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From: Dimitri Staessens <dimitri@ouroboros.rocks>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 13:36:37 +0200
Subject: content: Improve introduction page

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@@ -8,27 +8,18 @@ Ouroboros is a __peer-to-peer transport network__ built on a new
 __recursive network paradigm__ according to a __UNIX design
 philosphy__. The aim is to provide a __secure__ and __private__
 networking experience and __simplify writing distributed software__
-and networking libraries. It provides a __very simple API__, enabling
-__unicast__ and __multicast__ services.
+and networking libraries. It provides a __very simple API__ for both
+__unicast__ and __multicast__ communication.
 
-<!---
-Ouroboros can be __overlayed over UDP and Ethernet__. IP applications
-can be tunneled over Ouroboros. Ouroboros provides its own name
-resolution, reliability mechanisms, routing algorithms, and congestion
-control.
+Ouroboros has similar objectives as the [Invisible Internet
+Project](https://geti2p.net/en/). Protocols have minimal design (a
+router doesn't need a source address), and other information can be
+__encrypted__.
 
 Ouroboros was originally started at [imec](https://www.imec-int.com)
 under its Future Internet research, and is [free
 software](https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software).
+We introduced the project at [FOSDEM 2018]
+(https://www.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/ipc/).
 
-The best places to start exploring Ouroboros is this introduction
-presented at [FOSDEM
-2018](https://www.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/ipc/), and the [PhD
-dissertation](https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8615152) of Sander
-Vrijders, especially chapters 5-6.
---->
-
-This new website is currently under construction and undergoing
-frequent updates. The documentation is still sparse, please don't
-hesitate to [contact us](/contribute) with any questions you might
-have.
+This new website is still __under construction__.
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