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title = "Ouroboros"
linkTitle = "Ouroboros"

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	<p class="lead mt-5">Decentralized packet networking rebuilt
	from the ground up</p>
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  {{% blocks/lead color="secondary" %}}

  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
  philosphy</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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