Yeap youre in theory correct that it would be “easier” but really to find your exact npub nsec pair is whats so difficult with the remaining characters.
Correct me if I’m wrong, vanity npubs are riskier than random ones, correct?
In my head, if I were to mine a key pair to find npub1tatumnxymfyez0nlmmxf287nh9cujfuetxhk9vptwcdqg0pn8pxqxasw3d for example, someone could in theory target that easier than nostr:npub1hte85nxymfyez0nlmmxf287nh9cujfuetxhk9vptwcdqg0pn8pxqxasw3d.
Or am I far off base because of the remaining characters? Or hell, could the same argument be made for mining npubs that ARE random?
I think I may be answering my own question here with such a small portion of your vanity npub not being enough to guarantee finding that key pair.
Help? I’m fucking stupid?
