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+DhtCpp
+===
+A lightweight C++11 Distributed Hash Table implementation
+
+ * Light C++11 DHT implementation
+ * Simple API
+ * Support for arbitrary value types with common types built-in: simple blob (user data) or bittorrent-style "service announcement"
+ * "Identity" layer with data signature and encryption (using GnuTLS)
+ * Value edition authentified by the identity layer or with custom per-value-type hooks
+ * Fast bootstrap and announce time
+ * Originally based on https://github.com/jech/dht
+
+***work in progress***
+
+Dependencies
+-
+- GnuTLS 3.1+, used to compute hashes and for the identity layer.
+
+todo
+-
+ * Event listening
+ * Documention
+ * ...