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Topic: Vanitygen: Vanity bitcoin address generator/miner [v0.22] (Read 1153691 times)

legendary
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Has anyone successfully compiled this in 2024? Seems to use a lot of libraries that are now deprecated. Wonder if it might be better to compile using an older version of Ubuntu in a VM.
I noticed the same, and it was already a lot of work to get oclvanitygen working when I first installed it 8 years ago. An older OS in a VM is worth testing, but it will be slower than a real OS.
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member
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Has anyone successfully compiled this in 2024? Seems to use a lot of libraries that are now deprecated. Wonder if it might be better to compile using an older version of Ubuntu in a VM.

Is it possible to make an vanity tron address? or is soft it a scam?
Who have vanitysearch for tron?)

Try -X 65. Not 100% sure if it works because the way private keys are derived might differ from Bitcoin though.
legendary
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Is it possible to make an vanity tron address? or is soft it a scam?
Who have vanitysearch for tron?)
Ask in the altcoin areas.
This area is for Bitcoin only - not altcoins like tron and the other crapcoins.
member
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Is it possible to make an vanity tron address? or is soft it a scam?
Who have vanitysearch for tron?)
Not with this one, you must modify it or create a new code

 TRoNAddrR9SC5QLoLNZRjW9NxYxW2dVJrP

Don't use websites or codes that can't be verified, these are usually scams.
newbie
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Is it possible to make an vanity tron address? or is soft it a scam?
Who have vanitysearch for tron?)
legendary
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Yes VanitySearch is the better one…
copper member
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Hello,

Does anyone have a copy of the vanitygen.zip file they can share. The original github download has been removed.

I am looking for: https://github.com/downloads/samr7/vanitygen/vanitygen-0.22-win.zip

What the page used to look like:



This page appears to be no-more.

I would like to run this software on windows.

-Eclipse
legendary
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Someone probably complained. Going back months the github account shows no activity so samr7 did not remove them.
VanitySearch: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/vanitysearch-yet-another-address-prefix-finder-5112311 is better if you are using a supported card and doing it locally.

Funny thing is a couple of us were just discussing vanity addresses: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-vanitygen-wallet-generation-threads-how-to-links-5151346

Anyone who is going to go that deep into looking for a vanity address can probably find something to generate one.

-Dave

jr. member
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Does anyone know why the binaries have disappeared from the GitHub page? I use vanitygen to generate private keys on an offline computer running Windows. Fortunately I was able to paste OP's link into the Internet Wayback Machine and grab it from there but most people probably wouldn't think to do that and lack the skills/time/effort to compile it from the source.
legendary
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Yes. But what are you trying to do? Usually those requests mean someone's trying to brute-force existing addresses, which won't work.
I don't want to search for specific patterns like 1Love, but create many addresses and pick out the best patterns that I might like.
That's going to be a lot of work. You can't humanly read millions of addresses, and vanitygen creates that in seconds.
In the past, I've brute-forced mini-private-keys, and ended up with about a gigabyte of data. I could search for keywords, but even millions of addresses are barely enough to find something nice.
Suggestion: create a list of possible keywords, and use that as input for vanitygen. That way, it can search for thousands of different prefixes at once, and you may hit something good.

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Does VanitySearch also support 12 or 24 seeds?
No.

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is there possibly a possibility to convert a private key afterwards to a seed?
No.

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I think I read something that you convert it into bites and then the bites into words.
Well, yes. But that will just be another way to write down your private key, it won't give you a seed phrase that a standard wallet can use to derive your vanity address.
hero member
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Yes. But what are you trying to do? Usually those requests mean someone's trying to brute-force existing addresses, which won't work.
I don't want to search for specific patterns like 1Love, but create many addresses and pick out the best patterns that I might like. Bitcoin would also be enough for me, it is important to me that it creates 12 or 24 seeds and works with Cuda.
You can create tons of addresses via VanitySearch or VanityGen, so many in some seconds that I think you'll get exhausted to check each of them. Btw it won't randomly generate beautiful address though.

