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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2014-2016, The Monero Project
 - Forum: [forum.getmonero.org](https://forum.getmonero.org)
 - Mail: [dev@getmonero.org](mailto:dev@getmonero.org)
 - GitHub: [https://github.com/monero-project/monero](https://github.com/monero-project/monero)
-- IRC: [#monero-dev on Freenode](irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-dev)
+- IRC: [#monero-dev on Freenode](http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=%23monero-dev&prompt=1&uio=d4)
 
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