diff --git a/proto/Cargo.toml b/proto/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "proto"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+bincode = "2.0.0-rc.3"
+anyhow = "1.0.75"
+tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["io-util", "macros", "test-util"] }
+async-trait = "0.1.74"
diff --git a/proto/src/lib.rs b/proto/src/lib.rs
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