# Gavin Andresen
# 2012-01-07 20:49:56
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=56839.msg679669#msg679669

I hate to inject gloom and doom into a fun topic like vanity bitcoin addresses... but y'all should be aware that one of my longer-term goals for the Bitcoin system is to make bitcoin addresses disappear. I hope Bitcoin software 10 years from now tells users "You're about to pay 11 micro-Bitcoins to Amazon.com" and not "2mRwtf8blahblahblah". And I'm not alone, I know Mike Hearn feels strongly about making bitcoin addresses go away for ordinary users. @p{par}

If you do spent lots of time creating The World's Best system for mining vanity bitcoin addresses, please don't be upset or surprised if you find it is obsolete when "@p{(bf}@p{(it}Bitcoin 2017 Turbo++ Enhanced Edition@p{it)}@p{bf)}" is released. @p{brk}