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Litecoin Vanity Address Generator

This is a simple add-on for your Node. It uses the spare processing power of the Pi Node to create a cool personalized litecoin address and private key.
Another great reason to run a node on the Raspberry Pi.
Create your node first from the tabs at the top of this page.
I am frequently asked on reddit when I announce the completion of one of the node guides here, questions like "Can I mine on the Node?" or "How much money does it make?" and things like that.

The nodes are of course essential to the network, but it's a rather humble task. The owner doesn't really benefit....
Until now!

How would you like your own personalized litecoin address?

​See how below:
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This image shows the current resources used by my Raspberry Pi litecoin node (with display).

The largest system load is caused by the display, and bitcoind only spikes in resource demand on receipt of a new block, which is temporary.

There is plenty of CPU available for another task.
Enter a program called "VanityGen" by samr7. github.com/samr7/vanitygen

This nifty program creates the addresses and private key for you to use.
Simply define what text you want in your address, specify how many system resources you want to use in finding it and send it on it's search...

To Install:

There is a dependency the Pi doesn't currently have called PCRE, install it with

                                                                    sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev​

Then download VanityGen:

                                                                   git clone https://github.com/samr7/vanitygen.git

​Navigate to it's instalation folder:

                                                                   cd vanitygen

And tell it to compile with:

                                                                  make

And that's it! we're ready to go!
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Options:

./vanitygen   -runs the program
-t 2                 -designates how many CPU threads to use (1 or 2 recommended on the pi)
-i                     -case insensitive on result
-X 48              -designates the version of address. [Litecoin is dec 48 (0x30) on mainnet]

L<xxx>          -all addresses must start with L then replace <xxx> with the string/custom text (Dan) or numbers (123) you want to find

The longer the specified Lxxxxxxx the longer the search will take. Adding just one letter increases the predicted time for a match massively. But by all means be optimistic as this is just spare processing power in the background of the node. Use it!

If the search is unreasonably long terminate the search using CTRL+c

I recommend using the "screen" feature again to allow the search to continue in the background. The tutorial for this can be found in the node guide.
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Using the command
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displays used system resources
This last screenshot shows the system resources used by VanityGen with the -t 2 option specified. It is limited to 200% CPU (100% represents one CPU thread). This leaves one thread for the Chrome display and one thread for Bitcoind.

​Happy hunting and good luck!

**Note: Bounties do exist to earn bitcoin by solving difficult to find addresses. Check out ​https://vanitypool.appspot.com/availableWork (I'm unsure how active this is)
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  • Nodes
    • ALT-Coin Nodes >
      • Ethereum
      • Monero
      • Dogecoin >
        • Dogecoin
        • Dogecoin with display
        • Dogecoin Tor Network
      • Gamecredits >
        • GameCredits
        • Gamecredits with display
        • GameCredits Tor Network
    • Node Add-ons >
      • Wallet Functionality
      • Vanity Address Generators >
        • Bitcoin Vanity Address
        • Litecoin Vanity Address
        • Dogecoin Vanity Address
      • Node stats "Slideshow"
    • Bitcoin Desktop PC Node Software
  • Staking Nodes
    • Dash >
      • Dash - Standard
      • Dash - With LCD display
    • BlackCoin >
      • BlackCoin - Lore
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    • PIVX
    • PinkCoin
    • GoByte >
      • GoByte - Standard
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  • Mining/Data Farming
    • Mining Add-On
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      • Burst Mining Single HDD
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    • Storj Host (Raspberry Pi)
    • Sia Host (Raspberry Pi)
  • Archive
    • Bitcoin Nodes >
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        • Bitcoin Core with display Tor network
        • Bitcoin Cash with display
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        • Bitcoin Cash Tor Network
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        • Bitcoin Unlimited Tor Network
      • Update your Node >
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    • Monero >
      • Monero Node for Pi 3 or ARMv7 devices (With LCD display)
      • Monero Node for Pi 3 or ARMv7 devices (no LCD display)
      • Monero Node for all other devices
      • Monero Tor Network add-on
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  • Hardware
  • Hardened Cold Storage
  • SUPPORT
    • Getting Started
    • Credits and Thanks