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Topic: About generation of a bitcoin address (Read 1073 times)

legendary
Activity: 1246
Merit: 1077
August 17, 2012, 02:03:55 PM
#10
Possibly as a brute force technique, if you plan on living longer than the sun.
It would be interesting to host a several-TB large "address to privkey" database just to show everyone how implausible brute-forcing is.
full member
Activity: 166
Merit: 100
August 16, 2012, 10:53:31 PM
#9
Possibly as a brute force technique, if you plan on living longer than the sun.
legendary
Activity: 1246
Merit: 1077
August 16, 2012, 07:19:40 PM
#8
You could log them, then post them on the Internet. Wouldn't be useful though.
full member
Activity: 166
Merit: 100
August 16, 2012, 07:16:13 PM
#7
I'll see if there is, even though I'm not the creator. *twists his nonexistent swirly mustache.*
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10
(:firstbits => "1mantis")
August 16, 2012, 06:22:25 PM
#6
BTW, hey! You! The one that created VanityGen, is there a way to log all the tossed out keys?
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10
(:firstbits => "1mantis")
August 16, 2012, 06:15:56 PM
#5
Fast responce, Thanks, This answers my question, But think of all those unused addresses, We should have a homeless shelter for them.

I was thinking the same thing, but in order to have a public address you need a private address to go along with it. One could use the addresses already generated for themselves but I am not sure if one would trust selling or giving one away to someone else.
full member
Activity: 166
Merit: 100
August 16, 2012, 05:03:30 PM
#4
This looks like a job for the Song of Time.

Or just waiting until someone else generates the address again.
copper member
Activity: 2310
Merit: 1032
August 14, 2012, 02:37:55 AM
#3
Fast responce, Thanks, This answers my question, But think of all those unused addresses, We should have a homeless shelter for them.
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500
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copper member
Activity: 2310
Merit: 1032
August 14, 2012, 02:28:41 AM
#1
Just wondered how so many people have their username as part of their bitcoin address?

Do these people just sit there for days generating them till it comes up or am I missing a trick?
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