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I've seen people with custom addresses on Monero, like having short custom three or four letter words in the beginning of the 95-character string. How do I get one of these?

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You need to use a vanity address generator. As far as I know, this one written in Go is the best/only available one:

https://github.com/ehmry/monero-vanity

Edit: there is another one here implemented in JavaScript, see generate address with prefix:

https://moneroaddress.org

jwinterm
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    What about the "Generate Wallet with Prefix" option here? moneroaddress.org –  Sep 15 '16 at 17:12
  • Ohyea, that one should work too. If guess Go is probably significantly faster than JavaScript, but haven't tested either of them to be honest. – jwinterm Sep 15 '16 at 18:06
  • Does having a vanity address (eg: 43COINxxxx at the beginning) decrease the security of the account? Does it increase its hackability by hostile parties? –  Sep 18 '16 at 00:07
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    You should ask this in a separate question, but I'm pretty sure no, it does not. – jwinterm Sep 18 '16 at 00:39
  • The go one works reasonably well. I generated my physical coins' addresses with it. The Javascript one is really slow, and won't be usable for very many characters. – Luigi Sep 20 '16 at 00:08