user3837: The gambling site satoshi bones uses addresses that start with 1bones, such as
1bonesEeTcABPjLzAb1VkFgySY6Zqu3sX

How did they generate such a vanity address?

user6858: there are applications, which take the starting text and generates milions of new addresses until the generated address starts with the selected text. It's pretty fast for short strings (3 characters). you'll wait about few minutes for 5 characters (case insensitive).
one such application is vanitygen.

3837: <p>The gambling site <a href="http://bitzillions.com/satoshibones" rel="nofollow">satoshi bones</a> uses addresses that start with <code>1bones</code>, such as</p>

<pre><code>1bonesEeTcABPjLzAb1VkFgySY6Zqu3sX
</code></pre>

<p>How did they generate such a vanity address?</p>
 6858: <p>there are applications, which take the starting text and generates milions of new addresses until the generated address starts with the selected text. It's pretty fast for short strings (3 characters). you'll wait about few minutes for 5 characters (case insensitive).</p>

<p>one such application is <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen">vanitygen</a>.</p>
