But, isn't this a waste of generating numbers? . . . won't that speed up the possible duplication of numbers in some future life time? Or would it not really matter because all but one of those numbers, the desired vanity address, ever be used?

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Quote from: dvco on June 10, 2014, 08:09:47 PM

Could you recommend me begginer guides for mining, mainly about buying hardware, at what point the investment is worth it, which hardware to buy, etc

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Quote from: meprob on June 11, 2014, 11:08:23 AM

What could I invest into with $10 or 0.0154btc?

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Quote from: BitsBitsBits on June 11, 2014, 11:30:55 AM

Can I use my gpu to do this like with mining?

This last one wasn't phrased in the form of a question, but clearly the question "What am I missing?" is implied:

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Quote from: JohnFromWIT on June 10, 2014, 08:24:08 PM

I've tried hashing that original block header but can't seem to get the corresponding hash that's recorded. I must be missing something.