Does VanitySearch also support 12 or 24 seeds? If necessary, it also works without would only be nice because of the compatibility with other wallets. Or is there possibly a possibility to convert a private key afterwards to a seed? I think I read something that you convert it into bites and then the bites into words.
I think you'll find this thread and this particular post very interesting: Bitcoin Seed Phrases and Vanity Adresses
Someone had a slightly different question on stackexchange, it will be interesting for you too: Private key to mnemonic words, is it safe?
legendary
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Use VanitySeach for faster speed and for possible GPU support (depending on your GPU) instead.
Does VanitySearch also support 12 or 24 seeds? If necessary, it also works without would only be nice because of the compatibility with other wallets.
No, it doesn't; just like Vanitygen.

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Or is there possibly a possibility to convert a private key afterwards to a seed? I think I read something that you convert it into bites and then the bites into words.
You read it right but it's not the way you think it is.
If you're aiming to use the private key of a vanity address and convert it into a seed phrase in hope to restore the same vanity address, it wont work.

That's because the addresses derived from a seed phrase aren't based from the initial entropy but from the mnemonic itself (the 24 words) which is used to derive a "seed".
Not to mention that the vanity address is derived from its private key in a specific way, not the same way as deriving private key and addresses from a seed.
jr. member
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Yes. But what are you trying to do? Usually those requests mean someone's trying to brute-force existing addresses, which won't work.
I don't want to search for specific patterns like 1Love, but create many addresses and pick out the best patterns that I might like. Bitcoin would also be enough for me, it is important to me that it creates 12 or 24 seeds and works with Cuda.
Use VanitySeach for faster speed and for possible GPU support (depending on your GPU) instead.
With that tool, use -o arg to specify an "output.txt" file where the private keys will be saved.

Bitcointalk Thread link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/vanitysearch-yet-another-address-prefix-finder-5112311
Does VanitySearch also support 12 or 24 seeds? If necessary, it also works without would only be nice because of the compatibility with other wallets. Or is there possibly a possibility to convert a private key afterwards to a seed? I think I read something that you convert it into bites and then the bites into words.
legendary
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I would like to know if with Vanitygen it is also possible to generate thousands of addresses with keys and output them in a file (regardless of the pattern of the address) and at the same time generate addresses of different altcoins like Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin etc...?
Use VanitySeach for faster speed and for possible GPU support (depending on your GPU) instead.
With that tool, use -o arg to specify an "output.txt" file where the private keys will be saved.

Bitcointalk Thread link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/vanitysearch-yet-another-address-prefix-finder-5112311
legendary
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I would like to know if with Vanitygen it is also possible to generate thousands of addresses with keys and output them in a file
Yes. But what are you trying to do? Usually those requests mean someone's trying to brute-force existing addresses, which won't work.

generate addresses of different altcoins
This board isn't the right place for discussing altcoins.
jr. member
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I would like to know if with Vanitygen it is also possible to generate thousands of addresses with keys and output them in a file (regardless of the pattern of the address) and at the same time generate addresses of different altcoins like Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin etc...?

And importantly is there a version of Vanitygen that runs with a GPU like Nvidia?

Unfortunately there are so many forks that I don't know which one is safe and which one supports exactly these functions.
newbie
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[...]
I quickly opened up Windows 10 to test it myself. I confirm that I can't spend from the P2SH address neither (from Electrum), but I figured out what's going on. Vanity generates a multi-signature redeemScript that is actually consisted of one signer, and it uses the uncompressed private key of that part, which confuses the whole situation even more. I won't go into the technical details, because I noticed Bitcoin Core recent versions don't allow importing non-standard redeemScript, but I'll help you recover your money.

