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The term "transaction" is used in IoTA to refer to the signed data package that stores a message to be sent from an externally owned account.

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Client libraries available for Flutter/Dart?

Probably not typically needed for an IoT device, but a general app that uses the Iota ledger might be on a mobile device, and the Flutter framework seems pretty handy (I like how it can output iOS and ...
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How to trace the Iota tip from the milestone transaction when there is no reference to the future transactions?

As written in multiple forums, IoTA tips are chosen using the random walk method starting at the milestone transaction. The milestone transaction will have the reference to the old transactions. Tip ...
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Transfer from Multisig 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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How to specify a message or tag within a transaction

I would like to create transaction using IotaWallet of wallet.rs containing a message or tag. Currently I perfectly create a transaction for Alice wallet, using: from iota_wallet import IotaWallet # ...
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OverflowError: out of range integral type conversion attempted in iota_client Python library

I am trying to send a list data to IOTA Ledger as follow client = iota_client.Client() message_temperature = client.message( index="Pasteur1_Tempdata", data=temp_list ) where my temp_list is ...
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Send nft on the shimmer network

I can't find any docs about more details than. https://wiki.iota.org/shimmer/iota.rs/how_tos/build_nft_output/#expected-output I was looking for something like this: https://explorer.shimmer.network/...
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How to send non value transaction, just simple indexation payload an integer or float data to same messageid everytime using iota_client in Python?

I am sending integer and float data to IOTA ledger at Chrysalis Devnet using iota_client Python library. Each time I send new subset of data or want to update the same data, client = iota_client....
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persisting UTXO metadata

thanks to this topic, I understand that I have to take in consideration Shimmer -and not the actual IOTA mainnet- in order to store data inside transactions permanently. My concern is about ...
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Send NativeToken

I'm messing around with a little android-app and managed to create an account, request faucet-tokens and mint a nativetoken. However when I send the token, it seems to never reach the destination ...
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Error 500 from shimmer testnet when adding sender feature to a basic output

I am trying to send a full block with a transaction payload to the Shimmer Testnet through this endpoint. The payload has a transaction essence with one UTXO Input and creates a Basic Output. The ...
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What determines the time a message is included in the IOTA Tangle?

I have a Hornet node connected to the IOTA network. In turn, from my own node I'm sending different messages over the Streams protocol. The propagation times I get give me no clue about why some ...
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Sending big payload in multiple messages

From this question, I would like to know if there is an updated method to send big payload within the current IOTA network (chrysalis 1.5). From the docs: Because messages in IOTA are not allowed to ...
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Transactions vs Messages

I'm reading the IOTA documentation, but I'm still having a doubt: is the Tangle a graph where each vertex is a transaction or is each vertex a message? Thanks.
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I found that my iota tokens are stolen

After logging into my trinity_wallet after a long time (several monthes), I found a zero balance and lastest transaction which was not mine. After correspondence with a team member, it became clear ...
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Where is the message in the transaction bundle?

I am working with the nodeJS lib. I made a transaction with an address, amount, message and tag as inferred from api.prototype.prepareTransfers in the JSlib. Then I looked up that transaction with api....
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What is the state tracking approach in IOTA IRI?

It is important to keep track of the state, e.g., in order to perform verification of transactions. While it is possible to reconstruct the most updated state by starting from the initial state and ...
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What is a conflicting transaction?

The term is used many times on the whitepaper but I can't find a definition. What would be examples of a conflicting transaction? Extract form Whitepaper: The main idea of the tangle is the ...
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Is it possible to cancel a transaction?

I made a transaction from Android wallet to Exchange A of 10Gi. The transaction is in pending. I tried a few times to reattach, but the transaction is still in pending. I made a second transaction ...
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How to send a transaction in private tangle Hornet of IOTA?

I have deployed an IOTA tangle network on Hornet and it is running successfully on http://localhost:8081/. How do I send a transaction to it? Are there any steps or could you please share any ...
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double spend script is not working!

I'm running a private tangle network (GoShimmer 1.7.2) using Docker https://goshimmer.docs.iota.org/tooling/docker_private_network.html I want to try a double spend. there is a script to do that in ...
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Unknown value in milestone payload

I'm exploring the following milestone message. And I'm using the following RFC: 0019-RFC From the message, I've identified almost every element, but there is one that is not referenced in the ...
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Values in message structure do not match RFC message structure

I'm trying to understand what is the structure of the messages in IOTA. I used scylla to download some messages and now I don't see that the structure from the message matchs with the current one ...
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Sort transactions in temporal order

I want to sort transactions, within a specific tag, in temporal order. In the docs it says: timestamp : Int timestamp of the transaction. It is important to know that timestamps in IOTA are not ...
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Circumventing spending by sending previous transaction using same input

I will give a scenario because my problem might be confusing if explained otherwise. Let's say a customer is checking out at a store using IOTA. Before the customer proceeds to checkout they send a ...
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What is the IOTA transaction data structure?

