PyBitmessage Help

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Welcome to the help page for PyBitmessage.

Using the program

Time

On an average computer, different processes take different amounts of time.

Action Time required
Sender generate a public key request 2 minutes
public key request propagate through the network to the receiver 10 seconds
Receiver reply to the first public key request they receive 2 minutes
Receiver reply to subsequent public key requests they receive 5 seconds
Sender do work necessary to send message 4 minutes
message (or acknowledgement data) propagate through the network 10 seconds