diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/bittorrent/codec.py b/magneticod/magneticod/bittorrent/codec.py
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diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/bittorrent/protocol.py b/magneticod/magneticod/bittorrent/protocol.py
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diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/bittorrent/service.py b/magneticod/magneticod/bittorrent/service.py
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diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/bittorrent/transport.py b/magneticod/magneticod/bittorrent/transport.py
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diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/__init__.py b/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/__init__.py
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diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/codec.py b/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/codec.py
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+def encode():
+    pass
+
+
+def decode(data):
+    pass
+
+
+class EncodeError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class DecodeError(Exception):
+    pass
diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/protocol.py b/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/protocol.py
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+import typing
+
+from . import transport
+
+
+class Protocol:
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    # Offered Functionality
+    # =====================
+    def on_ping_query(self, query: PingQuery) -> typing.Optional[typing.Union[PingResponse, Error]]:
+        pass
+
+    def on_find_node_query(self, query: FindNodeQuery) -> typing.Optional[typing.Union[FindNodeResponse, Error]]:
+        pass
+
+    def on_get_peers_query(self, query: GetPeersQuery) -> typing.Optional[typing.Union[GetPeersQuery, Error]]:
+        pass
+
+    def on_announce_peer_query(self, query: AnnouncePeerQuery) -> typing.Optional[typing.Union[AnnouncePeerResponse, Error]]:
+        pass
+
+    def on_ping_OR_announce_peer_response(self, response: PingResponse) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def on_find_node_response(self, response: FindNodeResponse) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def on_get_peers_response(self, response: GetPeersResponse) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def on_error(self, response: Error) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    # Private Functionality
+    # =====================
+    def when_message_received(self, message):
+        pass
+
+
+NodeID = typing.NewType("NodeID", bytes)
+InfoHash = typing.NewType("InfoHash", bytes)
+NodeInfo = typing.NamedTuple("NodeInfo", [
+    ("id", NodeID),
+    ("address", transport.Address),
+])
+
+
+class BaseQuery:
+    method_name = b""
+
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID):
+        self.id = id_
+
+    def to_message(self, *, transaction_id: bytes, client_version: bytes=b"") -> typing.Dict[bytes, typing.Any]:
+        return {
+            b"t": transaction_id,
+            b"y": b"q",
+            b"v": client_version,
+            b"q": self.method_name,
+            b"a": self.__dict__
+        }
+
+
+class PingQuery(BaseQuery):
+    method_name = b"ping"
+
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID):
+        super().__init__(id_)
+
+
+class FindNodeQuery(BaseQuery):
+    method_name = b"find_node"
+
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID, target: NodeID):
+        super().__init__(id_)
+        self.target = target
+
+
+class GetPeersQuery(BaseQuery):
+    method_name = b"get_peers"
+
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID, info_hash: InfoHash):
+        super().__init__(id_)
+        self.info_hash = info_hash
+
+
+class AnnouncePeerQuery(BaseQuery):
+    method_name = b"announce_peer"
+
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID, info_hash: InfoHash, port: int, token: bytes, implied_port: int=0):
+        super().__init__(id_)
+        self.info_hash = info_hash
+        self.port = port
+        self.token = token
+        self.implied_port = implied_port
+
+
+class BaseResponse:
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID):
+        self.id = id_
+
+    def to_message(self, *, transaction_id: bytes, client_version: bytes = b"") -> typing.Dict[bytes, typing.Any]:
+        return {
+            b"t": transaction_id,
+            b"y": b"r",
+            b"v": client_version,
+            b"r": self._return_values()
+        }
+
+    def _return_values(self) -> typing.Dict[bytes, typing.Any]:
+        return {b"id": self.id}
+
+
+class PingResponse(BaseResponse):
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID):
+        super().__init__(id_)
+
+
+class FindNodeResponse(BaseResponse):
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID, nodes: typing.List[NodeInfo]):
+        super().__init__(id_)
+        self.nodes = nodes
+
+    def _return_values(self) -> typing.Dict[bytes, typing.Any]:
+        d = super()._return_values()
+        d.update({
+            b"nodes": self.nodes  # TODO: this is not right obviously, encode & decode!
