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// Copyright 2014 The go-ethereum Authors
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// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
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//
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// go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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// (at your option) any later version.
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//
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// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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//
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// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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/*
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Package whisper implements the Whisper PoC-1.
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(https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Whisper-PoC-1-Protocol-Spec)
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Whisper combines aspects of both DHTs and datagram messaging systems (e.g. UDP).
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As such it may be likened and compared to both, not dissimilar to the
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matter/energy duality (apologies to physicists for the blatant abuse of a
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fundamental and beautiful natural principle).
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Whisper is a pure identity-based messaging system. Whisper provides a low-level
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(non-application-specific) but easily-accessible API without being based upon
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or prejudiced by the low-level hardware attributes and characteristics,
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particularly the notion of singular endpoints.
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*/
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package whisper
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