Vanity Address
wallet · privacy
A cryptocurrency address generated to contain a chosen prefix or pattern, found through repeated trial and error.
A vanity address is created by generating many key pairs until the resulting address matches a desired pattern. Longer or rarer patterns require exponentially more computation.
Vanity generation is risky if a third-party service sees the private key or if weak randomness is used. Safer approaches keep key generation offline and under the user's control.
Related terms
Address
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wallet · technical
Proof of Work (PoW)
→A consensus mechanism that makes block production require verifiable computational work.
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Privacy
→The ability to transact without revealing sensitive information about identity, balances, or counterparties.
security · principle