Standardize message serialization

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Feature Request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently message serialization is done using a proprietary (but lightweight) mechanism for allocating memory and serializing objects into the memory space. While this is useful for working with the library internally, it requires consumers to implement the serialization protocol manually.

Describe the solution you'd like
Serialize messages internally and externally to a standardized format that can be easily consumed from other languages. Ideally serialization should be lightweight and fast.

Some alternatives include: messagepack, protobuf, BSON, etc.

Describe alternatives you've considered
building a custom serializer & implementations in common languages