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+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ License
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 Bitcoin Core is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more
-information or see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+information or see https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
 
 Development Process
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