diff --git a/examples/hyperchat/Cargo.toml b/examples/hyperchat/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "example-hyperchat"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "hyperswarm"
+path = "main.rs"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+hyperswarm = { git = "https://github.com/datrs/hyperswarm-rs.git" }
+# hyperswarm = { path = "../../../hyperswarm" }
+cable = { path = "../.." }
+async-std = "1.11.0"
+argmap = "1.1.1"
+env_logger = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/examples/hyperchat/main.rs b/examples/hyperchat/main.rs
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+use async_std::{io, prelude::*, task};
+use cable::{Cable, ChannelOptions, MemoryStore};
+use hyperswarm::{hash_topic, BootstrapNode, Config, Hyperswarm, TopicConfig};
+
+type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>;
+
+const BOOTSTRAP_ADDR: &str = "127.0.0.1:6666";
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    if std::env::var("RUST_LOG").is_err() {
+        std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "debug,hyperswarm-dht=trace,hyperswarm=trace");
+    }
+    env_logger::init();
+    let (args, _argv) = argmap::parse(std::env::args());
+
+    task::block_on(async move {
+        match args.get(1).map(|x| x.as_str()) {
+            Some("join") => {
+                let topic = args.get(2).expect("topic is required");
+                run_chat(topic.to_owned()).await.unwrap();
+            }
+            Some("bootstrap") => {
+                run_bootstrap().await.unwrap();
+            }
+            _ => {
+                eprintln!("Command is either `join` or `bootstrap`");
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    Ok(())
+}
+async fn run_bootstrap() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let node = BootstrapNode::with_addr(BOOTSTRAP_ADDR)?;
+    let (addr, task) = node.run().await?;
+    eprintln!("Running bootstrap node on {:?}", addr);
+    task.await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+async fn run_chat(topic: String) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let store = MemoryStore::default();
+    let cable = Cable::new(store);
+    {
+        let opts = ChannelOptions {
+            channel: "default".as_bytes().to_vec(),
+            time_start: 0,
+            //time_end: now(),
+            time_end: 0,
+            limit: 20,
+        };
+        let mut cable = cable.clone();
+        task::spawn(async move {
+            let mut msg_stream = cable.open_channel(&opts).await.unwrap();
+            while let Some(msg) = msg_stream.next().await {
+                println!["msg={:?}", msg];
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    {
+        let mut cable = cable.clone();
+        task::spawn(async move {
+            let stdin = io::stdin();
+            let mut line = String::new();
+            loop {
+                stdin.read_line(&mut line).await.unwrap();
+                if line.is_empty() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                let channel = "default".as_bytes();
+                let text = line.trim_end().as_bytes();
+                cable.post_text(channel, &text).await.unwrap();
+                line.clear();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    let topic = hash_topic(b"example:hyperchat", topic.as_bytes());
+    let config = Config::default().set_bootstrap_nodes(&[BOOTSTRAP_ADDR]);
+    let mut swarm = Hyperswarm::bind(config).await?;
+    swarm.configure(topic, TopicConfig::both());
+    while let Some(stream) = swarm.next().await.transpose()? {
+        cable.listen(stream).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}