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+# Developing lightwalletd
+
+## Updating protobuf files
+
+To update `compact_formats.proto`
+
+```
+protoc --go_out=paths=source_relative:. compact_formats.proto
+```
+
+which will generate `compact_formats.pb.go`, then commit and push the changes.