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Does all kind of spam benefit the network?
It is frequently stated that spam even makes the network stronger by confirming other transactions. However, it is not difficult to imagine an attacker that either confirms primarily their own transactions or transactions that already have…
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Is there any point to running a full node that creates no new transactions?
We are hearing a lot, that slow confirmation times are a symptom of there not being enough full nodes and we are encouraged to set up a full node for ourselves.
I have done this and I have targeted my own lightwallet at it. I'm a hodlr so there are…
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Why are the 50% I reveal when signing random?
Assumptions
You reveal exactly 50% of your private key with the signature of a transaction. What part you reveal is random. (What information is leaked if I reuse an address?) Is this correct?
The signature of a transaction changes when the content…
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How to know a transaction is "confirmed"?
I'm building a little IOTA test project with TypeScript + Node.js.
I want to start an action when IOTAs are received on an certain address.
I've tried the findTransactionObjects function, but I don't understand the result. It contains an Array of…
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Does every pending transaction pose a threat for my remaining funds in the wallet?
A moderator on slack told me that every pending transaction poses a threat for my remaining funds in the wallet. Especially when a transaction stays pending for a long time or never confirms.
As far as I understand it my remaining Iotas move to a…
user560
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Does the full node software come with DDoS protection?
I am interested in running my own node, but does the software offer DDoS protection in any way? Should I do this at the network layer? What best practices are common here?
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What is the Min Weight Magnitude and what implications arise from changing it?
The Min Weight Magnitude determines how 'hard' the POW puzzle is. How does this work? What are the implications when setting a lower or higher MWM, how does it impact the consense and are tx with different MWM compatible?
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What exactly happens on reattach?
IOTA client will redo the POW for 2 transactions. But what exactly is happening at the full node?
How will it keep track of all the reattachments?
What will happen if I reattach on multiple full nodes?
Dev
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When is a pending transaction technically confirmed?
I'd like to understand the steps that lead to an eventual confirmation of a transaction. I understand that there are several child transactions required and that the individual weights of each of these need to add up to a certain threshold.…
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DB snapshots for the masses - are there any risks?
I have created a tutorial and a slack channel #fullnodes-ger for the installation of a full node (currently only german) and do a DB snapshot of me for many people who follow this tutorial, so that their nodes can be synchronized quickly (with…
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Secure Way to Copy & Paste Seed into Desktop Wallet
I am afraid of keyloggers or other malware on my computer.
What is a secure way to copy and paste the Seed from my password manager into the desktop wallet?
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Why does the least significant trit come first?
What is the reason that the least significant trit is at the very left in the IOTA ternary implementation when all other numbering systems have it at the very right?
For T = -1:
(dec)8 is T01 instead of 10T
Same for trytes:
(ASCII) 1 is VA instead…
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Access API from another host
I run my IOTA node inside a VPC, behind a firewall;
I would like to be able to access the API from another host then localhost, but that is where IRI has bound:
$ cat bin/iota.ini | grep PORT
PORT = 14700
$ netstat -ln | grep 14700
tcp6 0 …
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Where can I find the Genesis transaction?
Is there any Tangle explorer where I can find the Genesis transaction and browse from there through the Tangle? In Bitcoin I already found the Genesis Block.
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Why confirming 2 previous transactions instead of 1 or 3, 4, 5?
In order to send a transaction, one has to validate 2 previous transactions. Why is it 2, instead of 1 or 3, 4, 5?
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