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+# Contribution guidelines
+
+Contributions are welcome in all forms.
+
+Keep in mind that this is a community project run in the spare time of the creators, so responses might take a while.
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 - [View your Rocketeer portfolio here]( https://mint.rocketeer.fans/#/portfolio )
 - [Set your Rocketpool node avatar here]( https://mint.rocketeer.fans/#/avatar )
 
+Do you want to contribute to this project? Read `CONTRIBUTING.md`.
+
 ## Rocketeer components
 
 The Rocketeer project consists out of a Solidity `ERC721` contract and a number of `web2` interfaces.