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Does every node in the network have to know about all transactions issued by other nodes eventually?

With every node I mean the nodes issuing and validating transactions, so certainly full nodes, with light nodes I'm not sure. I understand that the tangle can be pruned and snapshots can be created so a new node does only have to know all…
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Does IOTA become less accessible the further its value increases?

Rounded, right now a single IOTA is worth around $0.0000024. Yesterday it was worth $0.0000015. If the MIOTA price goes up to $500-$1,000 as some people have been forecasting, this means a single IOTA will be worth $0.0005 to $0.001. According to…
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Can I see my balance without logging in?

Can I see my balance without logging in with my seed?
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A receive address is made public for donations, how do I safely withdraw funds?

I have a receive address that I have given out to other people, both for payments and donations; After transferring the funds to a new address, someone has donated to the previous address. How can I safely withdraw the funds a second time or ensure…
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How do I use the "Optional Tag" field in the GUI light wallet?

What exactly is this field for? What format is the "tag" supposed to be in? Does the recipient see it? Does this info survive a snapshot?
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What are the IOTA disk space needs?

This is along the lines of "What are the minimal system requirements to run a full node (iri)?", but I'm specifically asking about disk space. The current Bitcoin blockchain data is around 170 GB in size. The Ethereum state data is around 110 GB…
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Any experience of IOTA on embedded devices?

I got an issue, so I wrote a stackoverflow issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48898733/cant-resolve-library-dependencies Maybe someone is able to help me. After writing this issue, I thought I just ask if someone is already using a IOTA…
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Why does the tangle exhibit clumping?

In the Iota whitepaper the tangle is depicted as a uni-directional graph with a uniformly random set of connections between graph nodes. In the current implementation the true topology of the tangle does not represent that image. Instead we get a…
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Why is the normalized hash considered insecure when containing the char 'M'

Looking at the code of the iota.lib.js' bundle creation mechanism, a normalized hash is computed and then checked for inclusion of 13 /* = M */. If one is found, the obsoleteTag is incremented, and the hashing is repeated. What is the reason behind…
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What affects confirmation rate, and how can it be improved?

Currently, confirmation rate of transactions is sitting at about 30-40%. What goes into determining this number and why is it so low? What sort of technical adjustments can be made to improve this? In an ideal situation, what confirmation rate would…
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Flash Channels: Performance Benchmark

Did someone a performance benchmark for the flash channels? I would like to use them in a low latency scenario. I looked into the Javascript Code for it. Seems like they using HTTP 1.1 with JSON serialization. Is that correct? If yes, it might be…
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Full node vs permanode

I would like to clarify the distinction between the pragmatics and incentive of running a full node vs a permanode. Could you comment if my statements correct,and if necessary correct mine to accurately depict the difference between a full node and…
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Does "transactionsToRequest==0" mean a node is fully synced with its immediate peers?

I've read through the docs and other posts here. However, I'm not 100% clear as to what transactionsToRequest returned by getNodeInfo() means. Does "transactionsToRequest==0" mean, my node is fully synced with its immediate peers? Or with the…
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How are addresses calculated from the seed?

I was wondering how addresses are calculated from the seed. Specifically, I thought it was using the hash of the seed plus a nonce to create the address. But I would appreciate if someone could shed a bit more light on the technical details.
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How do I set up a private IOTA network?

I want to learn more about IOTA and how it works on a practical level. In the Ethereum world I can do that by setting up a private network and making all the mistakes I need to make in safety. Is it possible to set up a private IOTA network, and if…
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