I'm vaguely familiar with Bitcoin's UTXO-based transaction structure and Ethereum's account-based/gas-including transaction structure. What does an IOTA transaction contain?
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How is IOTA´s transaction hash determined?

Ive been looking through documentation and articles but couldnt really find anything about it. I assume its the hash of all concatenated attributes? I am not talking about the bundle hash. And a ...
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about data transactions

A question , Friends. Do data transactions need the milestones of the coordinator for the nodes to validate them, just like value transactions? If the coordinator stopped , could data transactions be ...
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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 ...
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Iota Light Wallet 2.5.7 Connection Refused

I am not able to get into my Iota account using Iota Light Wallet 2.5.7. I always get a Connection Refused error. The only responding node is the following but always get the Connection Refused error. ...
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iota.c lib sending transaction returns cclient_res_error with status 400

I am currently having troubles with some example code I found on github regarding the iota.c library (example code in README file). However I am not able to send a valid transaction using ...
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Unable to read transaction from the Tangle

While following the IOTA JavaScript guide, I changed the example node to a main net node - https://nodes.thetangle.org:443 and received the following error message below. How do I get messages from ...
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how is consensus achieved in simple terms?

im desperate to understand,i seriously tried im new to iota but it is quite hard to understand how consensus is achieved in iota, and what is the transaction structure ? i also don't understand what ...
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Tangle : Algorithm to determine if a transaction is valid or not

A node needs to verify that all transaction that it receives are valid before adding it to its local copy of tangle. For this we would need an algorithm which given the cone of this transaction would ...
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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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IOTA Light Wallet returns Request Error when sending funds

I am running IOTA Light Wallet 2.5.4 and am connected to my own full node that is in-sync with 4 healthy tangle connections. The minimum weight magnitude (MWM) is set to 14. When attempting to send ...
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Problem retrieving the content of zero value transactions from the testnet

I am sending two zero value transactions to a specific address on the testnet. The content is shown below: This is the address I am sending it to: ...
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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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What is the minimum amount of transactions required to approve a new transaction?

The official IOTA FAQ mentions how Bitcoin needs roughly 6 blocks to verify a new transaction. What is the equivalent rough estimate for IOTA in order to verify a single new transaction? How big of a ...
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What is the difference between IRI-Playbook and IRI full node (Private tangle)?

I know there is three type of full node: 1- mainnet 2- devnet 3- testnet I wand to build private IoTA network with full control. So, I have found tutorial for private tangle: https://docs.iota.org/...
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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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Sending data as input in IOTA

I am Muhammad, working with my way to use IOTA to fetch data from IDS/IPS. IOTA uses 2 transactions as input if I am not wrong. I want to send data of IDS to IOTA. I am using Grafana and mysql to ...
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Are messages sent with transactions in Trinity public?

Can anyone see what the message was that I sent today to PEUTKRIYWYRJFLEPZWHKEDLSXZEDOFJKBDODKVTDKMP9C9UGGNVXWYJEWNYDWHVCUVGQHRFJPTRKANMBCYLTLUTEOY along with 1 Gi? If yes, how?
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How to return Tx Hash when sending transaction

I see using sendTrytes you would get an bundle, but can I get hash from the bundle and return to me? const transfers = [ { value: 0, address: address, ...
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What is the propagation time in IOTA?

For Bitcoin we have the following information about the propagation time from here: 12.6 seconds is the time it takes for a new block to propagate to 95% of nodes. Is there any observation on how ...
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Tangle explorer transaction value

What does the "value" field of the tangle explorer indicates? The linked transaction reports a value of 1+ B USD. What is this value referring to?
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How many confirmations are required for funds to be received?

If I am not mistaken no single block in the public tangle is ever fully confirmed. What exactly determines the treshhold when funds are actually received, making the transaction relatively ...
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How does the coordinator sign milestones without compromising the private key?

All milestones are just signed transactions with teh address KPWCHICGJZXKE9GSUDXZYUAPLHAKAHYHDXNPHENTERYMMBQOPSQIDENXKLKCEYCPVTZQLEEJVYJZV9BWU. My understanding is that to sign a transaction, you do ...
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How can I make my Bluetooth enabled IOT device sign a transaction so that POW and everything else can be done by another device?

Is there some kind of IOTA C library just for signing transactions? The IOT device in question does not have Wifi and is too weak computationally to do POW. I want the device itself sign the tx so ...
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Does Broadcasting a Bundle on Both MainNet and TestNet Facilitate Brute Forcing the Seed?

I have made an open source airgapped device for signing bundles offline. A main purpose is to address the possiblity that the components we use to make our devices are already compromised before ...
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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). ...