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 This is an implementation of the Kademlia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia) routing protocol and DHT. 
-Kademlia origainal Publication: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-45748-8_5
+Kademlia original Publication: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-45748-8_5
 
 Note: This repository is a Netbeans project which you can simply download and import.