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title: Community
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            <h1 class="section-title">Get involved</h1>
            <p class="section-description">There are many ways you can contribute to the BigchainDB project, some very easy and others more involved. We welcome all potential contributors, so we ask that everyone participating abide by some simple guidelines.</p>
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                <h1 class="">Google Group</h1>
                <p>Participate in our Google Group</p>
                <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bigchaindb" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Bigchain Google Group</a>
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                <h1>Social</h1>
                <p>Follow us for the latest updates</p>
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                            <title>GitHub</title>
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                    <a class="social-link" href="https://twitter.com/{{ site.twitter }}">
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                            <title>Twitter</title>
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                    <a class="social-link" href="https://medium.com/{{ site.medium }}">
                        <svg class="icon icon--social icon--blog" aria-labelledby="title">
                            <title>Blog</title>
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<section class="section section-conduct">
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            <h1 class="section-title">Community Guidelines</h1>
            <p class="section-description">We’re happy you’re participating in this project and doing something big that's going to help the world. Thanks for abiding by our Community Guidelines.</p>
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            <a href="https://github.com/BigchainDB/bigchaindb/CONTRIBUTING.md" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Read Guidelines</a>
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