Has anybody hacked a Bitaxe to mine an npub?
I want to give it an xPub of my seed words and let it run millions of derivation paths until it finds my vanity key. Once found, it should return the derivation path to me so that I can then use my seed to securely get the private key of that npub.
I love this idea
Maybe I'm wrong, but an asic cannot be programmed to do anything else. BIP32 derivation is different compared to bitcoin mining.
You are possibly right. But who knows... maybe there is a way...
But it should be doable to extend Rana with this.
Why do you need bitaxe, just get computer brrrring. Does software for vanity npub exist somewhere?
The vanity key I want takes 283 years to find in an M2 Max :)
So, I am looking for options. :)
But yes, https://github.com/grunch/rana
does anyone have a vanity npub yet?
I do. Short ones are easy.
I wonder how the speed would compare to this one written in python. Much difference you think? nostr:npub1tv8gmfhalwnxxquxjzeh6gtdsdz6vg7vx0s3rt7s7uuw6aujh32qn77wn2
Python 1000x slower. Rana is written in Rust. Basically as fast as good C/C++.
let me know if you make it happen. ran does work but I never managed to get more demanding npub
