diff --git a/irc.cpp b/irc.cpp
index 673baebeb27..c63ba47761c 100644
--- a/irc.cpp
+++ b/irc.cpp
@@ -166,10 +166,12 @@ void ThreadIRCSeed(void* parg)
 
     while (!fShutdown)
     {
-        CAddress addrConnect("216.155.130.130:6667");
+        //CAddress addrConnect("216.155.130.130:6667"); // chat.freenode.net
+        CAddress addrConnect("92.243.23.21:6667"); // irc.lfnet.org
         if (!fTOR)
         {
-            struct hostent* phostent = gethostbyname("chat.freenode.net");
+            //struct hostent* phostent = gethostbyname("chat.freenode.net");
+            struct hostent* phostent = gethostbyname("irc.lfnet.org");
             if (phostent && phostent->h_addr_list && phostent->h_addr_list[0])
                 addrConnect = CAddress(*(u_long*)phostent->h_addr_list[0], htons(6667));
         }
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index e21d4909e52..e3b04741deb 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -2707,7 +2707,7 @@ void BitcoinMiner()
             }
 
             // Update nTime every few seconds
-            const uint64 nMask = 0xffff;
+            const unsigned int nMask = 0xffff;
             if ((++tmp.block.nNonce & nMask) == 0)
             {
                 // Meter hashes/sec
diff --git a/serialize.h b/serialize.h
index c1b46f479e4..b0529a0c3ee 100644
--- a/serialize.h
+++ b/serialize.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class CDataStream;
 class CAutoFile;
 
 static const int VERSION = 300;
-static const char* pszSubVer = " rc1";
+static const char* pszSubVer = " rc2";