# How To Get Custom Bitcoin Addresses ⚡

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/how-to-get-custom-bitcoin-addresses/221212>\
**Category:** Tutorials & Methods\
**Tags:** freebies, tips-tricks\
**Created:** [July 18, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-get-custom-bitcoin-addresses/221212 "2022-07-18T21:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/bluehacker/32/174721_2.png) [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-get-custom-bitcoin-addresses/221212/1 "2022-07-18T21:36:00Z")

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1. Go to [https://github.com/JeanLucPons/VanitySearch/releases/tag/1.19](https://github.com/JeanLucPons/VanitySearch/releases/tag/1.19) and download “VanitySearch.exe”.

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/a/2/a27500fea19691d72cb27e99629d6e098eaadf93.png)

1. Navigate to where you downloaded the program, click inside the search bar at the top, then type “cmd” and hit enter.

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/7/7/774a2dc156bfad6c780470346fca8cb42a09d18f.png)

1. Type “vanitysearch” and hit enter. If it’s working properly, it should show the message below. If it doesn’t work and gives errors, then you’ll need to download Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable [here](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685)

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/0/a/0ab89a69c3a0247929e9c9b80aad2120a7ebef68.png)

1. Type “vanitysearch -stop 1TEST”, and replace “TEST” with what your custom bitcoin address to be. The longer it is, the longer it will take to generate.  
It needs to start with a 1, and it can not contain the characters 0, O, L, I as they are too similar.

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/b/5/b5b1cc44589f5aaa63148382b3321320ad21fe30.png)

1. Once your bitcoin address has been generated, it will show this below.

![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/68fded5305ebd07061512e9f243aba26101c68e3.png)

DO NOT SHOW ANYONE EITHER OF THE “Priv” VALUES, AS THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THE BITCOIN STORED ON THAT ADDRESS.  
6) Import the private key into your wallet. I will be showing you how to do this with [https://blockchain.com](https://blockchain.com/), as it is the easiest wallet to use that supports it.

- Log into your wallet at [https://login.blockchain.com/](https://login.blockchain.com/).
- Click the person icon at the top right, then go to “Wallet & Addresses”.
- Click “Import Address” on the right
- On cmd, copy everything after “p2pkh:” on the “Priv (WIF)” line, e.g. “KxWXnC1u6pF2dTM3BDJSmLKp39WCoef7xh74HGw2MT8uXp8Xwyw5”
- Paste it into the “Enter your private key” field, then click “Import Private Key”

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/d/0/d0b2d9d9e0dd5cf54b66aa5e7048ad818ea2ee24.png)

1. If you’ve done it correctly, it should show up in your wallet, and you’ll now be able to receive bitcoin from people using your custom bitcoin address.

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7ea8c8ba9793ee1ca3bdb1a0689155bac5cfa096.png)

**Happy learning!**