## Description
Closes: #9404
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- [x] included the correct [type prefix](https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types/blob/v3.0.0/index.json) in the PR title
- [ ] added `!` to the type prefix if API or client breaking change
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- [ ] followed the guidelines for [building modules](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/master/docs/building-modules)
- [ ] included the necessary unit and integration [tests](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#testing)
- [ ] added a changelog entry to `CHANGELOG.md`
- [ ] included comments for [documenting Go code](https://blog.golang.org/godoc)
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- [ ] confirmed the correct [type prefix](https://github.com/commitizen/conventional-commit-types/blob/v3.0.0/index.json) in the PR title
- [ ] confirmed `!` in the type prefix if API or client breaking change
- [ ] confirmed all author checklist items have been addressed
- [ ] reviewed state machine logic
- [ ] reviewed API design and naming
- [ ] reviewed documentation is accurate
- [ ] reviewed tests and test coverage
- [ ] manually tested (if applicable)
* Updating the ADR template
Introducing few small sections to the template:
* Summary: IMHO it's very valuable for every reader to quickly see what this ADR is about. Must be short.
* Backwards Compatibility -- each ADR MUST analyze backward compatibility issue. Let's make it clear and put as the ADR subsection.
* Test Cases -- often, when analyzing a problem and implementing a solution, it's very useful to define test-cases. Hence it SHOULD be a part of the template.
Inspiration: Enterprise Ethreum Alliance Proposal [template](https://github.com/EntEthAlliance/EEPs/blob/master/draft/templates/EEP0002-Standards_Proposal_Template.md)
* change Summary -> Abstract
- Added a ADR section to the Contributing.md
- This will streamline and create a central palce for discussions
- Currently conversations are fragmented across platfroms and different forum posts,
the aim here is to move it all to one place and create a document to be used as
reference in the future for why SDK went in this direction.
Julien Robert
Ryan Christoffersen
Robert Zaremba
Federico Kunze
Alexander Bezobchuk
Christopher Goes
mircea-c
Marko
Dev Ojha