Is it possible to mine a vanity npub with a GPU? Could I use a tool made for Bitcoin addresses and somehow convert it to an npub? #asknostr
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hmm, someone posted about doing this this other day, I can't quite remember who. Give me a few to wrack my brains
oh nevermind, it was Casa, but I don't think it was using the GPU 😟 Sorry https://blog.casa.io/hello-nostr/
No problem, thanks for looking ✌️
Rana can mine a vanity npub for you.
https://github.com/grunch/rana
The author of Rana is self-admittedly not an expert in cryptography but claims that the GPU is not as efficient in calculating elliptic curve keys.
https://github.com/grunch/rana/issues/31#issuecomment-1428147938
Thanks, I'm using Rana right now. Glad to know it's been addressed at least.