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A Reticulum packet consists of four fields: a header field, destination field, context field, and data field. There is no source field, as packets do not include sender information.

| Offset | Octet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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| Octet | Bit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |

| 0 | 0 | AC | HT | CF | PT | DT | DT | PT | PT | Hops | Hops | Hops | Hops | Hops | Hops | Hops | Hops | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

| 4 | 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

| 8 | 64 | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination | Destination |

| 12 | 96 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

| 16 | 128 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Context | Context | Context | Context | Context | Context | Context | Context | | | | | | | | |

| 20 | 160 | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data |

| 24 | 192 | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data |

| ⋮ | ⋮ | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data |

Set to 1 if the interface has IFAC enabled.

Indicates the number of destination hashes included in the destination field. Set to 0 for a single 16-byte hash. Set to 1 for two 16-byte hashes.

The context flag is used for various types of signaling, depending on packet context.

Set to 0 for broadcast propagation. Set to 1 for transport propagation.

Indicates the destination type. Set to 00 for single destination, 01 for group destination, 10 for plain destination, and 11 for link destination.

Indicates the packet type. Set to 00 for data, 01 for announce, 10 for link request, and 11 for proof.

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