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 # Contributing
 
-Find an area you can help with and do it. Open source is about collaboration and open participation. Try to make your code look like what already exists and submit a pull request. If you're looking for additional ideas, the code includes `TODO` comments for minor to major improvements. Grep is your friend.
+Find an area you can help with and do it. Open source is about collaboration and open participation. Try to make your code look like what already exists and submit a pull request.
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+The [list of issues](https://github.com/ignopeverell/grin/issues) is a good place to start, especially the ones tagged as "help wanted" (but don't let that stop you from looking at others).If you're looking for additional ideas, the code includes `TODO` comments for minor to major improvements. Grep is your friend.
 
 Additional tests are rewarded with an immense amount of positive karma. So is documentation.