diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ this repository.
 
 You can also reach us on our [Discord server][].
 
-We are currently very early in our journey towards publishing the
-protocol as Open Source, and this is a big task which will take time,
-so please bear with us.  As we publish more components, collaboration
-with the community will become progressively easier.
+We are currently very early in our journey towards [publishing the
+protocol as Open Source][OSS blog], and this is a big task which will
+take time, so please bear with us.  As we publish more components,
+collaboration with the community will become progressively easier.
 
 [issues]: https://github.com/ToucanProtocol/contracts/issues
 [PRs]: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/
 [Discord server]: https://toucan.earth/discord
+[OSS blog]: https://blog.toucan.earth/toucan-protocol-is-going-open-source-and-introducing-cedar/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ To find out the technical details of Toucan Protocol, please see
 # Roadmap to an Open Source protocol
 
 In addition to what's published in this repository, we have many other
-technical components which we intend to publish as part of a planned
-initiative to incrementally Open Source the protocol, including the
-following:
+technical components which we intend to publish as part of [a planned
+initiative to incrementally Open Source the protocol][OSS blog],
+including the following:
 
 - Test suite for the smart contracts
 - Protocol deployment / maintenance scripts (hardhat tasks etc.)
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ subgraphs](https://thegraph.com/explorer/profile/0xbf2dfa6ca10f115861f23fd9733eb
 We are currently working on preparing these in a form suitable for
 publication.  This is quite a big task, so it will happen gradually.
 
+[OSS blog]: https://blog.toucan.earth/toucan-protocol-is-going-open-source-and-introducing-cedar/
+
 # Technical details
 
 ## Installation