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    After seeing the recently posted How To Generate A Tezos Vanity Address, I thought I'd share a method I've used to generate a vanity address that has the benefit of being able to easily be restored or transferred to another wallet from a seed phrase backup.
Most of the credit goes to Stephen Andrews. I've just slightly modified some of the code he wrote to get it to work the way I want.
Everything below assumes you are working from the Linux command line (tested in Debian/Ubuntu distributions):
First, clone Stephen Andrews' eztz repository from github:
git clone -b vanity https://github.com/stephenandrews/eztz

Then enter the newly created directory and the vanity subdirectory:
cd eztz/vanity

Next, install the needed dependencies with npm (use apt install npm if you don't have npm installed):
npm install

Grab my customized index.js which I called vanity.js here:
wget https://gist.github.com/baketzforme/e27d46d70e949ea9953b11902c2fa4fe/raw/vanity.js

Finally you're ready to generate your vanity address. The below example will search for an address that starts with tz1TERM.
node vanity.js TERM

Example output:
node vanity.js Tz  
Searching for tz1Tz  
Checked 119 hashes  
Found match:  
tz1TzrmTBSuiVHV2VfMnGRMYvTEPCP42oSM8  
giant grunt jewel suit scatter surface chaos tumble radar fortune rifle frost essence motion worry  

You can also optionally include a password. This adds a little more security because the seed words without the password will not import the same address.
node vanity.js TERM PASSWORD

Example output:
node vanity.js Tz secretPassword  
Searching for tz1Tz  
Checked 630 hashes  
Found match:  
tz1TzijVFZT1QmohdSfsBnVAQQa48eWL2xfH  
ramp sea drama balance scale mixed chapter dream hundred sweet language chuckle reform alert clock  

The above seed phrase without the password generates the following address: tz1aBFAMsDGHqnmrhgGhjx9kowjFLJMXEbsC
Just make sure to backup your seed phrase and your password if you use one, or else any funds stored on the generated account could be lost forever.
Enjoy!

  

  

## vanity.js
#!/usr/bin/env node
const _sodium = require('libsodium-wrappers');
(async() => {
    if (process.argv.length <= 2){
        console.log("Please enter a term to find, with an optional password, e.g. node vanity.js test [password]");
        return;
    }
    var match = process.argv[2];
    var ALPHABET = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
    for(var i = 0; i < match.length; i++){
        if (ALPHABET.indexOf(match[i]) < 0){
            console.log("Your search term is not valid - please ensure search term only includes b58 valid characters: " + ALPHABET);
            return;
        }
    }
    await _sodium.ready;
    var XMLHttpRequest = require("xmlhttprequest").XMLHttpRequest;
    var ee = require("./main.js");
    var eztz = ee.eztz;
    eztz.library.sodium = _sodium;
    var keys, fmatch = "tz1" + match;
    console.log("Searching for " + fmatch);
    var cc = 0;
    function tick() {
        m = eztz.crypto.generateMnemonic();
        if (process.argv.length > 2) {
          keys = eztz.crypto.generateKeys(m, process.argv[3]);
        } else {
          keys = eztz.crypto.generateKeys(m);
        }
        if (keys.pkh.substr(0, fmatch.length) == fmatch){
            console.log("\nFound match:");
            console.log(keys.pkh);
            console.log(m);
        } else {
            printProgress("Checked " + cc++ + " hashes");
            setImmediate(tick);
        }
    }
    tick();
})();

function printProgress(progress){
    process.stdout.clearLine();
    process.stdout.cursorTo(0);
    process.stdout.write(progress);
}
	#!/usr/bin/env node
	const _sodium = require('libsodium-wrappers');
	(async() => {
	if (process.argv.length <= 2){
	console.log("Please enter a term to find, with an optional password, e.g. node vanity.js test [password]");
	return;
	}
	var match = process.argv[2];
	var ALPHABET = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz'
	for(var i = 0; i < match.length; i++){
	if (ALPHABET.indexOf(match[i]) < 0){
	console.log("Your search term is not valid - please ensure search term only includes b58 valid characters: " + ALPHABET);
	return;
	}
	}
	await _sodium.ready;
	var XMLHttpRequest = require("xmlhttprequest").XMLHttpRequest;
	var ee = require("./main.js");
	var eztz = ee.eztz;
	eztz.library.sodium = _sodium;
	var keys, fmatch = "tz1" + match;
	console.log("Searching for " + fmatch);
	var cc = 0;
	function tick() {
	m = eztz.crypto.generateMnemonic();
	if (process.argv.length > 2) {
	keys = eztz.crypto.generateKeys(m, process.argv[3]);
	} else {
	keys = eztz.crypto.generateKeys(m);
	}
	if (keys.pkh.substr(0, fmatch.length) == fmatch){
	console.log("\nFound match:");
	console.log(keys.pkh);
	console.log(m);
	} else {
	printProgress("Checked " + cc++ + " hashes");
	setImmediate(tick);
	}
	}
	tick();
	})();

	function printProgress(progress){
	process.stdout.clearLine();
	process.stdout.cursorTo(0);
	process.stdout.write(progress);
	}