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IOTA Documentation: which one is the official one?
IOTA Docs
I'm trying to learn all about the technical aspects of IOTA but I often find infos saying opposite things.
As an example the "Anatomy of a transaction" pages of the following sites:
iota.readme
domschiener.gitbooks
docs.iota
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How to setup Full Node with IXI MAM?
I have mounted some Full Nodes and wrote a post in Hello IOTA Forum with a tutorial to do this from scratch. Now I am looking for info to setup a Full Node with MAM support. I have been searching and asking but there is not much info out there. Does…
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How is the PoW in IOTA "better" than in Bitcoin?
IOTA uses Hashcash in its Proof of Work mechanism, which uses the hash function SHA-1 to prevent spam in the network. The difficulty is currently 14 MWM (e.g. 14 trailing 0's in ternary ?) They say it takes a few minutes on a modern PC. Bitcoin uses…
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"The Tangle" white paper: How the probability of double-spending event end with this approximation (t_0 μ)/w_1?
If the attacker managed to obtain a nonce that gives the double‐ spending transaction a weight of at least 3n0 during the time interval of length t0, then the attack succeeds. The probability of this event is
My question: How does the above…
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Is it possible to discover the IP addresses of all nodes in the IOTA network?
If a node has its neighbors' IP addresses, is it possible to get them, walk to the neighbors, get their neighbors' IP addresses, and continue until you have a full map of the IP addresses of all the nodes in the network?
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Can I use the same code to connect to PoWbox as Sandbox?
Does the PoWbox service use the same protocol as Sandbox?
In particular, I'm curious if it:
Has the same URL structure.
Returns the same response payloads when creating/checking jobs.
Uses the same authentication mechanism.
Simply put, can I use…
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How does MAM handle key exchange to initiate secure data messaging?
This is not my question, but a question asked on r/iota daily discussion. Could not find an answer, so though it might be good to add here.
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Coordinator Address is Hard-Coded - Secure?
This question might have risen out of not enough knowledge about the role of the Coordinator. But..
Due to its one-time nature, the security of funds in an address
decreases rapidly if you sign multiple transactions using the same
key. Iota…
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What is the purpose of numWalks API parameter?
The IOTA whitepaper describes the tip selection algorithm in the Section 4.1. The idea there is to select N starting points in the tangle randomly (subject to some conditions) and then to do a random walk from each of those starting points.
However,…
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What is a conflicting transaction?
The term is used many times on the whitepaper but I can't find a definition. What would be examples of a conflicting transaction?
Extract form Whitepaper:
The main idea of the tangle is the following: to issue a transaction, users must
work to …
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How to connect cli-app with IOTA Javascript Library
I installed IOTA CLI Wallet and executing 'iota-cli' works after iri is executed. I get NodeInfo command run on iota-cli from my terminal also. So I guess a stand alone IOTA wallet core is now installed on my server.
But I needed to interact with…
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What's the size of the Merkle Tree of Masked Authenticated Messaging?
Based on the current source code of the client it looks like the Merkle Tree can have only one key.
Am I right?
The questions:
How many keys does the Merkle Tree have in general?
What does it depend on?
How can the current message know how many…
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Are there any security considerations regarding running full node?
I have been thinking about setting up a dedicated full node to support the Iota network.
In this case would be running some variant of Linux on a dedicated server that would at least meet the requirements mentioned in this article. The server will…
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Can I check that my SEED generated the address? Missing coins!
I downloaded the IOTA wallet through the official site, then created a SEED, logged in and generated an address. I attached it to the tangle and then transferred some coins from Bitfinex.
I have checked on Bitfinex and it says complete, but the…
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How does IOTA detect inconsistency?
For the error "com.iota.iri.service.TipsManager - Ledger inconsistency detected", does the inconsistency here mean local database corruption? I checked the source code of tip manager and ledgerValidator but it's quite hard to understand. How does…
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