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How can I start developing IXI Modules?
Looking at MAM.ixi or Snapshot.ixi, I noticed that IXI Modules are written in Javascript but they are calling Java methods and using Java Classes by assignments like:
var Transaction = iri.controllers.TransactionViewModel;
var Address =…
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Full node influence on scalability
Since transactions are propagated in the network using full nodes—can it be said that the number of full nodes influences the maximum Tangle scalability? To paraphrase, even if transaction validation is done in parallel each time a transaction is…
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Nodes Not Syncing
Last night one of my nodes feel behind sync. Someone suggested I set the heap size explicitly when running the iri with -Xmx6500m.
java -Xmx6500m -jar iri-1.4.1.4.jar -c iri.ini
I did that and both my nodes started consuming more RAM. However, it…
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Limit on number of addresses generated for one seed
I have an application that will be generating addresses for each incoming transaction, and the number of transactions could grow quite large. Is there a maximum number of addresses that can be generated for a single seed, both from a practical and…
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How do I set up a permanode?
How do I set up a permanode and what size of storage would be needed? What are the recommended hardware requirements?
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What are the minimal system requirements to run a full IRI node?
What is the minimal system that would be suitable for this task? What kind of system and OS would you recommend for this?
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How do I set up a datastream for sale?
So, datum.iota.org is offering access to data streams? Is there any way I could sell my data through the same network at this time?
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What is the Actual IOTA Algorithm for Tip Selection?
The IOTA Whitepaper dances around suggestions as to how a tip selection algorithm should be constructed.
We need checkpoints for security to ensure that λ > μ (Arrival rate of honest nodes) > Computing Power of Attacker
Nodes should use a MCMC…
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How do I generate a wallet from a seed?
Specifically, how do I generate the wallet offline with a seed. I want to use dice to generate the seed and create the address from that seed.
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is there a documentation of the ini-file?
Is there any documentation of the iota.ini-file.
What flags could I set and what does the flags mean?
At the moment, I know only the flags, that are set on the iota.partners installation. But in slack I think I have seen, that there are more flags,…
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How would IOTA handle a spam attack that is NOT attempting to successfully double spend, but merely make the network unusable?
So it seems like all of the security solutions mentioned so far are focused on preventing double spend attacks.
But what about attacks that aren't motivated by actually successfully double spending?
What if, for example, a government entity or a…
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What happens to my messages and tags after a snapshot?
Will a snapshot erase all the messages and data I've posted onto the tangle? I reference the Hello World example https://learn.iota.org/tutorial/payments-and-messaging-leaderboard where users can embed messages into their transactions, via…
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What exactly is a snapshot? Why do we need it? And is there always an update when a snapshot occures?
Can someone explain the pupose of a snapshot. And why does it always come together with an update?
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What does an "Hello world!" IXI module look like?
I have an idea for an IXI module that I'd like to try out, but I don't understand how I'm supposed to implement it.
I'd like to start with an example; what would an "Hello world!" version of an IXI module look like?
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What's the difference between a private key and a seed?
What is the difference between a private key and a seed?
When people talk about the "secret key", do they mean the "private key? Are they the same?
What are public keys? How are they related to addresses?
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