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+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve
+title: ''
+labels: 'bug'
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Describe the bug**  
+<!-- A clear and concise description of what the bug is. -->
+
+**To Reproduce**  
+<!-- Steps or code to reproduce the behavior. -->
+
+**Expected behavior**  
+<!-- A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen. -->
+
+**Build environment**  
+ - BDK tag/commit: <!-- e.g. v0.13.0, 3a07614 --> 
+ - OS+version: <!-- e.g. ubuntu 20.04.01, macOS 12.0.1, windows -->  
+ - Rust/Cargo version: <!-- e.g. 1.56.0 --> 
+ - Rust/Cargo target: <!-- e.g. x86_64-apple-darwin, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, etc. -->  
+
+**Additional context**  
+<!-- Add any other context about the problem here. --> 
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/summer_project.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/summer_project.md
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+---
+name: Summer of Bitcoin Project
+about: Template to suggest a new https://www.summerofbitcoin.org/ project.
+title: ''
+labels: 'summer-of-bitcoin'
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+<!--
+## Overview  
+
+Project ideas are scoped for a university-level student with a basic background in CS and bitcoin 
+fundamentals - achievable over 12-weeks. Below are just a few types of ideas: 
+
+ - Low-hanging fruit: Relatively short projects with clear goals; requires basic technical knowledge 
+   and minimal familiarity with the codebase.
+ - Core development: These projects derive from the ongoing work from the core of your development 
+   team. The list of features and bugs is never-ending, and help is always welcome.
+ - Risky/Exploratory: These projects push the scope boundaries of your development effort. They 
+   might require expertise in an area not covered by your current development team. They might take 
+   advantage of a new technology. There is a reasonable chance that the project might be less 
+   successful, but the potential rewards make it worth the attempt.
+ - Infrastructure/Automation: These projects are the code that your organization uses to get its 
+   development work done; for example, projects that improve the automation of releases, regression 
+   tests and automated builds. This is a category where a Summer of Bitcoin student can be really 
+   helpful, doing work that the development team has been putting off while they focus on core 
+   development.
+ - Quality Assurance/Testing: Projects that work on and test your project's software development 
+   process. Additionally, projects that involve a thorough test and review of individual PRs.
+ - Fun/Peripheral: These projects might not be related to the current core development focus, but 
+   create new innovations and new perspectives for your project.
+-->
+
+**Description**
+<!-- Description: 3-7 sentences describing the project background and tasks to be done. -->  
+
+**Expected Outcomes**  
+<!-- Short bullet list describing what is to be accomplished -->   
+
+**Resources**  
+<!-- 2-3 reading materials for candidate to learn about the repo, project, scope etc -->  
+<!-- Recommended reading such as a developer/contributor guide -->  
+<!-- [Another example a paper citation](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.08091.pdf) -->  
+<!-- [Another example an existing issue](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/11013) -->  
+<!-- [An existing related module](https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/tree/master/modules/optflow) -->  
+
+**Skills Required**  
+<!-- 3-4 technical skills that the candidate should know -->  
+<!-- hands on experience with git -->  
+<!-- mastery plus experience coding in C++ -->  
+<!-- basic knowledge in matrix and tensor computations, college course work in cryptography -->  
+<!-- strong mathematical background -->
+<!-- Bonus - has experience with React Native. Best if you have also worked with OSSFuzz -->
+
+**Mentor(s)**  
+<!-- names of mentor(s) for this project go here -->
+
+**Difficulty**  
+<!-- Easy, Medium, Hard -->
+
+**Competency Test (optional)**  
+<!-- 2-3 technical tasks related to the project idea or repository you’d like a candidate to 
+    perform in order to demonstrate competency, good first bugs, warm-up exercises -->
+<!-- ex. Read the instructions here to get Bitcoin core running on your machine -->
+<!-- ex. pick an issue labeled as “newcomer” in the repository, and send a merge request to the 
+    repository. You can also suggest some other improvement that we did not think of yet, or 
+    something that you find interesting or useful -->
+<!-- ex. fixes for coding style are usually easy to do, and are good issues for first time 
+    contributions for those learning how to interact with the project. After you are done with the 
+    coding style issue, try making a different contribution. -->
+<!-- ex. setup a full Debian packaging development environment and learn the basics of Debian 
+    packaging. Then identify and package the missing dependencies to package Specter Desktop -->
+<!-- ex. write a pull parser for CSV files. You'll be judged by the decisions to store the parser 
+    state and how flexible it is to wrap this parser in other scenarios. -->
+<!-- ex. Stretch Goal: Implement some basic metaprogram/app to prove you're very familiar with BDK. 
+    Be prepared to make adjustments as we judge your solution. -->
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
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+<!-- You can erase any parts of this template not applicable to your Pull Request. -->
+
+### Description
+
+<!-- Describe the purpose of this PR, what's being adding and/or fixed -->
+
+### Notes to the reviewers
+
+<!-- In this section you can include notes directed to the reviewers, like explaining why some parts
+of the PR were done in a specific way -->
+
+### Checklists
+
+#### All Submissions:
+
+* [ ] I've signed all my commits
+* [ ] I followed the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+* [ ] I ran `cargo fmt` and `cargo clippy` before committing
+
+#### New Features:
+
+* [ ] I've added tests for the new feature
+* [ ] I've added docs for the new feature
+* [ ] I've updated `CHANGELOG.md`
+
+#### Bugfixes:
+
+* [ ] This pull request breaks the existing API
+* [ ] I've added tests to reproduce the issue which are now passing
+* [ ] I'm linking the issue being fixed by this PR