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+*.a
+*.o
+*.hi
+.ghc.environment*
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+Transport over Mix
+------------------
+
+This is intended to become a specification and reference implementation of
+a transport abstraction layer over the [Mix Protocol](https://lip.logos.co/ift-ts/raw/mix.html).
+
+The idea is to hide the packet size and other limitations of Mix behind a nice
+abstraction layer, so applications can pretend they are communicating over
+a "normal" network not unlike TCP (a very slow, and moderately reliable, 
+but otherwise pretty normally behaving network).
+
+Furthermore, we also take the opportunity to document both the Sphinx mix packet 
+format, and SURBs (Single Use Reply Blocks).