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+# Contributing Guidelines
+
+We love pull requests from everyone! Bug reports are also welcome.
+
+However if you've got a question or would like to start a discussion, please post to the
+[bitcoinj google group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bitcoinj) or the
+[Bitcoin stack exchange](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/bitcoinj).