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 Please check [Gx](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx) and [Gx-go](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go) documentation for more information.
 
-## Maintainers
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-Captain: [@whyrusleeping](https://github.com/whyrusleeping).
-
 ## Contribute
 
 Contributions welcome. Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/multiformats/go-multibase/issues).