I personally have not tested this method. If you do then make sure you dont do big transaction with that custom address
1. Go to
https://github.com/JeanLucPons/VanitySearch/releases/tag/1.19 and download “VanitySearch.exe”.
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2. Navigate to where you downloaded the program, click inside the search bar at the top, then type “cmd” and hit enter.
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3. Type “vanitysearch” and hit enter. If it’s working properly, it should show the message below. If it doesn’t work and gives errors, then you’ll need to download Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable here
4. Type “vanitysearch -stop 1TEST”, and replace “TEST” with what your custom bitcoin address to be. The longer it is, the longer it will take to generate.
It needs to start with a 1, and it can not contain the characters 0, O, L, I as they are too similar.
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5. Once your bitcoin address has been generated, it will show this below.
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DO NOT SHOW ANYONE EITHER OF THE “Priv” VALUES, AS THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THE BITCOIN STORED ON THAT ADDRESS.
6) Import the private key into your wallet. I will be showing you how to do this with
https://blockchain.com, as it is the easiest wallet to use that supports it.
Log into your wallet at
https://login.blockchain.com/.
Click the person icon at the top right, then go to “Wallet & Addresses”.
Click “Import Address” on the right
On cmd, copy everything after “p2pkh:” on the “Priv (WIF)” line, e.g. “KxWXnC1u6pF2dTM3BDJSmLKp39WCoef7xh74HGw2MT8uXp8Xwyw5”
Paste it into the “Enter your private key” field, then click “Import Private Key”
7. If you have done everything correctly you will get your custom bitcoin address.
Happy Hacking ;)
