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<p><strong>Can I get the seed somehow [...]</strong></p>
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<p>No.</p>
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<p><strong>[...] or does the private key replace it?</strong></p>
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<p>Not exactly, they are obviously different things. However you need to keep a secure backup of the private-key in the same way you would the seed or seed-phrase.</p>
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<p><strong>I imported the private key</strong></p>
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<p>Remember that this key will not be restored by restoring your wallet from a seed-phrase (AKA recovery-phrase or backup-phrase). You will have to import it again. There is a risk you will forget or not take adequately comprehensive backups and lose money.</p>
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<p><strong>I want it to be as secure as the address I get in any other wallet.</strong></p>
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<p>You'd arguably have to inspect the vanity generator source code carefully and only run it offline on a machine that has never been connected to a network and which never will be (unless associated non-volatile storage is all carefully wiped - including unallocated space and taking into account wear-levelling where relevant.)</p>

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Thanks a lot for the advice, I was still figuring some things out and my current setup looks like this: generated address + seed offline in a clean OS and import this into the hardware wallet. And thanks to you I know that if anything happens to the hardware wallet I don't actually care about the seed recovery and I only have the seed stored offline in encrypted form stored in multiple places, does this setup sound safe enough?
Johnyk7
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<p>I found a vanity address with this verified tool: <a href="https://github.com/JeanLucPons/VanitySearch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/JeanLucPons/VanitySearch</a></p>
<p>And now I hold my private key, with BTC I am used to only the recovery seed and I don't know what position I am currently in.</p>
<p>Can I get the seed somehow or does the private key replace it?</p>
<p>The primary thing I'm concerned about is I want to receive all funds in the store at my own address and I want it to be as secure as the address I get in any other wallet.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your time.</p>
<p>EDIT:</p>
<p>I'm doing research, but this topic seems very complex to me and I'm afraid of getting something wrong and putting myself at unnecessary risk, but what I've understood so far: a private key is +/- the same as a seed except that the seed &quot;controls&quot; the entire wallet, while the private key only controls a specific address, so I should have the funds safe even now and no further steps are needed.</p>
<p>I imported the private key into Electrum and encrypted the file.</p>

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Security of Vanity Addresses
Johnyk7
# Security of Vanity Addresses

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-16)

I found a vanity address with this verified tool: <https://github.com/JeanLucPons/VanitySearch>

And now I hold my private key, with BTC I am used to only the recovery seed and I don't know what position I am currently in.

Can I get the seed somehow or does the private key replace it?

The primary thing I'm concerned about is I want to receive all funds in the store at my own address and I want it to be as secure as the address I get in any other wallet.

Thank you very much for your time.

EDIT:

I'm doing research, but this topic seems very complex to me and I'm afraid of getting something wrong and putting myself at unnecessary risk, but what I've understood so far: a private key is +/- the same as a seed except that the seed "controls" the entire wallet, while the private key only controls a specific address, so I should have the funds safe even now and no further steps are needed.

I imported the private key into Electrum and encrypted the file.

**Tags:** security, private-key, seed, vanity-address


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-10-17. Score: 0

> **Can I get the seed somehow [...]**

No.

> **[...] or does the private key replace it?**

Not exactly, they are obviously different things. However you need to keep a secure backup of the private-key in the same way you would the seed or seed-phrase.

> **I imported the private key**

Remember that this key will not be restored by restoring your wallet from a seed-phrase (AKA recovery-phrase or backup-phrase). You will have to import it again. There is a risk you will forget or not take adequately comprehensive backups and lose money.

> **I want it to be as secure as the address I get in any other wallet.**

You'd arguably have to inspect the vanity generator source code carefully and only run it offline on a machine that has never been connected to a network and which never will be (unless associated non-volatile storage is all carefully wiped - including unallocated space and taking into account wear-levelling where relevant.)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks a lot for the advice, I was still figuring some things out and my current setup looks like this: generated address + seed offline in a clean OS and import this into the hardware wallet. And thanks to you I know that if anything happens to the hardware wallet I don't actually care about the seed recovery and I only have the seed stored offline in encrypted form stored in multiple places, does this setup sound safe enough?  

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