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Is the fastest confirmation time limited by the frequency of the Coordinator issued Milestones?
Looking at traviota.iotalt.com, the fastest confirmation time encountered in the last 7 days was 29 seconds.
This looks likes the approximate same duration between Coordinator issued Milestones.
This leads me to wonder if the fastest confirmation…
user1543
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We are several years into IOTA - why can't the Coordinator source code be made public?
Many promises that the Coordinator code would be open sourced.
It was stated that when the IOTA Foundation was formed, that the COO would become open sourced.
This was also confirmed by David on reddit: "I will confirm."
And in other places…
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Permanent storage of transaction Tag and signatureMessageFragment?
I am not able to find a clear answer.
I would like to ask whether the Transaction Tag and signatureMessageFragment for Non-0 transactions are purged during each snapshot, or not?
If either of them is purged, is there a way to prevent that?
Many…
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JOTA - Use of Servers
I'm using the JOTA : Library 0.9.11-SNAPSHOT API.
I am using Eclipse JUnit testing for the example found at https://github.com/iotaledger/iota.lib.java/blob/master/jota/src/test/java/jota/SendMessageTest.java - slightly modified code pasted below.
I…
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If someone were to find a Proof of Work collision, could they pin the tail of the tangle to the head?
If someone were to find a Transaction Proof of Work collision, would it be possible to pin the tail of the tangle to the head and create an infinite loop?
IE. Create a self-referential tangle segment that would cause a permanent network…
user1543
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JOTA - How to verify PoW is being done?
I'm using the JOTA : Library 0.9.11-SNAPSHOT API.
I have the example found at https://github.com/iotaledger/iota.lib.java/blob/master/jota/src/test/java/jota/SendMessageTest.java working from an Eclipse JUnit run. I know PoW is a fundamental…
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What could an adversary do with the seed of the coordinator?
The coordinator issues milestones that the Iota network use as a root of trust when validating transactions. These milestones are signed, which in turn means that keys exist for signing the milestones.
If an adversary obtained the keys used to sign…
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Wallet 2.5.7- latest snapshot - unknown new addresses between old addresses
Yesterday I tried restore my balances in wallet 2.5.7 after the latest snapshot. I have two seeds. Final balances from both seeds were finally displayed correctly (although once wallet show request error).
However, what is weird to me, that number…
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How to set an IOTA node for the Data Markeplace?
I'd like to set up an IOTA node and put the data on the Data Marketplace but it'seems that the API are not published yet.
Does anyone know when will be available?
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is udp or tcp neighbour connection encrypted?
IS "udp" or "tcp" neighbour connection encrypted?
to prevent sniffers to find out which ip have an iota node behind it.
user902
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supporting privacy and private transactions in IOTA?
Has IOTA foundation planned a system of private transactions (whatever the solution considered "zero proof" or other approaches) to support better the privacy ?
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Is it possible to use "Flash channels" to send non-transactional data?
Is it possible to use "Flash channels" to send non-transactional data,
A.K.A 'zero-value' transaction type which simply broadcasts a message or data?
If so, is it free? And how to do it?
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Is it possible to detect from which node a transaction was issued?
Is it possible to detect from which node a transaction was issued?
When my node receive many spam transactions for example, can I be sure that my neighbor issue them?
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Benefits of confirmed 0-value transactions?
As a transaction receiver, is there an advantage to wait until a 0-value transaction is confirmed or not?
The only case I can think of is, when the tangle should act as a "spam filter". When the receiver only accepts confirmed transactions to reduce…
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How do I generate an IOTA address from a given seed in Javascript without making an HTTP(s) requst?
In all of the ways to getNewAddress() we have to call an iri node (reference).
But using the seed it is a deterministic algorith, why do I have to use and http request to do that?
How do I generate an IOTA address from a given seed in Javascript…
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