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+## Contracts
+
+Smart contracts that implement the 0x protocol. Addresses of the deployed contracts can be found in the 0x [wiki](https://0xproject.com/wiki#Deployed-Addresses) or the [CHANGELOG](./CHANGELOG.json) of this package.
+
+## Usage
+
+Contracts that make up and interact with version 2.0.0 of the protocol can be found in the [contracts](./contracts) directory. The contents of this directory are broken down into the following subdirectories:
+
+*   [protocol](./contracts/protocol)
+    *   This directory contains the contracts that make up version 2.0.0. A full specification can be found [here](https://github.com/0xProject/0x-protocol-specification/blob/master/v2/v2-specification.md).
+*   [test](./contracts/test)
+    *   This directory contains mocks and other contracts that are used solely for testing contracts within the other directories.
+
+## Bug bounty
+
+A bug bounty for the 2.0.0 contracts is ongoing! Instructions can be found [here](https://0xproject.com/wiki#Bug-Bounty).
+
+## Contributing
+
+We strongly recommend that the community help us make improvements and determine the future direction of the protocol. To report bugs within this package, please create an issue in this repository.
+
+For proposals regarding the 0x protocol's smart contract architecture, message format, or additional functionality, go to the [0x Improvement Proposals (ZEIPs)](https://github.com/0xProject/ZEIPs) repository and follow the contribution guidelines provided therein.
+
+Please read our [contribution guidelines](../../CONTRIBUTING.md) before getting started.
+
+### Install Dependencies
+
+If you don't have yarn workspaces enabled (Yarn < v1.0) - enable them:
+
+```bash
+yarn config set workspaces-experimental true
+```
+
+Then install dependencies
+
+```bash
+yarn install
+```
+
+### Build
+
+To build this package and all other monorepo packages that it depends on, run the following from the monorepo root directory:
+
+```bash
+PKG=@0x/contracts-protocol yarn build
+```
+
+Or continuously rebuild on change:
+
+```bash
+PKG=@0x/contracts-protocol yarn watch
+```
+
+### Clean
+
+```bash
+yarn clean
+```
+
+### Lint
+
+```bash
+yarn lint
+```
+
+### Run Tests
+
+```bash
+yarn test
+```
+
+#### Testing options
+
+Contracts testing options like coverage, profiling, revert traces or backing node choosing - are described [here](../TESTING.md).