Questions tagged [tangle]
For questions about the tangle, the directed acyclic graph which has the same function in IOTA as the blockchain has in other cryptocurrencies.
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Transfer from Multisg into normal address
I am following the example described here:
https://github.com/iotaledger/iota.lib.java/blob/master/jota/src/test/java/jota/IotaMultisigTest.java
I put funds into a multisig. Now I want to move that ...
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Extracting data from the tangle
The ownership distribution of Iota has been written about but how does one get these addresses? I looked at the Iota API and don't see an obvious way. And the tangle seems like some of it is in binary ...
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Tangle Statistics
I am a computer science master student at York University, Toronto, Canada. My thesis is about Exploring the scalability, throughput and security characteristics of the Tangle through simulation ...
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I can't work out how to get TangleID to work
So im trying to get tangleID to work to use it on a project. I am using this project.
https://github.com/TangleID/TangleID
But everytime I try and run the code i get an error message of "Mam.init is ...
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Accessing JSON message from IRI node API using Python 3
I am using one command tangle. The tangle is running on Ubuntu machine. From the list of APIs given for IRI node, I'm trying to broadcast a transaction. For this, the first step is to get ...
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Connection to private node (one command tangle) refused
I have created a one command tangle from this link: https://docs.iota.org/docs/utils/0.1/community/one-command-tangle/overview
And using API given here: https://docs.iota.org/docs/node-software/0.1/...
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Can I check if the transaction has been confirmed and monitor its time using IOTA JavaScript Library?
I am using this code to send transaction to IOTA Tangle (Mainnet). I am sending 10 transactions using a loop. I am also monitoring the time that is taken to prepare transfer and send trytes.
Here is ...
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How do you check your message's length in IOTA transaction using IOTA JavaScript library?
I am sending a zero-value transaction (using IOTA JavaScript library) with message: The IOTA distributed ledger operates on ternary messages. These types of messages are represented by trits {-1,0,1}, ...
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Using Public Nodes in IOTA Tangle for testing purpose
I want to send some string data using MAM over IOTA Tangle. Right now, I am using devnet. I want to know how can we test our transactions using public nodes on Mainnet? What is the process for it? I ...
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How long do Zero Value Transactions last?
Let s say we have some critical information stored as Zero Value transactions on the Tangle. How long does it last?
Which robust approaches do you recommend to keep a copy of those transactions?
I ...
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How is a MAM stream implemented on the Tangle?
What I am wondering is how the Merkle tree for a MAM stream is implemented in the Tangle. Is each set of new data in the stream basically a "leaf", and considered a separate transaction on the Tangle ...
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Is it secure to enter your seed in a browser form to publish data to IOTA Tangle?
I am trying to publish my data on IOTA Tangle using MAM. For this, I have designed a web form where I have to enter my seed and press the publish button. The actual data is fetched from firebase ...
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Consensus - how is a single, non-conflicting graph (tangle) maintained?
In traditional blockchains consensus is maintained by proof of work such that the valid chain containing the most cumulative work is agreed to be the consensus chain.
IOTA lacks blocks and ...
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Consensus - what convergence properties does the tangle have when multiple conflicting transactions are built upon by different parts of the network
In traditional blockchains consensus is maintained by proof of work such that the valid chain containing the most cumulative work is agreed to be the consensus chain.
IOTA lacks blocks and ...
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Can MAM transaction be appended?
There is an already existing MAM transaction that has been published on Tangle by a seed. Now, I want to add further data in the same transaction.
Example, temperature sensor has published data ...
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is tangle (IoTA) Depth-first search or Breadth-first search?
There is several of algorithms for topology sorting for DAG. What is algorithm used by tangle for search, is it Depth-first search or Breadth-first search or is there another method?
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How do I know MAM data has been published?
I am running a code to publish random data on Tangle via MAM. If I don't fetch the data at the same time, and I just want to confirm if it has been published on Tangle, how do I do that?
Also, is it ...
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Why is the async function not working while fetching MAM data?
I am making a simple MAM publish and fetch script. The first script is mam_publish which publishes the data. The other script is mam_receive which fetched the already published data.
Now, the ...
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Edit MAM stream already implemented on Tangle
For my project, I have created a web interface on which I'm viewing a published MAM stream.
I want to know that is it possible to edit or add new record to MAM stream that has already been published ...
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Error in neighbors list on IoTA full node iri-playbook
I have install iri-playbook but when I want to show my neighbors list using this command nbctl -l
it shows this error:
ERROR: Error response from node: code 500, response: '{"exception":"port out of ...
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How is Tangle Quantum Immune? [duplicate]
I was going through the iota tangle documentation and features and found one of the feature mentioned as Quantum Immune , so basically looking for resources to understand the quantum immune property ...
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How do transactions reference each other in the Tangle?
How do transactions reference other transactions in the Tangle, is it through the Merkle root, or signature message fragment?
And how can you make a transaction reference another chosen transaction. ...
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What is the correct way to write “Hello, World!” to the tangle?
How would a simple program look like, that, when run, writes the message Hello World to the tangle?
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How to send Health Data to Tangle via MAM?
I am trying to make a project to send Health data from my phone to Tangle via MAM. For this purpose, I have made a sample file that publishes sample health data to Tangle. When I am running the code, ...
