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 ## Contact
 
 The best place for discussion is the [Lighthouse Discord
-server](https://discord.gg/cyAszAh). Alternatively, you may use the
-[sigp/lighthouse gitter](https://gitter.im/sigp/lighthouse).
+server](https://discord.gg/cyAszAh). 
 
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