The first version of the Socket Helpers library is now on NuGet. It is alpha code and there is always the possibility of drastic breaking changes in the future. Still, if you'd like to try it out, there are a few bits and pieces included so far:

• Service Discovery - See the Discovery namespace, overview here and sample code in the README.
• Typed Message Transmission - See the Messaging namespace and sample code in the README.
• Hub-style Message Routing - Also hidden in the Messaging namespace. No sample code for this yet, so you need to to be motivated enough to work out how it works :). It works, but this is the least developed part of the library and most likely to go through big revisions.

If you have any questions or want to contribute, feel free to open an issue!