This module (github.com/golang/protobuf) contains Go bindings for protocol buffers.
It has been superseded by the google.golang.org/protobuf module, which contains an updated and simplified API, support for protobuf reflection, and many other improvements. We recommend that new code use the google.golang.org/protobuf module.
As stated https://github.com/golang/protobuf#go-support-for-protocol-buffers, that: