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Generating a split-key vanity address can be outsourced to a third party miner without risking your final private key being compromised. Moreover, work on such address generation can be distributed to many miners simultaneously through a use of a pooling service. One example of such a service is [[Vanity Pool]][https://vanitypool.appspot.com/]. | Generating a split-key vanity address can be outsourced to a third party miner without risking your final private key being compromised. Moreover, work on such address generation can be distributed to many miners simultaneously through a use of a pooling service. One example of such a service is [[Vanity Pool]][https://vanitypool.appspot.com/]. | ||
Other options for outsourcing vanity address generation include [https://vanitycrypto.com VanityCrypto], [https://vanity.coin.dance Coin Dance Vanity] and [https://vante.me Vante]. These services generate keys on an on-demand basis. | Other options for outsourcing vanity address generation include [https://nicewalletaddress.com NiceWalletAddress], [https://vanitycrypto.com VanityCrypto], [https://vanity.coin.dance Coin Dance Vanity] and [https://vante.me Vante]. These services generate keys on an on-demand basis. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [https://nicewalletaddress.com NiceWalletAddress] - All-in-one service to create a custom vanity wallet address using a secure split-key. | |||
* [https://vanitycrypto.com VanityCrypto] - Web based split-key vanity address generation service. | * [https://vanitycrypto.com VanityCrypto] - Web based split-key vanity address generation service. | ||
* [[Vanity Pool]] - the first split-key vanity address mining pool | * [[Vanity Pool]] - the first split-key vanity address mining pool | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 24 October 2019
A split-key vanity address is a type of vanity address generated from one or more ECDSA private keys. The general use case is when a user generates a key-pair and only shares his public key. Everybody can use this public key to find the complementary public key leading to a vanity address. The user can than merge his private key with the complementary private key, leading to the private key of the vanity address. The security of such solution is guaranteed by the properties of the Elliptic Curve Cryptography [1].
Address generation
A split-key vanity address is generated by a specialized software, called a generator. One such sample generator is available as a part of the Vanitygen program suite. Bitaddress can be used for this purpose as well as explained in this video
Address merging
In order to create a usable vanity address, one needs to merge two or more private keys. This can be done with specialized software, such as the GoBit Testing Suite[2]. Another option is using the Vanity Wallet tool of Bitaddress.
Address generation outsourcing
Generating a split-key vanity address can be outsourced to a third party miner without risking your final private key being compromised. Moreover, work on such address generation can be distributed to many miners simultaneously through a use of a pooling service. One example of such a service is Vanity Pool[3].
Other options for outsourcing vanity address generation include NiceWalletAddress, VanityCrypto, Coin Dance Vanity and Vante. These services generate keys on an on-demand basis.
See also
- NiceWalletAddress - All-in-one service to create a custom vanity wallet address using a secure split-key.
- VanityCrypto - Web based split-key vanity address generation service.
- Vanity Pool - the first split-key vanity address mining pool
- Coin Dance Vanity - On demand split-key vanity address generation service.
- Vante - On demand split-key vanity address generation service.
- Vanitygen - a software suite offering an Open-CL split-key vanity address generator
- Reddit post - Discussion on split-key address generation
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