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 A lot of fake Torzu websites have popped up. These are not mine. **This project will not have a clearnet website for the foreseeable future!**
 I highly advice against downloading anything from these websites, specially if their intention is clearly to make money through advertisements.
 
-## IRC
+## Infrastructure back up online
 
-There's an IRC now! Connect to `mao7u6s7jwxeof2fax2kwwqeabyevy5b2icbl24lhgnmkebbtmh37had.onion` port `6667` using your favorite client and join `#torzu`. Connecting via Tor might require a bit of setup but that shouldn't take much more than a quick web search to figure out.
-Please **register your nicks**!
-
-**Note that my email address is dead**, so if anyone who's attempted to contact me there and is wondering about the lack of a response, that's why. I have given up attempting to contact the provider about it.
+There have been issues with the infrastructure running the main repository while I've been away from home. It should be all back and functional now!
+Sorry for that!
 
 ## Limited public development