README.md
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2# UniValue
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4## Summary
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6A universal value class, with JSON encoding and decoding.
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8UniValue is an abstract data type that may be a null, boolean, string,
9number, array container, or a key/value dictionary container, nested to
10an arbitrary depth.
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12This class is aligned with the JSON standard, [RFC
137159](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159.html).
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15## Library usage
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17This is a fork of univalue used by Bitcoin Core. It is not maintained for usage
18by other projects. Notably, the API may break in non-backward-compatible ways.
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20Other projects looking for a maintained library should use the upstream
21univalue at https://github.com/jgarzik/univalue.
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