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 - [Skyhook ATM](http://projectskyhook.com)
 
 
-## Contributors
-Stefan Thomas is the inventor and creator of this project. His pioneering work made Bitcoin web wallets possible.
-Daniel Cousens, Wei Lu, JP Richardson and Kyle Drake lead the major refactor of the library from 0.1.3 to 1.0.0.
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-Since then, many people have contributed. [Click here](https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bitcoinjs-lib/graphs/contributors) to see the comprehensive list.
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 ## Contributing
 We are always accepting of pull requests, but we do adhere to specific standards in regards to coding style, test driven development and commit messages.