Merge branch 'ConsenSys:master' into fix/npe-private-state-cache

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

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 # Contributing
 
-Thank you for your interest in contributing to Quorum!
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to GoQuorum!
+
 We welcome contributions from anyone on the internet, and are grateful for even the
 smallest of fixes!
 
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 ## Configuration, dependencies, and tests
 
-Please see the [Developers' Guide](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Developers'-Guide)
+Please see the [Developers' Guide](https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/developers/devguide)
 for more details on configuring your environment, managing project dependencies
 and testing procedures.
+
+## Issue reproductibility
+
+Before you create an issue, please try to reproduce it with [quorum quick dev start framework](https://github.com/ConsenSys/quorum-dev-quickstart) with the latest release.
+Many issues have been creating under an environment we are not able to reproduce quickly.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.md

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+---
+name: Report a bug
+about: Something with go-ethereum is not working as expected
+title: ''
+labels: 'type:bug'
+assignees: ''
+---
+
+#### System information
+
+Geth version: `geth version`
+OS & Version: Windows/Linux/OSX
+Commit hash : (if `develop`)
+
+#### Expected behaviour
+
+
+#### Actual behaviour
+
+
+#### Steps to reproduce the behaviour
+
+
+#### Backtrace
+
+````
+[backtrace]
+````

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature.md

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+---
+name: Request a feature
+about: Report a missing feature - e.g. as a step before submitting a PR
+title: ''
+labels: 'type:feature'
+assignees: ''
+---
+
+# Rationale
+
+Why should this feature exist?
+What are the use-cases?
+
+# Implementation
+
+Do you have ideas regarding the implementation of this feature?
+Are you willing to implement this feature?

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/question.md

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+---
+name: Ask a question
+about: Something is unclear
+title: ''
+labels: 'type:docs'
+assignees: ''
+---
+
+This should only be used in very rare cases e.g. if you are not 100% sure if something is a bug or asking a question that leads to improving the documentation. For general questions please use [discord](https://discord.gg/nthXNEv) or the Ethereum stack exchange at https://ethereum.stackexchange.com.

.github/dependabot.yml

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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: gomod
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: daily