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Re: VanitySearch (Yet another address prefix finder)
by
TheArchaeologist
on 25/06/2020, 12:47:57 UTC
what exactly do you need to search a pubkey for? what's the point?
let's say you have found a pubkey with funds, so?

I'm gonna answer this as I read your question, as in: what good would it do to know the public key anyway? In order to use the "Baby Step - Giant Step"  Algorithm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby-step_giant-step) you need to have the public key. So that's why Smiley