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title: Features Mycelium Network
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Mycelium is a locality-aware, end-to-end encrypted network designed for efficient and secure communication between nodes. Below are its key features:
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## What Makes Mycelium Unique
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1. **Locality Awareness**
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Mycelium identifies the shortest path between nodes, optimizing communication based on location.
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2. **End-to-End Encryption**
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All traffic between nodes is encrypted, ensuring secure data transmission.
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3. **Traffic Routing Over Friend Nodes**
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Traffic can be routed through nodes of trusted friends, maintaining location awareness.
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4. **Automatic Rerouting**
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If a physical link fails, Mycelium automatically reroutes traffic to ensure uninterrupted connectivity.
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5. **Your network Address Linked to Private Key**
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Each node is assigned an IPv6 network address that is cryptographically linked to its private key.
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6. **Scalability**
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Mycelium is designed to scale to a planetary level. The team has evaluated multiple overlay networks in the past and is focused on overcoming scalability challenges.
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## Tech
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1. **Flexible Deployment**
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Mycelium can be run without a TUN interface, allowing it to function solely as a reliable message bus.
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2. **Reliable Message Bus**
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Mycelium includes a simple and reliable message bus built on top of its network layer.
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1. **Multiple Communication Protocols**
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Mycelium supports various communication methods, including QUIC and TCP. The team is also developing hole-punching for QUIC, enabling direct peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic without intermediaries.
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