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IOTA uses tip selection algorithm to resolve conflicts in tangle. It runs many times to check which transaction, of the two conflict transactions, is more likely to be approved by a selected tip.

A tip is a newly issued transaction that has not received any approval.

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API getTransactionsToApprove tip timeout

I am trying to create a transaction via the Iri API (using curl), I understand that I must first find 2 unapproved transactions using "getTransactionsToApprove". These unapproved transactions are also called tips, correct? And they are unconfirmed…
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When are unconfirmed transactions forgotten?

So as I understand it, new transactions are new tips of the tangle, and older transactions are more and more unlikely to be picked. At what point are illegal or unconfirmed transactions removed from the full node database?
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Tip selections and acceptance

If I select any two tips randomly, without a full knowledge of the tangle, will it change the probability that my transaction will be selected by other transactions?
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Change in the objective of Tip Selection Algorithm post-Coordicide

The paper on the Coordicide states- "Although the Tip Selection is not part of the conflict resolution in our current approach to the Coordicide, it still plays many important roles in the Tangle. It keeps the Tangle growing in an scalable and…
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