<!--- Provide a general summary of the issue in the Title above --> <!--- /!\ Make sure to follow the Contribution Guidelines, notably for security issues and questions: https://github.com/rsocket/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md https://pivotal.io/security https://github.com/rsocket/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#question-do-you-have-a-question --> ## Motivation <!--- A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] --> Protobuf doesn't support zero-copy so it's not very efficient when you aim for low latency. ## Desired solution <!--- A clear and concise description of what you want to happen. --> It would be nice to consider a zero-copy format as an alternative (or replacement ?) to protobuf such as flatbuffers, capn'proto or SBE.