Design unique logo for software library

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Existing open source software library seeks logo.
I maintain an open source software utility that has been around for ages, but I've always lacked the design skills to give it a unique logo, just using whatever default has been substituted. Library is "protobuf-net", a binary serialization library - if you're not familiar with what that means: any time you "save" anything, whether that is your state in a game, your open design project, or your in-progress tax report: that's a form of serialization. But if that doesn't map well to a logo: just the name and something pretty would probably do! "Performance" (speed) or "binary" could be design elements, but aren't essential.
Ideal outcome would be square (icon style) and rectangular (banner style) logo options, ideally as SVG rather than bitmap, with full transfer of rights etc. There is no "company", "brand", etc - just me, with a free utility that I want to make prettier.
Industry/Entity Type
Software
Logo Text
protobuf-net
Logo styles of interest
Emblem Logo
Logo enclosed in a shape



Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



Abstract Logo
Conceptual / symbolic (optional text)



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