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+# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and maintainers
+pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for
+everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity
+and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal
+appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit
+  permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
+
+### Facilitation, Not Strongarming
+
+We recognise that this software is merely a tool for users to create and maintain their blockchain
+of preference.  We see that blockchains are naturally community platforms with users being the
+ultimate decision makers.  We assert that good software will maximise user agency by facilitate
+user-expression on the network. As such:
+
+- This project will strive to give users as much choice as is both reasonable and possible over what
+  protocol they adhere to; but
+- use of the project's technical forums, commenting systems, pull requests and issue trackers as a
+  means to express individual protocol preferences is forbidden.
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior and are
+expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of unacceptable
+behavior.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits,
+code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or
+to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
+threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is
+representing the project or its community. Examples of representing a project or community include
+using an official project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as
+an appointed representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
+further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting
+the project team at admin@parity.io. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will
+result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team
+is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.  Further
+details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
+
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may face
+temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the project's leadership.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4, available at
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq