j"1LAnZuoQdcKCkpDBKQMCgziGMoPC4VQUckMè<div class="post">We need more details about what happened MadHatter.<br/><br/>Both 0.2 and 0.3 have a backup way of getting connected without IRC, it's just slower to get connected.<br/><br/>0.2 can find other nodes without IRC if it's ever been connected before, but a new install can't discover the network for the first time without IRC.<br/><br/>0.3 can also seed without IRC. It can operate entirely without IRC if it needs to, but it's better having IRC for redundancy.</div> text/html
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