<p>Impossible in the non-theoretical sense, yes. If you have a closer look at the transaction spending to the <code>11PLEASE...</code> address, you also see an OP_RETURN with text begging for donations to the <code>1HELP...</code> address. There are also some other impossible/unlikely vanity addresses involved, and lots of other outputs. I'm pretty sure this is just spam.</p>

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<p>Just stumbled upon this address:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1HELPAKUTA4n4YdpYQSEK2Rhot6ZnL5P8Y" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1HELPAKUTA4n4YdpYQSEK2Rhot6ZnL5P8Y</a></p>
<p>It sent a small amount of Bitcoin to some well known Bitcoin wallets on 2nd of December 2023. I think generating such an address should be computationally feasible.</p>
<p>However, this address sent Bitcoin to addresses like: <a href="https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/BTC/11PLEASExHELPxNEEDEDxASAP11tvgYg5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/BTC/11PLEASExHELPxNEEDEDxASAP11tvgYg5</a></p>
<p>Such an address should be impossible to generate, correct? Do you agree that no one should have the private keys for that address. They just sent some BTC to it and they are now forever lost.</p>
<p>What is this all about?</p>

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# Long Vanity Addresses

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-12-15)

Just stumbled upon this address:

<https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1HELPAKUTA4n4YdpYQSEK2Rhot6ZnL5P8Y>

It sent a small amount of Bitcoin to some well known Bitcoin wallets on 2nd of December 2023. I think generating such an address should be computationally feasible.

However, this address sent Bitcoin to addresses like: <https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/BTC/11PLEASExHELPxNEEDEDxASAP11tvgYg5>

Such an address should be impossible to generate, correct? Do you agree that no one should have the private keys for that address. They just sent some BTC to it and they are now forever lost.

What is this all about?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, vanity-address, vanitygen


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-12-15. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Impossible in the non-theoretical sense, yes. If you have a closer look at the transaction spending to the `11PLEASE...` address, you also see an OP\_RETURN with text begging for donations to the `1HELP...` address. There are also some other impossible/unlikely vanity addresses involved, and lots of other outputs. I'm pretty sure this is just spam.


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