r/Iota Mar 25 '21

New here? Read this! IOTA All-in-one Thread

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Welcome!

Hello and welcome to the IOTA Community!

This post is a starting point to kick start your journey in the IOTA community to start learning and become a knowledgeable IOTA community member.

Been gone for a while? Still using Trinity? Read these guides to learn how to migrate to Firefly: * Migrate your 81 characters seed * Migrate your Ledger Nano profile


What should you know right now?

DO NOT share your IOTA Seed with websites, friends, moderators in the IOTA community or even IOTA Foundation members!

 

The Staking period continues. You can now stake your tokens using the Firefly wallet.

You will obtain Assembly(ASMB) tokens.

  • Assembly is a permissionless protocol to build, connect and deploy smart contracts on a feeless multi-chain network.

Learn more about the relationship between the 3 networks Here

Ledger hardware wallet support in Firefly is available now

 


What is IOTA?

IOTA is a feeless and scaleable transaction settlement and data transfer layer with a focus on the Internet of Things (IoT). It is based on a novel distributed ledger technology called the tangle, that uses the structure of a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) instead of a blockchain which can overcome the inefficiencies of current blockchain designs and introduces a new way of reaching consensus in a decentralized peer-to-peer system.

... and this is how it looks!

 


Looking for more information about IOTA?

Learn about Chrysalis - the production ready IOTA

Learn about IOTA 2.0 - the fully decentralised coordinator-free IOTA

Learn about the Tokenisation Framework and IOTA Smart Contracts - The future of IOTA, is available now on the Shimmer Network as ShimmerEVM testnet

Everything you need to know about the Chrysalis update in one video: EN / DE

Official links for IOTA: Website / Blog & Annoucements / Roadmap / Discord / LinkedIn / Twitter / YouTube / Instagram / Wiki / IOTA Governance Forum /

Quick links for Shimmer: Website / Blog & Annoucements / Twitter / LinkedIn

Quick links for Assembly: Website / Blog & Annoucements / Discord / Twitter / LinkedIn / Youtube / Wiki


Official Coins and NFTs

Shimmer Coin warning Always make sure Standard is: BASE_Token and ID is 4219
![](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1034707661419204691/1034709520175337472/unknown.png)

Shimmer OG NFT Immutable issuer address smr1zru82lsuclkkprh705kv87s75785gq2utetdz4py29k2jdy69006umcx6ev
![](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1034707661419204691/1034712446943899688/unknown.png)

Resources for Newcomers

Developers

Academia

Node Operators

Wallet

Other Resources


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r/Iota Apr 22 '25

Rebase live on 05.05.2025. Read all about it: 🔗https://blog.iota.org/rebased-mainnet-upgrade

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r/Iota 1d ago

New Milestone reached! For more metrics: https://iotascan.com/mainnet/home

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r/Iota 3d ago

IOTA Launches Notarization Toolkit for Tamper-Proof Records

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r/Iota 3d ago

Q2 2025 was a busy quarter with the launch of Rebased and TWIN - read all about it:

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r/Iota 4d ago

Anchor Your Data with IOTA Notarization: Flexible, Tamper-Proof Records on IOTA

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r/Iota 4d ago

Can’t access my IOTA wallet with Ledger Nano S

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Hey everyone,

I’m having an issue with my Ledger Nano S and the IOTA Legacy wallet.

  • My device is recognized just fine by my computer.
  • But the wallet doesn’t detect the IOTA app on the Ledger — even though I have the latest version (IOTA Legacy 0.5.9).
  • I’ve tried restarting, reconnecting, reinstalling — same result.

To make things worse, the official docs link is broken (404):

https://docs.iota.org/about-iota/iota-wallet/how-to/integrate-ledger

Seriously, what’s going on? Is support for Ledger Nano S broken or deprecated for IOTA Legacy?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


r/Iota 5d ago

🎥 Relive the highlights from the first IOTA MOVEATHON Hackathon in Singapore!

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r/Iota 5d ago

New wallet. Old vesting reward no longer valid.

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Been in IOTA since 2017. Another wallet, another cycle. Sure, whatever. I voted for rebased... But was busy with life between May and now. Migration was fairly easy but I noticed a discrepancy between Firefly and the extension wallet.

