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# *PyBitmessage*
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Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to
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another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless,
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meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate
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authorities. It uses strong authentication, which means that the sender of a
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message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the
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sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running
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warrantless wiretapping programs.
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## Development
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Bitmessage is a collaborative project. You are welcome to submit pull requests
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although if you plan to put a non-trivial amount of work into coding new
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features, it is recommended that you first solicit feedback on the DevTalk
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pseudo-mailing list:
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BM-2D9QKN4teYRvoq2fyzpiftPh9WP9qggtzh
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## References
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* [project website](https://bitmessage.org)
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* [protocol specification](https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Protocol_specification)
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* [whitepaper](https://bitmessage.org/bitmessage.pdf)
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* [installation](https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Compiling_instructions)
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## Contribute
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Contributions and suggestions are welcomed at [PyBitmessage github repository](https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage).
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## License
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(The MIT License)
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
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TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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