Yeah, that makes sense, kinda guessed it was something like that.

**A Gif: 10KM Relay for Long-Range Hops 🚀 #337**
*https://github.com/orgs/permissionlesstech/discussions/337*

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In computer networking, TTL (Time to live) prevents a data packet from circulating indefinitely.

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How Does Bitchat Work?

Same reason why any network has a [hop limit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live):

> In computer networking, TTL (Time to live) prevents a data packet from circulating indefinitely.