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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><dl><dd>Manual: <span class="mirror link"><span class="web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf">Lightweight Extensible Message Format</a></span><span class="nomadnet">[nomadnetwork://a8d24177d946de4f1f0a0fe1af9a1338:/page/repo.mu`g=reticulum|r=lxmf Lightweight Extensible Message Format]</span></span></dd></dl>

<p class="mw-empty-elt"></p><aside class="portable-infobox noexcerpt searchaux pi-background pi-theme-default pi-layout-default"><h2 class="pi-item pi-item-spacing pi-title" data-source="title">Propagation node</h2><div class="pi-item pi-data pi-item-spacing pi-border-color" data-source="source">

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<div class="pi-data-value pi-font"><span class="mirror link"><span class="web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf/blob/HEAD/LXMF/LXMRouter.py">LXMRouter.py</a></span><span class="nomadnet">[nomadnetwork://a8d24177d946de4f1f0a0fe1af9a1338:/page/blob.mu`g=reticulum|r=lxmf|ref=HEAD|path=LXMF/LXMRouter.py LXMRouter.py]</span></span></div>

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<p><b>Propagation nodes</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_and_forward" class="extiw external" title="wikipedia:Store and forward">store and forward</a> <a href="LXMF" title="LXMF">LXMF</a> messages to <a href="Node" title="Node">nodes</a> that are not directly reachable when a message is sent.

</p><p class="mw-empty-elt"></p><p>It enables asynchronous messaging between peers. Messages stay encrypted the whole time, and only reveal the sender to the recipient.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Propagation nodes will, by default, peer with each other and synchronize messages over time, automatically creating an encrypted, distributed message store. Users can retrieve their messages from any available propagation node.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p><i><b>Note:</b> LXMF's propagation nodes are not the same as Reticulum's <a href="Transport_node" title="Transport node">transport nodes</a>; propagation nodes provide optional asynchronous messaging features to LXMF while transport nodes enable multi-hop routing at the <a href="Reticulum_Protocol" title="Reticulum Protocol">Reticulum Protocol</a> level.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i>

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<li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1">1.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2">1.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Linux in a Bit. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://linuxinabit.codeberg.page/blog/reticulum/#LXMF">The Reticulum Network and How it Works</a>". Linux in a Bit's Stuff.</span>

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<ul><li><a href="Announce" title="Announce">Announce</a></li>

<li><a href="Blackhole" title="Blackhole">Blackhole</a></li>

<li><a href="Buffer" title="Buffer">Buffer</a></li>

<li><a href="Channel" title="Channel">Channel</a></li>

<li><a href="Destination" title="Destination">Destination</a></li>

<li><a href="Discovery" title="Discovery">Discovery</a></li>

<li><a href="Identity" title="Identity">Identity</a></li>

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<li><a href="Interface" title="Interface">Interface</a></li>

<li><a href="Interface_Access_Code" title="Interface Access Code">Interface Access Code</a> (IFAC)</li>

<li><a href="Network_identity" title="Network identity">Network identity</a></li>

<li><a href="Packet" title="Packet">Packet</a></li>

<li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Propagation node</a></li>

<li><a href="Resource" title="Resource">Resource</a></li>

<li><a href="Stamp" title="Stamp">Stamp</a></li>

<li><a href="Transport_node" title="Transport node">Transport node</a></li></ul>

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