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+<!--
+👋 Thank you for your contribution!
+
+⚠️ To help avoid extensive change requests or potential rejection, please review our simple Contributing Guidelines before you start coding: https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/wiki/Contributing-Guidelines.
+
+Thank you again for contributing!
+-->
+
+## Brief description what you did
+<!-- Describe your changes in detail here. What problem does this PR solve? What features does it add or fix? -->
+
+
+## Checklist
+- [ ] Kept changes minimal and limited to necessary files
+- [ ] Verified functionality remains intact and code compiles
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 The current **stable release** is on the [![GitHub release (latest by date)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware?label=Releases&style=social)](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/releases/latest) page. Follow the instructions you can find in the release description. The **latest (nightly) release** can be found [here](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/releases/).
 
 ## How can I collaborate
-You can write [documentation](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/wiki), fix bugs and [answer issues](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/issues) or add new functionality. Please check the following [guide](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/wiki/How-to-collaborate) with details.
+
+We warmly welcome your contributions! Please refer to our **[Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/wiki/Contributing-Guidelines)** for details.
+
+You can write [documentation](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/wiki), fix bugs and [answer issues](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/issues) or add new functionality. Please also check the following [guide](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/wiki/How-to-collaborate) with details.
 
 Consider that the hardware and firmware has been created and maintain by a [lot](https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/graphs/contributors) of [people](https://github.com/portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware/graphs/contributors), so always try collaborating your time and effort first. For coding related questions, if something does not fit as an issue, please join our Discord by clicking the chat badge on [top](#portapack-mayhem).
 
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-## Brief description what you did
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-## Checklist
-- [ ]  Kept changes minimal and limited to necessary files
-- [ ]  Verified functionality remains intact and code compiles