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diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 637f964..690ce62 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -10,8 +10,27 @@ achieves our goals.
 TASK LIST
 =========
 
-- Highest priority: sign
-- Medium priority: dht, ep, dep
+- Highest priority: comm, sign, ep
+- Medium priority: dht, dep
+
+
+Architecture for communication primitives (comm, MED)
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Find the right abstraction(s) for communiation channels.
+
+Here are some things to keep in mind that we want at some point:
+
+- Encrypted point to point communication (to communicate private info after ACL check)
+- Flooding, gossip, RPS
+- Congestion control, proper multiplexing of feeds
+- Proper management of open connections to peers
+
+RPS question: can we integrate a preference for connections to peers that share the same shards?
+All while preventing the network from being disconnected.
+Ex: keep 100 total open connections that are sampled by proximity on the set of requested shards (bloom filter)
+plus 2 or 5 full random for all shards.
+
 
 
 DHT to find peers for a given shard (dht, EASY)
diff --git a/shard/lib/net/chan.ex b/shard/lib/net/chan.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa5c186
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+++ b/shard/lib/net/chan.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+defprotocol SNet.Chan do
+  @moduledoc"""
+  Abstract definition for a communication channel
+  """
+
+  @doc"""
+  Function to send a message to relevant peers.
+  """
+  def send(chan, msg)
+
+  @doc"""
+  Function to declare a handler for a channel
+  """
+  def handle(chan, func)
+end
+
+def SNet.PeerChan do
+  @moduledoc"""
+  Direct channel to a peer
+  """
+
+  defstruct [:peer_id, :shard_id, :path]
+
+  def new(peer_id, shard_id, path) do
+    %__MODULE__{peer_id: peer_id, shard_id: shard_id, path: path}
+  end
+
+  defimpl SNet.Chan do
+    def send(chan, msg) do
+      Shard.Manager.send(chan.peer_id, {chan.shard_id, chan.path, msg})
+    end
+
+    def handle(chan, func) do
+      # DO NOT USE THIS
+      assert false
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+def SNet.FloodChan do
+  @moduledoc"""
+  Channel that send a message to all know peers for shard (floods the network)
+  """
+
+  defstruct [:shard_id, :path]
+
+  def new(shard_id, path) do
+    %__MODULE__{shard_id: shard_id, path: path}
+  end
+
+  defimpl SNet.Chan do
+    def send(chan, msg) do
+      for x <- Shard.Manager.get_shard_peers(chan.shard_id) do
+        Shard.Manager.send(x, {chan.shard_id, chan.path, msg})
+      end
+    end
+
+    def handle(chan, func) do
+      # TODO
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+def SNet.CipherChan do
+  # TODO
+end