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Life & fun · March 12, 2018

Amino – Like Protobuf3 but Better – Designed for Blockchains

Protobuf3 with Interface support - Designed for blockchains (deterministic, upgradeable, fast, and compact) - tendermint/go-amino

Amino – Like Protobuf3 but Better – Designed for Blockchains launched on March 12, 2018 with 8 votes, #1,002 of 2,954 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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