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Tarc

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9. A rough and simplistic analogy

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 10:08 PM

Jun 18

Pretend you have a document saved on your computer that can be password-protected. Open the box to set a password, randomly slap keys on the keyboard for a few seconds so you have 50-60 random characters.

Control-c (copies) the big password.

Control-v (pastes) into the "retype password to confirm" box.

Close it, and you'll never (by ordinary means) get into that document again.

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can someone explain these "vanity addresses" ret5hd Jun 18 #3

A rough and simplistic analogy Tarc Jun 18 #9

that explains the "key" to the address... ret5hd Jun 19 #11

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