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+This folder contains all of the classes for running the webserver.
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+The webserver handles JSON-RPC and websocket requests.
+The webserver supports SSL if a cert and key file are specified in the config.
+The webserver handles all types of requests on a single port.
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+Each request is handled asynchronously using boost asio.
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+Much of this code was originally copied from boost beast example code.