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+[submodule "waku-sys/vendor"]
+	path = waku-sys/vendor
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/go-waku.git
diff --git a/waku-sys/vendor b/waku-sys/vendor
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+Subproject commit b6ff0386129fcbc34c04f08ac45ea3e19cfd3e44