Here are the steps:
  • Go to bitaddress.org's repository, and download the source code of the most recent release.
  • Grab pointbiz's public key, and verify the signature of changelog. See how to do this here. You might need the Linux terminal for some steps (or some modifications in Windows). If you're wondering why that's necessary, it's to ensure security and authenticity of the files. If you don't think it's needed move on.
  • Open up bitaddress locally, go to "Wallet Details", import the private key that starts with 5 and click on "View Details".
  • Copy the uncompressed public key. (the one that starts with "04")
  • Go to coinbin's repository, and download the source code of the most recent release.
  • Verify the sha1sum (again to ensure security).
  • Open up coinbin locally.
  • "New" -> "Multi-Sig address"
  • Remove all public key fields until you're left with one.
  • Enter the amount of signatures to release the coin equal to 1.
  • Add your uncompressed public key to that one field.
  • Click submit, and you'll be given a redeemScript.
  • Click on "New" again -> "Transaction"
  • Enter your redeemScript.

I believe it's trivial to spend your UTXOs afterwards.


Thank you so much, you are really a Legend. I was able to retrieve the funds with this instructions.
legendary
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Farewell, Leo
[...]
I quickly opened up Windows 10 to test it myself. I confirm that I can't spend from the P2SH address neither (from Electrum), but I figured out what's going on. Vanity generates a multi-signature redeemScript that is actually consisted of one signer, and it uses the uncompressed private key of that part, which confuses the whole situation even more. I won't go into the technical details, because I noticed Bitcoin Core recent versions don't allow importing non-standard redeemScript, but I'll help you recover your money.

Here are the steps:
  • Go to bitaddress.org's repository, and download the source code of the most recent release.
  • Grab pointbiz's public key, and verify the signature of changelog. See how to do this here. You might need the Linux terminal for some steps (or some modifications in Windows). If you're wondering why that's necessary, it's to ensure security and authenticity of the files. If you don't think it's needed move on.
  • Open up bitaddress locally, go to "Wallet Details", import the private key that starts with 5 and click on "View Details".
  • Copy the uncompressed public key. (the one that starts with "04")
  • Go to coinbin's repository, and download the source code of the most recent release.
  • Verify the sha1sum (again to ensure security).
  • Open up coinbin locally.
  • "New" -> "Multi-Sig address"
  • Remove all public key fields until you're left with one.
  • Enter the amount of signatures to release the coin equal to 1.
  • Add your uncompressed public key to that one field.
  • Click submit, and you'll be given a redeemScript.
  • Click on "New" again -> "Transaction"
  • Enter your redeemScript.

I believe it's trivial to spend your UTXOs afterwards.
newbie
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Yes the transaction did went successful, you can scan the address on block explorer 393q5VjNes1din4xx5z2kncaCoUuE42mx1.
Okay, I can see you were playing with vanity on mainnet. It isn't recommended to test stuff with real money. That's why testnet exists.

Sorry, No it wasn't a test, I have been using the legacy(1...) wallet address for a while now and I have not had any problem with it. My work needed a wallet address that starts with 3, so I googled about it and found out about the -F script option that gives a wallet address that starts with 3, I tried the command it gave me the wallet address, so I thought it would be as easy as importing private keys to get access to the wallet address which starts with 3, that is why I went ahead to give out the wallet address to my clients for funding.

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Previously you said that $2,000 are stuck. From the transaction I can see that only $236 are stuck.

About this, I said earlier that it wasn't just one wallet, I generated lots of it which amounts over $2000, I only showed you that address to clarify your suggestion about the transaction being manipulated by a trojan.

This is also one of the affected wallets 393BvjN58Y3aUSE9JubAuGNSMXBNvdTVFb

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When I had tried it, it only returned the legacy
I am sorry for bothering you, but when you generated the wallet address, did you add the -F script to the command? Like vanitygen -F script [pattern]?
If not, please try it, you will also get a P2SH(3...) address, with a legacy(1...) address and a single private key.

Something like this https://i.ibb.co/RcDD2TK/vanity.png
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