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 Main community chat is located on [Mattermost](https://chat.btcpayserver.org/).
 
+## Contributing
+BTCPay is built and maintained entirely by volunteer contributors around the internet. We welcome and appreciate new contributions.
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+If you're a developer looking to help, but you're not sure where to begin, check the [good first issue label](https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22), which contains small pieces of work that have been specifically flagged as being friendly to new contributors.
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+Contributors looking to do something a bit more challenging, before opening a pull request, please [create an issue](https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/issues/new/choose) or join [our community chat](https://chat.btcpayserver.org/) to get early feedback, discuss best ways to tackle the problem and to ensure there is no work duplication.
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 ## How to build
 
 While the documentation advises to use docker-compose, you may want to build BTCPay yourself.