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Can't generate a vanity npub with my name ...
20 sats \ 6 comments \ @ek 14 Apr 2023 bitcoin
$ python vanity_npub.py ekzyis
['ekzyis']
[]
ERROR: "i" is not a valid character (not in the bech32 charset)
	bech32 chars: 023456789acdefghjklmnpqrstuvwxyz
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @l0k18 14 Apr 2023
I think bech32 has none of the similar looking characters l 1 i (small L, one, small I) at all so there is no ambiguity. I made a codec with all the letters but only 234679 with the specific intent to enable various kinds of vanity public keys.
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4 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 14 Apr 2023
I don't bother with this. I do not see any advantage of having a vanity pub key. Much better randomness
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Monotone 15 Apr 2023
It seems to me that on the Internet it is better not to designate or mark your personality in any way. Best random npub and random usernames.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 15 Apr 2023
I like the following definition of privacy a lot:
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively.
-- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 14 Apr 2023
You have to use an L for the i.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @dtonon 14 Apr 2023
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki#bech32
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