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You brute-force create private keys until you have one whose corresponding public key starts with your desired string. A commonly recommended command-line tool
by patio11 13y ago
You brute-force create private keys until you have one whose corresponding public key starts with your desired string. A commonly recommended command-line tool to do this is vanitygen. I feel the urge to say "I do not endorse that tool's security." (Though the same goes for Bitcoin generally.)
- lappa 13y agoYour address isn't a public key. It is the formatted hash of a public key. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_version_1_Bitcoin_addresses https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_version_1...