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+[submodule "submodules/monero-core"]
+	path = submodules/monero-core
+	url = https://github.com/monero-project/monero
diff --git a/submodules/monero-core b/submodules/monero-core
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+Subproject commit 5fbfa8a65663e807c6500ae9485e898df9b7c470