Topic: [Guide] How to create your customized Bitcoin-Address (vanitygen) – step by step - page 2. (Read 3497 times)

Yes, you are right. Obviously, GitHub has changed a bit and my current link is not supported anymore...
I've added it in my OP and replaced the link.
Many thanks for pointing it out.  

If you need a customized SegWit-Address generator, you might also be interested in VanitySearch from Jean_Luc.
He's even active on Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/vanitysearch-yet-another-address-prefix-finder-5112311

I was looking for customized bitcoin-address generation through this website and just right now discovered this article, it's phenomenal but there is slight correction from me:
When I clicked on original address to download from github, https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen/downloads showed me 404 error page. As it seems, correct url at the moment is without the addition of /downloads, i.e. https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen is a right one that directly connects you to page.

Quoting myself here for an update:
New Windows10 builds replaced the "Open command window here" with "Open PowerShell window here",
it'll work just fine but needs a slight modification in the command to launch/open executables.
Additionally, now holding Shift will trigger that right-click menu instead of Ctrl+Shift.

After opening the PowerShell directly from the directory of Vanitygen/search, start the command with .\
Example:

Question, Is it possible to get a private key of other btc address holding huge btc by using the program searching the btc public address?

Question, Is it possible to get a private key of other btc address holding huge btc by using the program searching the btc public address?

[4] You can totally disregard #3 and the directory selection by opening the command prompt directly from where Vanitygen is stored.

• Browse to the folder where vanitygen/oclvanitygen is.
• Press CTRL+SHIFT+RightClick on an empty space within the folder (not on the executable/files), click "Open command window here".
  

.\vanitysearch.exe -stop 1test

I have so many ideas now

Nice one, looks difficult.



I hope you were more successful than me. 


Of course, are you using VanitySearch for SegWit vanity addresses?

This has to be bumped, I just created my first vanity address, which I was planning to do quite long ago. Thanks 1miau for the guide.
1ASENKoX4WCoJmMN5FN2dpQivifCt95hNp

The next step is SegWit One

I created vanity address as a gift for someone special. Am I right, that I can send bitcoins to this address even before anyone imports private key to Electrum wallet?

Although I do realize that it would be safer to test it first so I'm sure that private key works and my friend will be able to use bitcoins.

I know this gift is problematic because there is no guarantee if I will keep the private key after giving it as a gift, but this is about trust and I'm sure my friend will trust me.

See how long it takes you to find an address that starts with 1FeexV6bAHb8ybZj. On my system, it would take, many billions of years to find. And each additional character makes it 58 times more difficult to find.

My advice is to familiarize yourself with what you're doing before sending a large amount to your new address. Test it, test recovery from your backup, test sending, and make sure you understand what you're doing before sending larger amounts to an address.

My all means: try it! Try to find the same address again. Or while you're at it, try to find the private key for 1FeexV6bAHb8ybZjqQMjJrcCrHGW9sb6uF (Balance: ). See how long it takes you to find an address that starts with 1FeexV6bAHb8ybZj. On my system, it would take, many billions of years to find. And each additional character makes it 58 times more difficult to find.
Of course you won't find it, but actually trying might help you to understand how secure Bitcoin addresses actually are. Generating it offline is actually a good thing: there's less risk of compromising your private key, and there is no such thing as "generating it online to check if nobody else uses it". That's not needed, as long as your private key is properly (randomly) generated.

Print it, write it down, stamp it in steel, anything you want works. Note that you don't even need to backup the address itself, it can always be derived from the private key. And when you write down the key, make sure you can still read it and didn't make mistakes. Try to recover it, you wouldn't be the first to lose funds because of writing mistakes.
"Backup phrases" are just another way to create private keys. Your private key should be randomly generated on it's own, that means there is no "backup phrase". Just don't lose the private key!

Yes. But try a small amount first to make sure you do it correctly.

See How to sign a message?!.

I tried, but this post can't be complete. Welcome to Bitcointalk, you'll find all the information you need here. Just read a lot, stay vigilant, and be very careful who you trust! Scammers are always after your private keys.