diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
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index e39effd4..00000000
--- a/.env.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-CERT_PATH="path/to/your/certificate.pem"
-KEY_PATH="path/to/your/privkey.pem"
-IP="127.0.0.1"
-PORT="8080"
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 264a724a..0b2e47ac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 *.rdb
 dump.rdb
 Cargo.lock
+.idea
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
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index 13566b81..00000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
-# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
-/httpRequests/
-# Datasource local storage ignored files
-/dataSources/
-/dataSources.local.xml
diff --git a/.idea/indexed_merkle_tree.iml b/.idea/indexed_merkle_tree.iml
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index d6ebd480..00000000
--- a/.idea/indexed_merkle_tree.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
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diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
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index 423750f9..00000000
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/indexed_merkle_tree.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/indexed_merkle_tree.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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index 35eb1ddf..00000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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