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+[submodule "waku/nim-eth"]
+	path = waku/nim-eth
+	url = git@github.com:status-im/nim-eth.git
diff --git a/waku/nim-eth b/waku/nim-eth
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+Subproject commit e6164996c8e1ce1a33c17250935fc985b9120830