@cybearl/celk

A brute-forcing tool to work with Bitcoin and Ethereum
addresses, entirely written in Typescript.

Introduction

The goal that I have, is to build a dual (Xeon | Epyc)-based home server, and to run this project on it for years (or decades lol) to see if I can brute-force some addresses, of course, it's almost impossible but who knows, maybe I'll be lucky.

Performances

Benchmark environment:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x (8 cores / 16 threads) @ 3.8 GHz.
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070.
• RAM: 32 GB DDR4 @ 3200 MHz.
• OS: Windows 11 64 bits.
• Node.js: v20.15.0.

Benchmarking of the generator

Version	Addresses per second (K/s)	Upgrade description
v2024.9.0	N/D	Switching to versioning with the format: vYYYY.M.D-<type>
v1.1.0	N/D	Switching to AdonisJS
v1.0.9	N/D	A new architecture
v1.0.8b	N/D	File report system
v1.0.8	19.97 kK/s	Reverted back to an Uint8Array
v1.0.7	19.24 kK/s	Using WASM / JS shared memory space with JS only
v1.0.6	15.42 kK/s	Using SECP256K1 module and WASM / JS shared memory space
v1.0.5b	N/D	Better benchmarking & reports per second
v1.0.5	1.25 kK/s	Reverts the address to its RIPEMD-160 hash
v1.0.4b	N/D	Allow to use the public key if known
v1.0.4	1.24 kK/s	Using a single buffer for all operations
v1.0.3	1.19 kK/s	Better private key generator (str -> bigint)
v1.0.2b	1.18 kK/s	Upgrading Node.js from v16.20.2 to v20.9.0
v1.0.2	850 K/s	Ghost executions + Better benchmark measures
v1.0.1	792 K/s	Improved benchmarking precision
v1.0.0	396 K/s	Basic algorithm implementations

Updates

Latest update (v2024.9.0-alpha):

• Switching to versioning with the following format: vYYYY.M.D-<type>.
• Implemented Base58 encoding/decoding for Bitcoin addresses.
• Deleted PostMan in favor of adonis-autoswagger + project-hosted Swagger UI.
• Replaced basic role-check system with AdonisJS Bouncer middleware & policies.
• Pagination on all index routes.

Previous updates

• v1.1.0:
  • Switching from raw ts-node to AdonisJS with the goal of making it a backend API.
  • Implemented Lucid ORM for the database (PostgreSQL).
  • Implemented Japa for the tests.
  • Implemented BullMQ for the jobs.
  • Implemented a system that fetches the address data (number of TXs, last TX date, balance, etc..) from the blockchain.
  • Implemented the v1.0.9 benchmarking system with slight improvements.
  • Added ts-node to be able to run arbitrary scripts for development/debugging purposes.
  • Implemented and improved the original v1.0.9 cache system.
  • Started working on a Ethereum address generator.
  • Implemented Bech32 encoding/decoding for Bitcoin addresses.
• v1.0.9: Started working on a new architecture, with Jest, and a new Cache class.
  • Cancelled in favor of switching to AdonisJS because I wanted to make it a backend API, and also because the code started to be a real mess, really hard to maintain and even more to improve.
• v1.0.8b: Added a file report system, to not loose the results if you close the terminal lol..
• v1.0.8: Reverted back to an Uint8Array.
• v1.0.7: Using WASM / JS shared memory space with JS only.
• v1.0.6: Using SECP256K1 module and WASM / JS shared memory space.
• v1.0.5b: Better benchmarking & reports per second.
• v1.0.5: Reverts the address to its RIPEMD-160 hash.
• v1.0.4b: Allow to use the public key if known.
• v1.0.4: Using a single buffer for all operations.
• v1.0.3: Better private key generator (str -> bigint).
• v1.0.2b: Upgrading Node.js from v16.20.2 to v20.9.0.
• v1.0.2: Ghost executions + Better benchmark measures.
• v1.0.1: Improved benchmarking precision.
• v1.0.0: Basic algorithm implementations.