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How does a client detect new IOTA transactions?
I am trying to understand IOTA at code level and the APIs.
1) How does a client know that there is a new transaction that it needs to fetch from a node? Does it keep calling findTransactions and downloading all transactions related to a given set of…
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What is Minimum Weight Magnitude?
What is this number and how does it effect the transactions? Why does the wallet give us the ability to change it and in what circumstances can a different number help?
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Is it IOTA "coins" or "tokens"?
Both notations are used online. Are they interchangeable? Is it even accurate to call it a "coin" in this respect?
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Meaning of Full Node Logs
This is how the most common full node log looks like:
INFO com.iota.iri.network.Node - toProcess = 963 , toBroadcast = 0 , toRequest = 2117 , toReply = 32 / totalTransactions = 3313092
What do the terms "toProcess", "toBroadcast", "toRequest",…
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Which parts of a bundle have to be signed?
I understand that a bundle consists of input and output txs like in this example.
Does a signature always need two txs and why? Because it's too big?
Which parts of a "value transacting bundle" are signed (e.g. addresses of all txs, values of all…
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Why are transactions so slow?
Right now each transaction takes about 30 minutes or longer. Previously it was said that the increasing number of transactions (even empty spam) are good for the network and are improve the transaction time. However, two weeks ago the developers…
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What determines when a snapshot occurs?
Are there are criteria that are met to determine when a snapshot occurs? Is the snapshot schedule something that is affected by the size of the network (e.g. do more full nodes mean snapshots are more widely spaced?). Will they occur more frequently…
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Where does all Tangle data goes after a Snapshot?
I understand that Snapshots are needed in order to make room for new data but it doesn't mean that all data is gone for good, does it?
Is it possible to to access old data if one manages to run a full node wherever a snapshot is stored?
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What are trytes and trits?
I see the words "trytes" and "trits" used a lot when discussing IOTA, however neither my browser's autocorrect nor the Oxford English Dictionary know what these words mean.
What are trytes and trits, and what is their purpose in relation to IOTA?
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Authenticated remote IRI API calls. Fullnode startup flags and config
I want to enable API calls to my full node from an host besides localhost. The question is what startup flags or equivalent entries in an .ini config file do I need to make authenticated API calls?
From my experience these configurations are…
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how is consensus achieved in simple terms?
im desperate to understand,i seriously tried
im new to iota but it is quite hard to understand how consensus is achieved in iota, and what is the transaction structure ? i also don't understand what is the role of weight and score , i understand how…
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Why aren't seeds longer than 81 trytes more secure?
From the wallet FAQ:
In order to ensure that only you got access to your iotas you ought to create a sufficiently complex seed. This means a randomized 81 character seed consisting of latin letters and the number 9.
I've heard that if you make…
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What happens if I receive IOTAs at an address I've already spent from?
Suppose I spend funds from an address, but then there's a software bug, or user error, or somebody sends IOTAs to that address afterward, and now I have a used address with a non-zero balance!
What can I do to secure those funds? Would sending the…
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Possibility of installing IOTA on a micro-controller?
Is it possible to install the IOTA library on a micro-controller such as ESP (ESP8266)? Such that it can write in the Tangle by sending a transaction?
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What are the expected advantages of Curl-P over Kerl algorithm?
The current hashing algorithm of IOTA is Kerl—a ternary version of Keccak algorithm. But the IOTA foundation is still researching on Curl to develop Curl-P.
So, which major advantages does one expect from Curl-P over Kerl?
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