Show your UNO pride with a Vanity Address.
Get the vanity generator at
http://cryptap.us/uno/vanity.htmlIf you're a windows user like me, download the Windows zip and extract to your desktop.
The zip file has 2 folders. One is the 32-bit version, the other the 64-bit version.
There's a batch file in either folder called something like VanityGen64start.bat. Right click on it and Edit.
The the .bat file is just a text file. Change the highlighted part to put in whatever you want the Vanity Address to begin with. Save the file, and then double click on it to start finding the vanity address. After it finds a vanity address, it will write it into the adrs.txt file which will be in the same folder.
It took me about 20 seconds to generate this address with my cpu: uLUVun8LQabDumAp3i2AyYChDD8kzD59kQ
A length of 6 vanity digits (including the mandatory U as the first character) will typically take about a minute to generate, maybe less. Add a 7th digit, and you're probably looking at 30-40 minutes to generate. Add a 8th digit, and you'll need to leave it overnight and comeback tomorrow. 9 digits? Come back next month. 10? Next year sometime.
Security: it is smart to use this only on a pc that is not connected to the internet, one that you are very confident has not had any key loggers installed. Copy your Addrs.txt file to removable media and delete it from your computer. You don't want to leave it laying around.
Importing your private key into your UNO wallet is easy. Copy it, and then go to your UNO Wallet Console, and type: "importprivkey," paste your private key, and then hit enter. It will look something like this:
> importprivkey 8YKb2aYgiBGxGyyyyyyyyyyyCa4di94hDr8Sz9ubwhQVJNQTCBeVP
When the key is imported the wallet will let you know. Now test it just to be 110% certain everything is ok, by sending a small amount (.1 uno) to your vanity address.
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