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 ## Credit
 
 Many thanks to everyone that has contributed to Veloren's development, provided ideas, crafted art, composed music, hunted bugs, created tools and supported the project.
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-## Sponsorship
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-<a href="https://www.digitalocean.com?utm_medium=opensource&utm_source=Veloren">
-	<img src="https://opensource.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/attribution/assets/PoweredByDO/DO_Powered_by_Badge_blue.svg" width="201px">
-</a>
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-We are extremely proud to be sponsored by [Digital Ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com).
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-Their support allows us to build and reliably power our shared backend services.