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 ## Lightning Network Daemon
-[![Build Status](http://img.shields.io/travis/lightningnetwork/lnd.svg)]
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-[![MIT licensed](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)]
-(https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/LICENSE) 
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-(https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lnd) 
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-[![Godoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd?status.svg)]
-(https://godoc.org/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd)
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+[![Build Status](http://img.shields.io/travis/lightningnetwork/lnd.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/lightningnetwork/lnd) 
+[![MIT licensed](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/LICENSE) 
+[![Irc](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-on%20freenode-brightgreen.svg)](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lnd) 
+[![Godoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/lightningnetwork/lnd/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/lightningnetwork/lnd?branch=master)
 
 The Lightning Network Daemon (`lnd`) - is a complete implementation of a 
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 ## Further reading
 * [Step-by-step send payment guide with docker](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/tree/master/docker)
-* [Contribution guide](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/code_contribution_guidelines.md)
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