diff --git a/contrib/py/vanity/.gitignore b/contrib/py/vanity/.gitignore
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+__pycache__
+*.private
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diff --git a/contrib/py/vanity/bencode.py b/contrib/py/vanity/bencode.py
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+#
+# super freaking dead simple wicked awesome bencode library
+#
+from io import BytesIO
+
+class BCodec:
+  encoding = 'utf-8'
+  def __init__(self, fd):
+    self._fd = fd
+
+  def _write_bytestring(self, bs):
+    self._fd.write('{}:'.format(len(bs)).encode('ascii'))
+    self._fd.write(bs)
+  
+  def _write_list(self, l):
+    self._fd.write(b'l')
+    for item in l:
+      self.encode(item)
+    self._fd.write(b'e')
+
+  def _write_dict(self, d):
+    self._fd.write(b'd')
+    keys = list(d.keys())
+    keys.sort()
+    for k in keys:
+      if isinstance(k, str):
+        self._write_bytestring(k.encode(self.encoding))
+      elif isinstance(k, bytes):
+        self._write_bytestring(k)
+      else:
+        self._write_bytestring('{}'.format(k).encode(self.encoding))
+      self.encode(d[k])
+    self._fd.write(b'e')
+
+  def _write_int(self, i):
+    self._fd.write('i{}e'.format(i).encode(self.encoding))
+
+  def encode(self, obj):
+    if isinstance(obj, dict):
+      self._write_dict(obj)
+    elif isinstance(obj, list):
+      self._write_list(obj)
+    elif isinstance(obj, int):
+      self._write_int(obj)
+    elif isinstance(obj, str):
+      self._write_bytestring(obj.encode(self.encoding))
+    elif isinstance(obj, bytes):
+      self._write_bytestring(obj)
+    elif hasattr(obj, bencode):
+      obj.bencode(self._fd)
+    else:
+      raise ValueError("invalid object type")
+
+  def _readuntil(self, delim):
+    b = bytes()
+    while True:
+      ch = self._fd.read(1)
+      if ch == delim:
+        return b
+      b += ch
+
+  def _decode_list(self):
+    l = list()
+    while True:
+      b = self._fd.read(1)
+      if b == b'e':
+        return l
+      l.append(self._decode(b))
+
+  def _decode_dict(self):
+    d = dict()
+    while True:
+      ch = self._fd.read(1)
+      if ch == b'e':
+        return d
+      k = self._decode_bytestring(ch)
+      d[k] = self.decode()
+
+  def _decode_int(self):
+    return int(self._readuntil(b'e'), 10)
+
+  def _decode_bytestring(self, ch):
+    ch += self._readuntil(b':')
+    l = int(ch, base=10)
+    return self._fd.read(l)
+
+  def _decode(self, ch):
+    if ch == b'd':
+      return self._decode_dict()
+    elif ch == b'l':
+      return self._decode_list()
+    elif ch == b'i':
+      return self._decode_int()
+    elif ch in [b'0',b'1',b'2',b'3',b'4',b'5',b'6',b'7',b'8',b'9']:
+      return self._decode_bytestring(ch)
+    else:
+      raise ValueError(ch)
+
+  def decode(self):
+    return self._decode(self._fd.read(1))
+
+
+def bencode(obj):
+  buf = BytesIO()
+  b = BCodec(buf)
+  b.encode(obj)
+  return buf.bytes()
+
+def bdecode(bytestring):
+  buf = BytesIO()
+  buf.write(bytestring)
+  return BCodec(buf).decode()
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diff --git a/contrib/py/vanity/lokinet-vanity.py b/contrib/py/vanity/lokinet-vanity.py
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+++ b/contrib/py/vanity/lokinet-vanity.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import bencode
+import sys
+import libnacl
+import base64
+import struct
+from io import BytesIO
+import time
+from multiprocessing import Process, Array, Value
+
+
+
+def print_help():
+  print('usage: {} keyfile.private prefix numthreads'.format(sys.argv[0]))
