zach on Nostr: Vanity keys are Nostr npub keys that contain a word or phrase or something ...
Vanity keys are Nostr npub keys that contain a word or phrase or something unique/special for the individual.
They are a fun way to add personality to your experience/profile but not mandatory.
You can “mine” vanity keys by running programs that target a word or phrase that you have set. The longer the phrase the more time it will take to mine. So an npub containing the word dog would be exponentially faster than one containing the words dogwalker.
That is my understanding and hopefully gets info across. Someone more technical could probably explain it better!
They are a fun way to add personality to your experience/profile but not mandatory.
You can “mine” vanity keys by running programs that target a word or phrase that you have set. The longer the phrase the more time it will take to mine. So an npub containing the word dog would be exponentially faster than one containing the words dogwalker.
That is my understanding and hopefully gets info across. Someone more technical could probably explain it better!