diff --git a/ch04.asciidoc b/ch04.asciidoc index 751c304e..e3dbb0a2 100644 --- a/ch04.asciidoc +++ b/ch04.asciidoc @@ -875,8 +875,9 @@ In <>, we introduced Eugenia, a children's charity d ===== Generating vanity addresses -It's important to realize that a bitcoin address is simply a number represented by symbols in the Base58 alphabet. The search for a pattern like "1Kids" can be seen as searching for an address in the range from "1Kids11111111111111111111111111111" to "1Kidszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz". There are approximately 58^29^ (approximately 1.4 * 10^51^) addresses in that range, all starting with "1Kids". Table 4-11 shows the range of addresses that have the prefix 1Kids. +It's important to realize that a bitcoin address is simply a number represented by symbols in the Base58 alphabet. The search for a pattern like "1Kids" can be seen as searching for an address in the range from "1Kids11111111111111111111111111111" to "1Kidszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz". There are approximately 58^29^ (approximately 1.4 * 10^51^) addresses in that range, all starting with "1Kids". <> shows the range of addresses that have the prefix 1Kids. +[[table_4-11]] .The range of vanity addresses starting with "1Kids" |======= | From | 1Kids11111111111111111111111111111