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A blockchain is a specific type of DAG, true or false?
Blockchains are similar to tree-like data structures. In best case list like. One can argue that both lists and trees are graphs with certain restrictions. And because blockchains are directed and acyclic, they are directed acyclic graphs.
Is the…
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What does unsychronous Milestones mean?
What does it mean, if the Last Milestone Index is increasing constantly, but the Last Solid Milestone Index does not?
I know, that they both have to be equal, to have a fully synced node.
But what, if they aren't.
What is the exact meaning of each…
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How much computing power is needed for the PoW?
I was just wondering how much computing power would you need for a single transaction.
If we look into the future and think of all the small little sensors, they all would want to perform the PoW. Otherwise they would outsource it, but then pay fees…
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Extracting data from the tangle
The ownership distribution of Iota has been written about but how does one get these addresses? I looked at the Iota API and don't see an obvious way. And the tangle seems like some of it is in binary files on my node but it is not every…
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Do transactions within the same bundle need to reference specific branch and trunk hashes?
When adding a new transaction, I get two "random" other transactions to use as my branch and trunk.
But if I have several transactions in a bundle, does each one get their own random two? Or should transaction 2 in the bundle reference transaction…
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Sample code for promoting a transaction using the official IOTA JS Library?
Is there a sample publicly available, showing how to use the official IOTA S Library to promote a transaction?
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Promote old transaction instead of reattaching them
After waiting a while, my wallet did no longer allow to promote my transaction and forced me to reattach.
That forced me into reattaching the transaction, in the process I "doomed" three other non-zero transactions attached to mine. I waited over an…
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How will Smart Contracts be implemented on the Tangle, providing timestamps are enforced?
On the main DAG? On a second layer? Or something else?
How does it work basically?
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Where is PoW being executed when using the CLI wallet?
It‘s actually all in the title: When using the “official” command line interface wallet (https://github.com/iotaledger/cli-app) and e.g. attaching an address, is PoW executed on the client or by the connected full node?
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Can nodes communicate among each other only via transactions?
Is it possible for nodes to use their UDP channels to send other data than transactions? Or would node-to-node messages need to get wrapped in a transaction first? I'm thinking along the lines of an IXI module being capable communicating with…
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How would full nodes cope with large amounts of data?
If a botnet or an entity with large CPU resources were to upload copious amounts of data to the tangle, how would full nodes cope with all that data? Do full nodes need to store all the data from every transaction sent to the tangle since the last…
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What can be the reason for the Solid Milestone Index not to increase overtime?
I have a node that always worked. When I do something like updating iri, for example, everything seems fine with it.
The problem is, in these cases, the "Solid Milestone Index" started to increase for a few milestones and now it's stuck in a certain…
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How to see the "Latest Solid Milestone Index" of my neighbors?
I would like to know if it is possible to see the syncing status of my neighbors.
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Running a full node
Can someone explain to an average joe like me how to run a node in the Tangle. Do I have to be an expert or somehow knowledgable about some kind of stuff? Or is it possible for the common people to do it??
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How to Setup a Full Node on Azure?
I have spare credits for Azure, I'd love to use this to setup a full node for IOTA. I know there are Amazon AWS guides, just wondered if anyone had an easy way to do this for Azure?
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