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Can iota.api.getTransfers() get specific transactions?
According to iota.lib.js documents,
iota.api.getInputs(seed, [, options], callback)
the getInputs() have a options argument. options object have four members, start, end, security and inclusionStates.
i try to given the start value as 100.
i expect…
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IOTA get all transactions for wallet/address programmatically js
I need to listen for a new transactions on testnet submitted by wallet/address programmatically(js). I have tried iota.lib.js, but findTransactionObjects and getAccountData always returns null. Is there any other lib or other approach to listen or…
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Decode signature_message_fragment with utf-8
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 7: invalid start byte
from…
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What exactly is "IOTA eXtensible Interface" (.ixi modules)?
What exactly is the "IOTA eXtensible Interface"?
How does it relate to the rest of the chain, at a high level, and technically?
hartmut
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How to verify a transactions sent by permanodes?
I don't have access to the old transactions anymore, so I have to trust thetangle.org (or permanodes in the future) that data from before the last snapshot is valid.
How can I verify old transactions showed by thetangle.org without having the full…
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Do we need "micro-payment channels" for IOTA similar to Bitcoin or Ethereum?
Since IOTA transactions are free of fee, so do we need to setup a "micro-payment channels" similar to what we have in Bitcoin? (For example "The bitcoin lightning network" or "Duplex Micropayment Channels")
Because we usually use such payment…
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Maximum how many possible characters to transfer in a message?
Since IOTA transaction is free of fee, so it's useful for transferring messages and files with it (compared to, for example, Ethereum that in case of the use of a String, the transaction will be very expensive.)
Now the question is: that how many…
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What are the parents of the first transactions after a snapshot?
After a snapshot has been taken, there are no more transactions, only the account balances. Which tips are referenced as parent by the first (new) transactions? Is it possible to use one transaction as a parent after a snapshot while the other…
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What does a node do if the two selected tips it has to validate are inconsistent?
Every article or blog post that I found only goes to the point where a node has selected two tips via the MCMC walk and checked them for consistency (and then states that if they are inconsistent the network will achieve consensus on one of the…
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How to send a PGP encrypted message to the IOTA tangle?
I have done the phase 1 of the IOTA claim process.
Now I am blocked with how to start the phase 2:
it is mentioned to do this: As part of this process, you’ll publish a PGP encrypted message containing your old seed to the tangle which we’ll…
John
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Remove the necessity of Milestones
In the Original white paper of the IOTA there is no mention of the Milestone. In reality however, the IRI code is so tangled (pun intended) with the use of Milestones, that I was not able to run an isolated node, without having to add…
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Tip selection algorithm used for data transactions
A data transaction on the Tangle (a.k.a. zero value transaction) does not need confirmation. The reason for value transactions to all use a similar tip selection algorithm is that it increases the chance of getting your value transaction confirmed.…
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What happens when I send a transaction to myself?
I used a private key to send a transaction to its corresponding public key. The transaction got confirmed after a few minutes. My balance stayed unchanged.
What exactly happened between the moment that I completed the PoW, and the moment that the…
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My IOTA balance is not correct
I have tried to search deep into this before submitting here. I have changed nodes, attached to tangle a few times and also changed 'minWeightMagnitude' to 14.
None of those seem to reflect my correct balance. I last logged in February and the…
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IOTA and monetary policy
Can a finite supply (like IOTA) deal with a growing (m2m/p2m/p2p) economy? Because you might end up in a situation where everyone is hoarding. There is nothing wrong with a bit of speculation but primarily IOTA should fulfill its transactional role.…
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