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 ## Contributing
 
-Join the ongoing IRC development channel at `#bitcoinjs-dev` on Freenode.
-We are always accepting of Pull requests, but we do adhere to specific standards in regards to coding style, test driven development and commit messages.
+We are always accepting of pull requests, but we do adhere to specific standards in regards to coding style, test driven development and commit messages.
 
 Please make your best effort to adhere to these when contributing to save on trivial corrections.