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+# Project Serum RFCs
+
+The "RFC" (request for comments) process is intended to provide a consistent
+and open venue for discussion of potential changes and additions to projects under the decentralized
+Project Serum protocol so that all  stakeholders can be confident about the direction of the project.
+
+This medium of discussion has been formed by open source contributors to the protocol and
+is in no way in control of the Project Serum protocol.
+
+As Project Serum is a completely decentralized autonomous organization, all protocol decisions are made
+via the on-chain governance process. A community-hosted user interface for this on-chain program can be viewed
+on [Realms](https://realms.today/dao/SERUM).
+
+## Process
+
+- Fork this repo
+- Copy `0000-template.md` to `text/0000-my-feature.md` (where "my-feature" is
+  descriptive). Don't assign an RFC number yet; This is going to be the PR
+  number and we'll rename the file accordingly if the RFC is accepted.
+- Fill in the RFC.
+- Submit a pull request. As a pull request the RFC will receive design
+  feedback from the larger community, and the author should be prepared to
+  revise it in response.
+- Now that your RFC has an open pull request, use the issue number of the PR
+  to update your `0000-` prefix to that number.
+- Build consensus and integrate feedback. RFCs that have broad support are
+  much more likely to make progress than those that don't receive any
+  comments.
+- After adequate discussion of design choices and tradeoffs, as determined by the author,
+  the plan outlined in the RFC can be executed.
+- This may include posting the proposal to the [Project Serum forums](https://forum.projectserum.com)