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 The Bitcoin ABC project welcomes contributors!
 
-To contribute, sign up at: https://reviews.bitcoinabc.org/
+This guide is intended to help developers get started contributing to Bitcoin ABC.
+
+Bitcoin ABC Development Philosophy
+----------------------------------
+
+Bitcoin ABC aims for fast iteration and continuous integration.
+
+This means that there should be quick turnaround for patches to be proposed, 
+reviewed, and committed.
+
+Here are some tips to help keep the development working as intended:
+
+    - Keep each change small and self-contained.
+    - Land the Diff quickly after it is accepted.
+    - Review Diffs from other developers as quickly as possible.
+    - Large changes should be broken into logical chunks that are easy to review,
+      and keep the code in a functional state.
+    - There are no "development" branches, all Diffs apply to the Master 
+      branch, and should always improve it (no regressions).
+    - Don't break the build, and immediately revert Diffs that do break it.
+    - Automate as much as possible, and spend time on things only humans can do.
+
+Here are some handy links for development practices aligned with Bitcoin ABC:
+
+    - [Statement of Bitcoin ABC Values and Visions](https://www.yours.org/content/bitcoin-abc---our-values-and-vision-a282afaade7c)
+    - [Large Diffs Are Hurting Your Ability To Ship](https://medium.com/@kurtisnusbaum/large-diffs-are-hurting-your-ability-to-ship-e0b2b41e8acf)
+    - [Advantages of monolithic version control](https://danluu.com/monorepo/)
+    - [Stacked Diffs: Keeping Phabricator Diffs Small](https://medium.com/@kurtisnusbaum/stacked-diffs-keeping-phabricator-diffs-small-d9964f4dcfa6)
+    - [The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master](https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X)
+
+
+Getting set up with the Bitcoin ABC Repository
+----------------------------------------------
+
+1. Create an account at https://reviews.bitcoinabc.org/
+
+2. Install Git and Arcanist on your machine
+
+Git documentation can be found at: https://git-scm.com/
+
+Arcanist documentation can be found at: https://secure.phabricator.com/book/phabricator/article/arcanist_quick_start/
+
+And: https://secure.phabricator.com/book/phabricator/article/arcanist/
+
+To install these packages on Debian or Ubuntu, type: `sudo apt-get install git arcanist`
+
+3. If you do not already have an SSH key set up, follow these steps:
+
+Type: `ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"`
+
+Enter a file in which to save the key (/home/*username*/.ssh/id_rsa): [Press enter]
+
+4. Upload your SSH public key to reviews.bitcoinabc.org
+
+    - go to: `https://reviews.bitcoinabc.org/settings/user/*username*/page/ssh/`
+
+    - Under "SSH Key Actions", Select "Upload Public Key"
+
+Paste contents from: `/home/*username*/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`
+
+5. Clone the repository and install Arcanist certificate:
+
+```
+git clone ssh://vcs@reviews.bitcoinabc.org:2221/source/bitcoin-abc.git
+
+cd bitcoin-abc
+
+arc install-certificate
+```
+
+Then paste an API token from: `https://reviews.bitcoinabc.org/settings/user/*username*/page/apitokens/`
+
+6. Code formatting tools
+
+If code formatting tools do not install automatically on your system, you
+may have to install clang-format-3.8 and autopep8.
+
+
+Working with Phabricator and Arcanist
+-------------------------------------
+
+A typical workflow would be:
+
+    - Create a topic branch in Git for your changes
+
+    `git checkout -b 'my-topic-branch'`
+
+    - Make your changes, and commit them
+
+    `git commit -a -m 'my-commit'`
+
+    - Create a differential with Arcanist
+
+    `arc diff`
+
+    You should add suggested reviewers and a test plan to the commit message.
+    Note that Arcanist is set up to look only at the most-recent commit message,
+    So all you changes for this Diff should be in one Git commit.
+
+    - Log into Phabricator to see review and feedback.
+
+    - Make changes as suggested by the reviewers. You can simply edit the files
+    with my-topic-branch checked out, and then type `arc diff`. Arcanist will
+    give you the option to add uncommited changes. Or, alternatively, you can
+    commit the changes, and squash the commits by typing `git rebase -i HEAD~2`.
+    If you Squash, make sure the most recent commit message has the information
+    needed for arcanist (such as the Diff number, reviewers, etc.).
+
+    - When reviewers approve your Diff, it should be listed as "ready to Land"
+    in Phabricator. When you want to commit your diff to the repository, check out
+    type my-topic-branch in git, then type `arc land`. You have now succesfully 
+    committed a change to the Bitcoin ABC repository.
 
 
 Copyright
@@ -13,3 +124,4 @@
 MIT license unless specified otherwise in `contrib/debian/copyright` or at
 the top of the file itself. Any work contributed where you are not the original
 author must contain its license header with the original author(s) and source.
+