+        })
+        return d
+
+
+class GetPeersResponse(BaseResponse):
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID, token: bytes, *, values, nodes: typing.Optional[typing.List[NodeInfo]]=None):
+        assert bool(values) ^ bool(nodes)
+
+        super().__init__(id_)
+        self.token = token
+        self.values = values,
+        self.nodes = nodes
+
+
+class AnnouncePeerResponse(BaseResponse):
+    def __init__(self, id_: NodeID):
+        super().__init__(id_)
diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/service.py b/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/service.py
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diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/transport.py b/magneticod/magneticod/dht/mainline/transport.py
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+import asyncio
+import collections
+import logging
+import sys
+import time
+import typing
+
+from . import codec
+
+Address = typing.Tuple[str, int]
+
+MessageQueueEntry = typing.NamedTuple("MessageQueueEntry", [
+    ("queued_on", float),
+    ("message", bytes),
+    ("address", Address)
+])
+
+
+class Transport(asyncio.DatagramProtocol):
+    """
+    Mainline DHT Transport
+
+    The signature `class Transport(asyncio.DatagramProtocol)` seems almost oxymoron, but it's indeed more sensible than
+    it first seems. `Transport` handles ALL that is related to transporting messages, which includes receiving them
+    (`asyncio.DatagramProtocol.datagram_received`), sending them (`asyncio.DatagramTransport.send_to`), pausing and
+    resuming writing as requested by the asyncio, and also handling operational errors.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.__datagram_transport = asyncio.DatagramTransport()
+        self.__write_allowed = asyncio.Event()
+        self.__queue_nonempty = asyncio.Event()
+        self.__message_queue = collections.deque()  # type: typing.Deque[MessageQueueEntry]
+        self.__messenger_task = asyncio.Task(self.__send_messages())
+
+    # Offered Functionality
+    # =====================
+    def send_message(self, message, address: Address) -> None:
+        self.__message_queue.append(MessageQueueEntry(time.monotonic(), message, address))
+        if not self.__queue_nonempty.is_set():
+            self.__queue_nonempty.set()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def on_message(message: dict, address: Address):
+        pass
+
+    # Private Functionality
+    # =====================
+    def connection_made(self, transport: asyncio.DatagramTransport) -> None:
+        self.__datagram_transport = transport
+        self.__write_allowed.set()
+
+    def datagram_received(self, data: bytes, address: Address) -> None:
+        try:
+            message = codec.decode(data)
+        except codec.EncodeError:
+            return
+
+        if not isinstance(message, dict):
+            return
+
+        self.on_message(message, address)
+
+    def error_received(self, exc: OSError):
+        logging.debug("Mainline DHT received error!", exc_info=exc)
+
+    def pause_writing(self):
+        self.__write_allowed.clear()
+
+    def resume_writing(self):
+        self.__write_allowed.set()
+
+    def connection_lost(self, exc: Exception):
+        if exc:
+            logging.fatal("Mainline DHT lost connection! (See the following log entry for the exception.)",
+                          exc_info=exc
+                          )
+        else:
+            logging.fatal("Mainline DHT lost connection!")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    async def __send_messages(self) -> None:
+        while True:
+            await asyncio.wait([self.__write_allowed.wait(), self.__queue_nonempty.wait()])
+            try:
+                queued_on, message, address = self.__message_queue.pop()
+            except IndexError:
+                self.__queue_nonempty.clear()
+                continue
+
+            if time.monotonic() - queued_on > 60:
+                return
+
+            self.__datagram_transport.sendto(message, address)
diff --git a/magneticod/magneticod/dht/sink.py b/magneticod/magneticod/dht/sink.py
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