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what is the Mathematical principle of the tangle
how do i get the probability of the douple-spending?
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Is double spending possible in IOTA?
It is mentioned in Tangle's white paper (technology behind IOTA) that
From the above discussion it is important to recognize that the inequality Ī» > Ī¼ should be true for the system to be secure. In ...
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Is it possible to secure the data of an IOT idevice in an ICS by using MAM?
The idea is to add IOT devices to an ICS (industrial control system), send and retrieve the data of these devices through the tangle.
The data will be sent through the IOT device using MAM and be ...
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How can I get back my balance showing in my IOTA wallet?
I use IOTA Wallet Version 2.5.7 (2.5.7). I know I had 101.89800000 IOT in my wallet (my cointracking.info account confirms). I was able to log into my account, but my balance is showing 0. I tried ...
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Finding a double-spending inner conflict referencing two tips
I think that IOTA Transactions, Confirmation and Consensus is a very good reading. It helped me a lot on understanding IOTA protocol working.
Nevertheless I have a doubt: regarding the Double Spend ...
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IOTA network actual usage
My understanding is that IOTA is mostly useful to communicate data rather than to store data, given that the network undergoes periodic transaction pruning (snapshots). Is this correct? If so, is ...
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IOTA and LoraWAN: Proof of Concept of storing data in the Tangle
I found an article here :(Link to the article) entitled "LoraWAN and IOTA: Proof of Concept of storing data in real time in the Tangle" , written by Harm van den Brink (IOTA foundation member).
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How to install IOTA in a small device supports LoraWAN?
I found an article here :(Link to the article) entitled "LoraWAN and IOTA: Proof of Concept of storing data in real time in the Tangle".
The thing is not clear to me is that if IOTA has been ...
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How can the transactions in the Tangle be ordered temporally?
I do not understand how the IOTA Tangle DAG indicates by its structure the temporal order when two spends are on separate, independent, branches.
It is possible that two transactions occur and are ...
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IOTA and Tangle relation
I used to think that IOTA is the cryptocurrency which uses the Tangle Direct Acyclic Graph. But today I spend some time on the IOTA official and there is no single appearance of the word "...
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physical clock or logical clock for timestamping
Timestamps in Tangle are already mandatory and must have a value in a certain range, which seems to be between the last snapshot time (epoch 1517180400, which is GMT: Sunday, January 28, 2018 11:00:00 ...
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How to determine how quickly the network detects double-spends?
In the question "How does the system sustain regular low-effort "splitting attacks"?" a scenario about the ability to disrupt the network by spamming double-spends and having the network ...
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impact of a single double-spend to the network
I just start looking at iota, the general tangle without Coordinator. I am reading the this presentation about the consensus mechanism, where I'm confused about the impact of a single double-spend to ...
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With IRI version 1.5.2, how does the prevention of lazy tip selection change the tangle's partition tolerance?
One of the features of IOTA is that sub-tangles can be constructed and then attached to to the main tangle in the future.
With IRI version 1.5.2, how does the prevention of lazy tip selection change ...
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What does the IOTA coordinator actually do?
We know that there is a coordinator, which helps to secure the network in order to prevent attacks in early stages of adoption. What does it do exactly, how does it work?
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What would happen, if two different transactions with the same hash get published simultaneously?
This is related/a follow up question to "If someone were to find a Proof of Work collision, could they pin the tail of the tangle to the head?"
Imagine two transactions that hash to the same value ...
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Immutability in IOTA: How to be sure a transaction is not “removable” from Tangle?
In Bitcoin and Ethereum, the longest chain with the most proof-of-work (POW) invested in it is accepted as the true chain and used to determine balances and history on the network.
Because of this, ...
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Permanent storage of transaction Tag and signatureMessageFragment? [duplicate]
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 ...
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What is the blowball problem and what causes it?
According to IOTA Engineering:
IRI 1.5.3 addresses the blowball problem seen on Mainnet.
What exactly is the blowball problem and what causes it?
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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 ...
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What has been the growth rate of tangle confirmation rate until today?
I am curious to understand how the tangle has improved in terms of confirmation rate since its inception. Are there any statistics which show this? A positive growth is definitely a good sign. And if ...
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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/...
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In IRI version 1.5.2, is the prevention of lazy tip selection a further entrenchment of the Coordinator?
For background, please read:
https://blog.iota.org/coming-soon-iri-1-5-2-52114ca67a70
Under the hood, while doing validation, IRI will now remember the most
recent milestone referenced by each ...
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Interacting with IOTA from mobile application?
Is it possible to interact with IOTA Tangle (for example, send a message) using an application installed in a mobile phone? If so, is it possible to install IOTA library in a mobile phone? And if yes, ...
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When can a transaction be considered irreversable? (without COO)
In an interesting exchange between Come-From-Beyond (CFB) and a Nxt developer, the question is asked:
DEV. So when can a transaction be considered irreversable?
CFB. Never, look at formula #14 in ...
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What is the exact stitching process that is being done on the tangle and side-tangle and who is doing it?
As a matter of transparency and of user and community education, I think it is important to properly catalog and make public the side-tangle-to-tangle stitching process that has been conducted by ...
