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title = "Ouroboros"
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    Decentralized packet networking rebuilt from the ground up
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Ouroboros is a <b>peer-to-peer transport network</b> built on a new
<b>recursive network paradigm</b> according to a <b>UNIX design
philosophy</b>. The aim is to provide a <b>secure and private
networking</b> experience and to provide a simple API for writing
distributed software and networked application
libraries. Ouroboros provides a very compact API for
both <b>unicast and multicast</b> communications. All protocols
carry <b>minimal header information</b>, with
easy-to-enable <b>encryption</b>.
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