> Ouroboros congestion control operates at the network level. It does not (can not!) rely on acknowledgements. This means all network flows are automatically co

> Ouroboros congestion control operates at the network level. It does not (can not!) rely on acknowledgements. This means all network flows are automatically congestion controlled. How exactly does this work? Once you send a packet into the network, you have no way of knowing whether or not it is received by the recipient, unless the receiver sends an acknowledgement - and the only symptom of congestion is dropped packets, i.e. recipient not receiving a packet..