A Bitcoin Vanity Address generator.
nakatoshi accepts as input a prefix string (Or a file with multiple prefixes) to search for and produce a Bitcoin address and private / public keys. The amount of time required to find a given pattern depends on how long the string is, the speed of your computer, and whether you get lucky.
$ brew tap ndelvalle/utilities
$ brew install nakatoshi
$ cargo install nakatoshi
Download the latest released binary and add executable permissions:
# Linux example:
$ wget -O nakatoshi "https://github.com/ndelvalle/nakatoshi/releases/download/v0.2.4/nakatoshi-linux-amd64"
$ chmod +x nakatoshi
USAGE:
nakatoshi [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <prefix> --input-file <input-file>
FLAGS:
-b, --bech32 Use Bech32 addresses. Starting with bc1q (Lowercase address)
-c, --case-sensitive Use case sensitive comparison to match addresses
-h, --help Prints help information
-u, --uncompressed Use uncompressed private an public keys
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
-i, --input-file <input-file> File with prefixes to match addresses with
-t, --threads <threads> Number of threads to be used [default: The number of CPUs available on the current
system]
ARGS:
<prefix> Prefix used to match addresses
nakatoshi 1Kids
nakatoshi 1Bitc | jq
A file with one address prefix on each newline can be used to search for a vanity address. This reduces the time to find a result.
Example:
nakatoshi --input-file input.txt
The contents of the input.txt
file looks like this:
1Kids
1Love
nakatoshi -b bc1qki
Note: There is no need to search with the case-sensitive
flag because bc1q
addresses are
always lowercase.
# Build
$ cargo build
# Help
$ cargo run -- -help
Note: Cargo run
creates an unoptimized executable with debug info. When testing
the speed/throughput of the application, make sure to use cargo run --release
.