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<img align="right" src="https://i.imgur.com/TIf8kEC.png" />
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</a>
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**Fast. Secure. Feature Rich. Community Lead.**
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IRCd was a free and open source server which facilitated real-time communication over the
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internet. It was started by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988 at the University of Oulu and [its
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derivatives](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/IRCd_software_implementations.png)
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underpinned the major IRC networks for decades.
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It all started in 1988 when Jarkko Oikarinen developed a free and open source server
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at the University of Oulu which facilitated real-time communication over the internet.
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Its [derivatives](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/IRCd_software_implementations.png)
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have underpinned the major IRC networks for decades ever since.
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Due to its age and stagnation since the mid-2000's, a growing number of proprietary cloud services
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are now filling the vacuum of innovation. In 2014 a new approach was proposed to reinvigorate
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real-time communication for free and open source software: a *federation of networks* known as
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*the matrix*.
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IRCd has been rewritten for the global federation of networks  
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have filled the vacuum of innovation. In 2014 a new approach was proposed to reinvigorate
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real-time communication for free and open source software: a *federation of networks*
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known as *the matrix*.
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<a href="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/">
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<img align="right" src="https://i.imgur.com/DUuGSrH.png" />
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_philosophy of its predecessors_ is still obvious throughout.
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Matrix is about giving you control over your communication; Construct is about
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giving you control over Matrix. We are liberal with what we accept for ideas and
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contributions. Whether you are optimizing the entire protocol or just filling a
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need only a few others might share: please support the project by contributing
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back.
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giving you control over Matrix. Whether you are optimizing the entire protocol or
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just filling a need only a few others might share: please support the project by
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contributing back.
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<h3 align="right">
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Join us in <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#test:zemos.net">#test:zemos.net</a>
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