diff --git a/examples/timeserve/README.md b/examples/timeserve/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48166cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/timeserve/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# timeserve
+
+This example demonstrates that an endpoint can support multiple live connections at once. The
+endpoint aka listener writes the time, once every 2 seconds, to every connected peer.
+
+Try connecting to a running listener with 3 (or more!) receiver peers at once.
+
+## Build a binary
+
+```
+go build --ldflags '-linkmode external -extldflags=-static -s -w' ./timeserve.go
+```
+
+If you run into `glibc` incompatibility, you can compile with `zig`/`musl`.
+
+```
+CC="zig cc -target x86_64-linux-musl -lunwind" \
+CGO_ENABLED=1 \
+CGO_LDFLAGS="-static" \
+GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 \
+go build -v -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' ./timeserve.go
+```
+
+## Terminal 1 (listener)
+
+```
+./timeserve
+```
+
+## Terminal 2 (receiver)
+
+```
+./timeserve -endpoint <endpoint-id>
+```
+
+## Terminal 3 (receiver)
+
+```
+./timeserve -endpoint <endpoint-id>
+```
+
+You'll see a connection notice if a receiver peer manages to connect to the listener.
+Receivers (Terminal 2 and Terminal 3) will display the time sent by the listener (Terminal 1).
diff --git a/examples/timeserve/timeserve.go b/examples/timeserve/timeserve.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd0b252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/timeserve/timeserve.go
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	iroh "git.coopcloud.tech/decentral1se/iroh-go"
+)
+
+var (
+	alpn                = []byte("iroh-go-timeserve/0")
+	frameSize    uint32 = 256
+	endpointPeer *string
+)
+
+func check(err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		irohErr := err.(*iroh.IrohError)
+		panic(irohErr.Message())
+	}
+}
+
+func awaitInterrupt() {
+	done := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(done, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	<-done
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
+func parseFlags() {
+	endpointPeer = flag.String("endpoint", "", "endpoint id of peer")
+	flag.Parse()
+}
+
+func receiver(e *iroh.Endpoint, id string) {
+	remote, err := iroh.EndpointIdFromString(id)
+	check(err)
+
+	addr := iroh.NewEndpointAddr(remote, nil, nil)
+	conn, err := e.Connect(addr, alpn)
+	check(err)
+
+	// from docs:
+	// "The peer that calls open_bi must write to its SendStream before the peer Connection is able to accept the stream
+	// using accept_bi()"
+	// https://docs.rs/iroh/latest/iroh/endpoint/struct.Connection.html#method.accept_bi
+	stream, err := conn.OpenBi()
+	check(err)
+	// NOTE: for the other peer to realize the bidi stream is open, you have to send some data! the data sent cannot be
+	// the empty string ""; empty string == no data
+	err = stream.Send().WriteAll([]byte{1})
+
+	check(err)
+	handleReading(stream.Recv())
+}
+
+func handleReading(recv *iroh.RecvStream) {
+	for {
+		frame, err := recv.Read(frameSize)
+		if checkForTimeout(err) {
+			break
+		}
+		fmt.Println(string(frame))
+		check(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func checkForTimeout(err error) bool {
+	// handle timeout
+	if err != nil {
+		irohErr := err.(*iroh.IrohError)
+		errMsg := irohErr.Message()
+		if strings.HasPrefix(errMsg, "ConnectionLost") {
+			fmt.Println("lost connection")
+			return true
+		} else {
+			// panics and exits bc unhandled err
+			check(err)
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func listen(e *iroh.Endpoint) {
+	for {
+		incoming := *e.AcceptNext()
+		fmt.Println("new connection")
+		go handleIncoming(incoming)
+	}
+}
+
+func handleIncoming(incoming *iroh.Incoming) {
+	accepting, err := incoming.Accept()
+	check(err)
+
+	conn, err := accepting.Connect()
+	check(err)
+
+	stream, err := conn.AcceptBi()
+	check(err)
+
+	for {
+		err := stream.Send().WriteAll([]byte(time.Now().Format(time.DateTime)))
+		if checkForTimeout(err) {
+			break
+		}
+		// prints every two seconds (not for any technical reason, 1/sec just feels hectic!)
+		<-time.After(2 * time.Second)
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	parseFlags()
+
+	preset := iroh.PresetN0()
+	opts := iroh.EndpointOptions{
+		Preset: &preset,
+		Alpns:  &[][]byte{alpn},
+	}
+
+	endpoint, err := iroh.EndpointBind(opts)
+	check(err)
+	endpoint.Online()
+
+	if *endpointPeer == "" {
+		fmt.Println("this endpoint is online and listening! use this id to connect via a peer:")
+		fmt.Printf("timeserve\n  -endpoint %s\n", endpoint.Id())
+		go func() { listen(endpoint) }()
+	} else {
+		go func() { receiver(endpoint, *endpointPeer) }()
+	}
+
+	awaitInterrupt()
+}