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Why are the first 2 characters of my tag altered?

I used the official javascript library to create and attach a transaction to the tangle, but the first 2 characters of the tag are always changed to some random characters. eg. HELLOWORLD9999999999999999 is changed to XYLLOWORLD9999999999999999 How…
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Why does IRI accept „broken“ bundles?

This is a bundle which supposedly got created by Bitfinex, triggered by users requesting withdrawals. https://thetangle.org/bundle/9JQFACIVTT9RPXGKGWTWLYK9DSQMFGYYVACSPJWTWQHEDFFLDBFO9ICEUQ9BXQC9NG9LWCBEVNHCVIVDA The bundle has outputs but is…
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How do I know my full node is "strong"?

I just got a full node setup and have 3 neighbors. Things are flowing and we are exchanging new transactions. Are there some metrics I can get from the node to know whether it's "strong" or if there is more it can be doing for the network? The node…
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Lost or wrong jotted seed - is it possible to withdraw IOTA?

Afraid of spyware or something worse, I decided to jot down the seed for my very first IOTA wallet. Unfortunately it was the wrong seed... Fortunately, it was a small amount of money I sent. In possession of the address with which the coins were…
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What's the difference between the 3 security levels when generating an address from a seed?

The IOTA java script library's getNewAddress function has a security parameter which can take the values 1, 2, or 3. Each value will generate a different address with the same seed - what's the difference? What makes the address using security…
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How to send data payload and funds in a secure/immutable way?

For me, one of the main use cases for IOTA regarding IOT was to be able to send data and funds in an atomic, immutable way. E.g. sending a bundle including parameters, transferred in the signatureMessageFragment, and the required funds to a service…
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What is the initial own weight of a transaction in IOTA?

According to the white paper for IOTA the initial own weight of any transaction is 3n, where n is a positive integer. However, in section 4 it says that the own weight value is capped to one to prevent double-spending attacks. That disproves the…
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What's the deal with prefixes? Is Mi smallest amount that could be transferred?

I just received 1 Mi as test. And it seems to be smallest amount to transfer. So I guess that's the reason that IOTA is dubbed MIOTA. But when I check https://thetangle.org/statistics/tokens-distribution there are wallets with less than 1Mi amount…
Damian Melniczuk
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How to get child transactions?

What is the best way to get all children of a certain transaction using any of the IOTA libraries/the IOTA API? By children of a transaction, I mean all transactions that directly reference it.
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How does the light node handle funds on multiple addresses?

Say I receive 1i on address with key index 0, 2i on address with index 1, and 4i on address 2: Index 0: 1i Index 1: 2i Index 2: 4i Unless there has been a snapshot, I understand that the wallet will iterate through the addresses and end up on the…
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Ever need new seed?

If you make a new wallet, (seed), and move all your tokens to it, will the other (old) wallet disappear? Will the old wallet (seed) clog the tangle? Is there a preferred way? Is there ever a time/situation where we will HAVE to generate a new…
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MAM message encryption

According to the documentation message encryption is done in following way Each message is encrypted with a one-time pad that consists of the channel ID and the index of the key used to sign the message; an additional nonce may be used as a…
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CCurl does POW via GPU?

I develop a simple Node-App and I use ccurl.interface.js and the Windows ccurl.dll from the IOTA-github-site. I did override the function iota.api.attachToTangle so that the ccurl.dll is used. I noticed when iota.api.sendTransfer is executed, that…
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Can I directly promote a transaction or shall I wait?

Is it better to instantly promote a transaction after sending? Or shall I wait some times before promoting it? And what does it mean promoting 1/5 ..2/5...?
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How to get the sender address from an IOTA transfer

When calling the API with iota.api.getAccountData(receiveSeed, function(e, accountData), the transfer objects I see contain a field called "address" which contains the received address. I would like to also get the address of the sender for zero…
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