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# Contributing

## Introduction

The purpose of this document is to familiarize users with how they can get involved with the ICON project, become contributors, and advance their contributor membership.

## Becoming a contributor

The ICON project welcomes and appreciates your interest in contributing. This section will walk you through step-by-step how to make your first contribution.

In order to contribute, you will need to [create a GitHub account](http://github.com/signup).

Please familiarize yourself with the [Code of Conduct](/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) and [ICON Community Values](/VALUES.md).

## Ways of contributing

There are many ways of contributing to the ICON project. All contributors from beginner to expert are welcome to openly share their ideas and contributions.

### Code

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### Documentation

Writing documentation 

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### Issue triaging

Issue triaging involves organizing, prioritizing, categorizing, and labeling a project's backlog of issues and pull requests. Regularly triaging increases engagement, transparency, and productivity.

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### Repository management

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### Community support

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### Event management

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### Running a validator node

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## Funding pathways

### Volunteering

As an open source project, volunteer efforts are always welcome. We strive to foster the community in such a way that newcomers can easily grow into contributors and spin off their own projects. The best way to get started is volunteering in any of the [ways of contributing](#ways-of-contributing).

### Community grants

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### ICON Foundation grants

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