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diff --git a/src/serialization/string.h b/src/serialization/string.h
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+// Copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers
+// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#pragma once
+#include <memory>
+#include "serialization.h"
+
+template <template <bool> class Archive>
+inline bool do_serialize(Archive<false>& ar, std::string& str)
+{
+  size_t size = 0;
+  ar.serialize_varint(size);
+  if (ar.remaining_bytes() < size)
+  {
+    ar.stream().setstate(std::ios::failbit);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<std::string::value_type[]> buf(new std::string::value_type[size]);
+  ar.serialize_blob(buf.get(), size);
+  str.erase();
+  str.append(buf.get(), size);
+  return true;
+}
+
+
+template <template <bool> class Archive>
+inline bool do_serialize(Archive<true>& ar, std::string& str)
+{
+  size_t size = str.size();
+  ar.serialize_varint(size);
+  ar.serialize_blob(const_cast<std::string::value_type*>(str.c_str()), size);
+  return true;
+}