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# Documentation and Tutorials: Contributors Guide

We are thrilled to announce that the Giveth Decentralized Altruistic Community (DAC) is now officially live at [giveth.io](https://giveth.io)! 

Our community of Makers and Givers are actively creating and donating to for-good projects, and our development team continues to crank out amazing updates based on [user feedback](https://giveth.io/support). 

> [name=mitch, suggest:] Our ever-expanding community of Makers are submitting their for-good projects on the DApp for Givers to donate to.

It ~~truly~~ takes a village to Build the Future of Giving and we need your support. Whether you are a developer, designer, writer, organizer, blogger, tester or some other type of wizard -- whatever you do or make, we value your contribution to the Giveth Community.

### Acknowledgement

We show our appreciation to contributors by dishing heartfelt `!praise` and tracking participation points in SourceCred. `!praise` is something our Givethers and contributors dish to one another in the #❤praise channel of [Discord](https://discord.gg/cCsYnNDkq2) as a way to acknowledge one another's efforts and good vibrations. SourceCred is a tool we use to automatically track involvement across platforms like Discord and GitHub. `!praise'` is converted into SourceCred points. These points become tangible reciprocity for our contributors each month. 

### Reciprocity

Our organization is sub-divided into 4 internal circles: Community, Governance, DApp Development and Communications. We welcome new contributors in all of our circles! New contirbutors who add value to our community are often rewarded through our Giveth TRACE ~~platform~~ RewardDAO Campaign.

### How to Become a Contributor

Have we gotten you in the giving mood? :wink: ~~We tend to do that.~~ Here's how you can become a contributor, and ~~all the while~~ be awarded and rewarded for your efforts! ~~Double the fun.~~

#### Step 1: Join us
- We post issues to our GitHub repos and discuss the tasks in the #🔨contribute channel on Discord regularly. Be sure to [join our Discord server](https://discord.gg/) and tune into the relevant circle's channel. You can find a detailed guide about how the Discord server is used **here. ADD LINK**.
- As we get to know you, your passions and your strengths, we may also proactively reach out to you if we have tasks that could use your special touch. 
- There are also for-good projects on our platform that could use your support, and we are happy to connect you.

#### Step 2: Discuss your task
- Once you have picked up a task, the ideal place to discuss your progress or ask questions is in the appropriate Discord channel ~~(Community: #Contribute, Governance: #Governance, DApp Development: #givethtrace-dev and #givethio-dev, Communications: #Communications)~~ or in direct messages with the person who requested this task.
- Once your task is completed, share the result in the appropriate channel.
- The team will likely `!praise` you for what you did in the relevant channel. ~~These~~ praise is tracked and ~~will be~~ paid out at the end of the monthly reward period (shortly after each month completes and values are calculated).

#### Step 3: Get rewarded