+  return 1
+
+_zalpha = ['y', 'b', 'n', 'd', 'r', 'f', 'g', '8',
+  'e', 'j', 'k', 'm', 'c', 'p', 'q', 'x',
+  'o', 't', '1', 'u', 'w', 'i', 's', 'z',
+  'a', '3', '4', '5', 'h', '7', '6', '9']
+
+def zb32_encode(buf):
+  s = str()
+  bits = 0
+  l = len(buf)
+  idx = 0 
+  tmp = buf[idx]
+  while bits > 0 or idx < l:
+    if bits < 5:
+      if idx < l:
+        tmp <<= 8
+        tmp |= buf[idx] & 0xff
+        idx += 1
+        bits += 8
+      else:
+        tmp <<= 5 - bits
+        bits = 5
+    bits -= 5
+    s += _zalpha[(tmp >> bits) & 0x1f]
+  return s
+
+
+def _gen_si(keys):
+  e = keys[b'e'][32:]
+  s = keys[b's'][32:]
+  v = keys[b'v']
+  return {'e': e, 's':s, 'v':v}
+
+
+class AddrGen:
+
+  def __init__(self, threads, keys, prefix):
+    self._inc = threads
+    self._keys = keys
+    self._c = Value('i')
+    self.sync = Array('i', 3)
+    self._procs = []
+    self.prefix = prefix
+
+  def runit(self):
+    i = self._inc
+    hi = abs(libnacl.randombytes_random())
+    lo = abs(libnacl.randombytes_random())
+    while i > 0:
+      p = Process(target=self._gen_addr_tick, args=(lo+i, hi+i, _gen_si(self._keys)))
+      p.start()
+      self._procs.append(p)
+      i -=1
+    return self._runner()
+
+  def _gen_addr_tick(self, lo, hi, si):
+    fd = BytesIO()
+    addr = ''
+    enc = bencode.BCodec(fd)
+    while self.sync[2] == 0:
+      si['x'] = struct.pack('>QQ', lo, hi)
+      fd.seek(0,0)
+      enc.encode(si)
+      pub = bytes(fd.getbuffer())
+      addr = zb32_encode(libnacl.crypto_generichash(pub))
+      if addr.startswith(self.prefix):
+        self.sync[2] = 1 
+        self.sync[0] = hi
+        self.sync[1] = lo
+        return
+      hi += self._inc
+      if hi == 0:
+        lo += 1
+      self._c.value += 1
+
+  def _print_stats(self):
+    print('{} H/s'.format(self._c.value))
+    self._c.value = 0
+
+  def _joinall(self):
+    for p in self._procs:
+      p.join()
+
+  def _runner(self):
+      while self.sync[2] == 0:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        self._print_stats()
+      self._joinall()
+      fd = BytesIO()
+      enc = bencode.BCodec(fd)
+      hi = self.sync[0]
+      lo = self.sync[1]
+      si = _gen_si(self._keys)
+      si['x'] = struct.pack('>QQ', lo, hi)
+      enc.encode(si)
+      pub = bytes(fd.getbuffer())
+      addr = zb32_encode(libnacl.crypto_generichash(pub))
+      return si['x'], addr
+  
+
+def main(args):
+  if len(args) != 3:
+    return print_help()
+  keys = None
+  with open(args[0], 'rb') as fd:
+    dec = bencode.BCodec(fd)
+    keys = dec.decode()
+  runner = AddrGen(int(args[2]), keys, args[1])
+  keys[b'x'], addr = runner.runit()
+  print("found {}.loki".format(addr))
+  with open(args[0], 'wb') as fd:
+    enc = bencode.BCodec(fd)
+    enc.encode(keys)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main(sys.argv[1:])
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diff --git a/contrib/py/vanity/readme.md b/contrib/py/vanity/readme.md
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+# lokinet vanity address generator
+
+installing deps:
+
+    sudo apt install libsodium-dev
+    pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
+
+to generate a nonce with a prefix `^loki` using 8 cpu threads:
+
+    python3 lokinet-vanity.py keyfile.private loki 8
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diff --git a/contrib/py/vanity/requirements.txt b/contrib/py/vanity/requirements.txt
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+libnacl
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