license plate! The main problem with vanity addresses is that in order to create them, we need to brute force a lot of addresses, because the search for a pattern is probabilistic. There is no way to brute force the address generator without a brute force. It’s just like find a password for the desired username.
So, do you want a custom Bitcoin address, for example 1MyAddresseNngkoXEeobR76a53LETnpyT?
It’s sound strange, but it’s possible! With VanityGen you can create your unique bitcoin address starting with your desired words.
Vanitygen is a command line tool that accepts as input a word, a pattern or list of patterns to search for, and produces as output a list of addresses and their private keys. Vanitygen’s algorithm is probabilistic and the amount of time required to find a given pattern depends on how complex the pattern is, the speed of your computer, and whether you get lucky!
Performance
- Dual-core desktop CPUs, 32-bit mode: 100-250 Kkey/s.
- Dual-core desktop CPUs, 64-bit mode: 150-450 Kkey/s.
- Quad-core desktop CPUs, 32-bit mode: 200-400 Kkey/s.
- Quad-core desktop CPUs, 64-bit mode: 300-750 Kkey/s.
Vanitygen is the perfect tool to create custom bitcoin address; the software is secure, but you should run the tool in a black box and out of internet PC, to be sure that nobody read your private keys generated.
Using vanitygen to brute force
Are you thinking of using vanitygen to brute force a public Bitcoin address with tons of BTC stored? Just move on 🙂 here an example of time needed to brute force an address:
| 1B | less than 1s |
|---|---|
| 1Bi | less than 1s |
| 1Bit | less than 1s |
| 1Bitc | less than 10s |
| 1Bitco | 3 minutes |
| 1Bitcoi | 3 hour |
| 1Bitcoin | 1 week |
| 1BitcoinE | 1 year |
| 1BitcoinEa | 60 years |
| 1BitcoinEat | 3,500 years |
| 1BitcoinEate | 200,000 years |
| 1BitcoinEater | 11,700,000 years |
| 1BitcoinEaterAddressDonotUse | 3.3E+33 or 3.3 decillion years. |
Download
You can download vanitygen tool from github:
Or you can try the web application:
