From fa51f37f1800d3886172fbc4c418685530011e2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoFalke <*~=`'#}+{/-|&$^_@721217.xyz>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 08:53:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Reword the Getting-Started section

Explain how to find good first issues to work on.

Also, remove the mention of up-for-grabs for new contributors, because
up-for-grabs is usually stuff that people lost interest in and is often
no longer relevant.
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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 16 +++++-----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 304055e57c5..0505b6b1b7d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -19,22 +19,16 @@ Getting Started
 
 New contributors are very welcome and needed.
 
-Reviewing and testing is highly valued and the most effective way you can contribute
-as a new contributor. It also will teach you much more about the code and
-process than opening pull requests. Please refer to the [peer review](#peer-review)
-section below.
+In-depth reviewing and testing are the bottleneck of the project, and are the
+most effective way anyone can start to contribute. It will teach you much more
+about the code and process than opening pull requests, and may help you uncover
+related issues and follow-ups to contribute code for. Please refer to the [peer
+review](#peer-review) section below.
 
 Before you start contributing, familiarize yourself with the Bitcoin Core build
 system and tests. Refer to the documentation in the repository on how to build
 Bitcoin Core and how to run the unit tests, functional tests, and fuzz tests.
 
-There are many open issues of varying difficulty waiting to be fixed.
-If you're looking for somewhere to start contributing, check out the
-changes that are
-[up for grabs](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=label%3A%22Up+for+grabs%22).
-Some of them might no longer be applicable. So if you are interested, but
-unsure, you might want to leave a comment on the issue first.
-
 You may also participate in the [Bitcoin Core PR Review Club](https://bitcoincore.reviews/).
 
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