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Re: https://bitcoinvanitygen.com - not samr7 vanitygen
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LoyceV
on 23/12/2020, 09:35:38 UTC
⭐ Merited by NotATether (1)
watch out for any new ones just like it that pop up, I found this one about a week ago: http://vanitygenSCAMbitcoinSCAM.net/
If you're worried about the site, why do you provide them with such a nice backlink to increase their search engine ranking?
Please edit and break up the URL:
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[url=http://vanitygenSCAMbitcoinSCAM.net/]http://vanitygen[b][color=red]SCAM[/color][/b]bitcoin[b][color=red]SCAM[/color][/b].net/[/url][/quote]

~snip~
Kill the link please.

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Their method of delivery reeks of insecurity.
There's no "insecurity", it's a lie to mask their scam for gullible people. Any offer for a vanity addy that doesn't use a split key is a scam.

Split key:
Instructions
I can just create an address, and send you the private key. This means you have to trust me, my computer, my cat, both our email clients, and by definition it can no longer be used for cold storage. So let's not. Instead, use split key:
Step 1: Goto https://www.bitaddress.org/ move your mouse/type in the field until it shows 100% and wait a second.
Step 1.5: Optional but highly recommended. Download the page, verify the download and run it locally*.
Step 2: Click Vanity Wallet click the Generate button next to Generate your "Step1 Key Pair"
Step 3: Reply to this thread with your public key and the prefix for your address. Save the private key somewhere safe. You will need it later when I generated your partial private key. Also, let me know if your preferred prefix is case sensitive, or any case is okay (the latter is much faster)
Step 4: Once you received your partial private key, go back to bitaddress.org and click on Vanity Wallet.
Step 5: Go to step 2 Calculate your vanity wallet. In the first field put the private key you saved and in the second field put the partial private key I gave you. Click Add and Calculate Vanity Wallet
Step 6: Copy the Vanity Private Key (WIF) and import it into your preferred wallet.
Credits to shorena for most of these instructions!
If something doesn't work as expected, have a look at this example.