How IOTA Works

This introductory guide covers the basic concepts you need to understand about IOTA. No prerequisite needed. You don’t need a university degree in computer science to understand these concepts — this guide will teach you the important points in a concise and easy-to-understand way.

Expected time to completion: 30 minutes

We’ll cover the following concepts:

• DAGs and the Tangle Network
• Security Concerns
• Double Spending problem

• Introduction to IOTA
• IOTA Tangle vs Blockchain
• Security and concerns about IOTA
• IOTA and the double-spending problem