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+davinci
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+[![D](https://github.com/renaissanceorg/davinci/actions/workflows/d.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/renaissanceorg/davinci/actions/workflows/d.yml)
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+Server and client encoding and decoding for the renaissance protocol