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+# Contributing to Smart Node
+Smart Node is an open-source project that welcomes community contributions.
+
+## Roles
+Smart Node has three roles: Owner, Maintainers, and Contributors.
+
+### Owner
+The Owner has final say in settling disputes and making executive decisions when consensus cannot be reached. Currently, the Owner is @0xfornax.
+
+### Maintainers
+Maintainers are team or community members who contribute routinely. The Owner is also a Maintainer. Current Maintainers:
+- @0xfornax
+- @thomaspanf
+- @jshufro
+
+Smart Node was previously maintained by @jclapis and @moles1
+
+### Contributors
+Contributors are community members who have submitted merged pull requests with some regularity. They are too numerous to list individually.
+
+## Good Practices
+- Adhere to golang best practices. See [Effective Go](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html) for a good starting point.
+- Adhere to broader coding practices, such as DRY, POLA, Avoid Deep Nesting, etc.
+- New code should be unit tested when possible.
+- Write self-documenting code when possible, and add comments when necessary.
+
+## Pull Requests
+- Each PR should represent a single feature, bugfix, or non-functional change.
+- Owners and Maintainers may decide if a change is too small for peer review, but should still offer the opportunity for review by posting the PR for at least a day, unless urgent.
+- Larger changes require at least one Maintainer's review.
+- All Contributor PRs must be reviewed by a Maintainer.
+- Commits should be groomed: each commit should compile, pass tests, and represent logical atomic progressions.
+- History rewriting is permissible only while a PR is in DRAFT status, or after a Maintainer has approved the PR. Once a PR is approved, fixup commits should be rebased into the original commits.
+
+## Licenses
+Smart Node is licensed under GNU GPLv3, and all contributions must be made under the same license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.