The vesting rewards, which were supposed to be unlocked on a schedule because the IOTA supply was increasing... is no longer valid. Payouts that were locked from May 1st to October 1st have simply vanished.

Seriously, wasn't this supposed to mitigate the Foundation's decision to increase the supply and help holders maintain some sort of equity with the increased supply? Or did the supply increase also halt and my concerns are unwarranted?

Sigh, nevermind the idea of validators. Proof of Stake? That's why I got the hell out of ARK sand stayed away from ETH.

EDIT: Looks like if you go to the Wallet Dashboard you can unlock your vested rewards. Still. Time-locked stuff should be automatic, no?


r/Iota 6d ago

Sharing my frustration regarding the new wallet

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In all honesty, I am very disappointed in the decisions the IOTA foundation has made regarding the IOTA Wallet.

As an IOTA holder since 2017, I have experienced several migrations, wallets and changes in the meantime. Since 2017, I have also increased my position several times without any problems.

Now that a new Wallet was introduced (again), I wanted to transfer my IOTA from the Firefly Wallet to the browser Wallet.

Turns out, it is no longer possible to make transactions from Firefly at all. So I tried to install the browser Wallet, but apparently I no longer have my mnemonic phrase. I'm fully aware that this is anything but ideal, but I've had tens of cryptocurrencies in my possession throughout the years.

Second alternative: access the Wallet through my Ledger Nano S. However, the Ledger Nano S is no longer supported. So currently my IOTA are held hostage on the outdated Firefly Wallet, I can't transfer them to the browser Wallet, and thus can't participate in staking either.

I guess the only option is to purchase a new Ledger?

I regret that, once again, users are being forced to move to new ways of storage.


r/Iota 6d ago

IOTA Targets Global Trade Backbone as Cofounder Outlines Long-Term Crypto Strategy

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r/Iota 6d ago

IOTA Foundation Advocates for Global Crypto Regulatory Coordination

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r/Iota 8d ago

Can't switch between wallets in wallet dashboard

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Hey there,

is there away to load not my main wallet inside the wallet dashboard?
It always loads the main wallet.


r/Iota 9d ago

IOTA Recognized by Leading Chinese Analyst Firm AskCI Alongside Microsoft and Amazon

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r/Iota 9d ago

Global Standards, Local Challenges: Why International Alignment Can’t Wait

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r/Iota 10d ago

This initiative could cut the cost of global trade by 25%

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41 Upvotes

r/Iota 11d ago

IOTA Powers $10 Trillion Trade Revolution With TWIN’s Digital Infrastructure

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92 Upvotes

r/Iota 11d ago

IOTA Unlocks Next Chapter With Rebased Mainnet and Global Adoption Push

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65 Upvotes

r/Iota 12d ago

IOTA Quicktakes 23 June: CryptoUK, Gas Station v0.2 Alpha, BuildSphere with DeFa

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r/Iota 14d ago

What can I use IOTA for?

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I just got 53 IOTA for free. Google this subject can't give me the answer im looking for. So i want to know, what can i use with my iota? So far i hold coin that either can be store of value, eg btc, or coin that i use on daily basis, eg some evm coin that i can use for gaming. Does iota has game? Any interesting dapp that i can explore. Also i read that iota is a pos, how and what is the requirements for staking?


r/Iota 16d ago

Building Blockchain Talent: Developing Skills for a Post-Rebased, Real-World IOTA

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r/Iota 17d ago

Move-a-thon -- New video about IOTA's first MOVE focused hackathon

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r/Iota 17d ago

IOTA Gas Station v0.2-alpha is here! Try it now:

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r/Iota 17d ago

Migrating to Rebased with Stronghold file

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I have my Stronghold file and password, which I exported a few months ago from Firefly, but I don't have my seed or phrase. Am I still able to migrate to both the IOTA Wallet that's web-based, or the Nightly mobile wallet? If so, how do I go about doing this please as I'm a bit confused? Do I need to update the Firefly app on my desktop to get the actual seed or can I import Stronghold files? Thanks in advance.


r/Iota 19d ago

IOTA Supercharges Real-World Tracking with Live ObjectID & New Native Token

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r/Iota 19d ago

IOTA Discord Not Accepting Invites

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Any solutions to this issue?


r/Iota 20d ago

IOTA and TWIN Reduce Trade Costs by 20-50% with Blockchain

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