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Cardano vanity address generator
Create a real Cardano address that starts with, ends with, or contains your own pattern — generated on your machine. No accounts, no telemetry, keys never leave your device.
How Cardano addresses work
Cardano Shelley enterprise addresses are bech32 strings starting with addr1. After that comes a header character, which for an enterprise mainnet address is always v, then one of y 9 x 8.
Bech32 excludes 1 b i o, so words containing those letters cannot match. The remaining 32 characters are qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l.
Alphabet: Bech32 (32 symbols per position). Typical shape: addr1v…cafe.
How to generate a Cardano vanity address
- Open the web generator or run
npx vanity-address. - Choose Cardano (
ada). - Enter a short prefix, suffix, or contains pattern using the Bech32 alphabet.
- Check the ETA, grind, then verify the result before using it.
npx vanity-address --chain ada --suffix cafe
How long will it take?
Each extra character multiplies the work by about 32. Times below are illustrative at one million keys per second; your device may be faster or slower. Use the difficulty calculator with your own speed.
| Pattern length | Expected attempts | Average time @ 1M keys/s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | under a second |
| 2 | 1,024 | under a second |
| 3 | 32,768 | under a second |
| 4 | 1.0 million | 1 second |
| 5 | 33.6 million | 34 seconds |
| 6 | 1.1 billion | 18 minutes |
| 7 | 34.4 billion | 9.5 hours |
| 8 | 1.1 trillion | 13 days |
Tips for Cardano
- Words that fit the bech32 set include
cafe,dead,fadeanddefa; anything withb,i,oor1(like moon) cannot match. - This generates payment-key-only enterprise addresses, not staking-enabled base addresses.
- Always test with a small amount first.
Safety
Whoever holds the private key controls the funds. vanity-address creates keys locally from your operating system's secure random source and re-derives every address on the CPU before export. The exported file is a plaintext secret: keep it offline and never commit or email it. Read the security model before moving significant value.
Frequently asked questions
Does the tool create staking addresses?
No — enterprise addresses only (payment key, no stake key).
Which letters are not allowed?
In the data part, 1, b, i and o are not in the bech32 alphabet.