diff --git a/chapters/preface.asciidoc b/chapters/preface.asciidoc
index 797599e9..e13fad6b 100644
--- a/chapters/preface.asciidoc
+++ b/chapters/preface.asciidoc
@@ -207,88 +207,4 @@ Many contributors offered comments, corrections, and additions to the early-rele
 
 Following is a list of notable GitHub contributors, including their GitHub ID in parentheses:
 
-* Akira Chiku (achiku)
-* Alex Waters (alexwaters)
-* Andrew Donald Kennedy (grkvlt)
-* bitcoinctf
-* Bryan Gmyrek (physicsdude)
-* Casey Flynn (cflynn07)
-* cclauss
-* Chapman Shoop (belovachap)
-* Christie D'Anna (avocadobreath)
-* Cody Scott (Siecje)
-* coinradar
-* Cragin Godley (cgodley)
-* Craig Dodd (cdodd)
-* dallyshalla
-* Darius Kramer (dkrmr)
-* David Huie (DavidHuie)
-* Diego Viola (diegoviola)
-* Dirk Jäckel (biafra23)
-* Dimitris Tsapakidis (dimitris-t)
-* Dmitry Marakasov (AMDmi3)
-* drstrangeM
-* Ed Eykholt (edeykholt)
-* Ed Leafe (EdLeafe)
-* Edward Posnak (edposnak)
-* Elias Rodrigues (elias19r)
-* Eric Voskuil (evoskuil)
-* Eric Winchell (winchell)
-* Erik Wahlström (erikwam)
-* effectsToCause (vericoin)
-* Esteban Ordano (eordano)
-* ethers
-* fabienhinault
-* Frank Höger (francyi)
-* Gaurav Rana (bitcoinsSG)
-* genjix
-* halseth
-* Holger Schinzel (schinzelh)
-* Ioannis Cherouvim (cherouvim)
-* Ish Ot Jr. (ishotjr)
-* ivangreene
-* James Addison (jayaddison)
-* Jameson Lopp (jlopp)
-* Jason Bisterfeldt (jbisterfeldt)
-* Javier Rojas (fjrojasgarcia)
-* Jeremy Bokobza (bokobza)
-* JerJohn15
-* Joe Bauers (joebauers)
-* joflynn
-* Johnson Lau (jl2012)
-* Jonathan Cross (jonathancross)
-* Jorgeminator
-* Kai Bakker (kaibakker)
-* Lucas Betschart (lclc)
-* Magomed Aliev (30mb1)
-* Mai-Hsuan Chia (mhchia)
-* marcofalke
-* Marzig (marzig76)
-* Matt McGivney (mattmcgiv)
-* Maximilian Reichel (phramz)
-* Michalis Kargakis (kargakis)
-* Michael C. Ippolito (michaelcippolito)
-* Mihail Russu (MihailRussu)
-* Minh T. Nguyen (enderminh)
-* Nagaraj Hubli (nagarajhubli)
-* Nekomata (nekomata-3)
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-* Sam Ritchie (sritchie)
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-* Stephan Oeste (Emzy)
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-* Thiago Arrais (thiagoarrais)
-* Thomas Kerin (afk11)
-* venzen
-* Will Binns (wbnns)
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-* wjx
-* Wojciech Langiewicz (wlk)
-* Yancy Ribbens (yancyribbens)
-* yurigeorgiev4((("", startref="acknowledge0")))
+include::../meta/github_contrib.adoc[]
diff --git a/meta/github_contrib.adoc b/meta/github_contrib.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..feb6fdfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/github_contrib.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+* Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq (AbdussamadA)
+* Adán SDPC (aesedepece)
+* Akira Chiku (achiku)
+* Alex Waters (alexwaters)
+* Andrew Donald Kennedy (grkvlt)
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+* cclauss
+* Chapman Shoop (belovachap)
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+* Christie D'Anna (avocadobreath)
+* Cihat Imamoglu (cihati)
+* Cody Scott (Siecje)
+* coinradar
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+* dallyshalla
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+* Jameson Lopp (jlopp)
+* Jason Bisterfeldt (jbisterfeldt)
+* Javier Rojas (fjrojasgarcia)
+* Jordan Baczuk (JBaczuk)
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+* jerzybrzoska
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