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@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ IPFS implementation in C, (not just an API client library).
 * **ipfs cat \[hash\]** to retrieve a file from the repository
 
 ## For techies (ipfs spec docs):
-* [getting started]https://github.com/ipfs/specs/blob/master/overviews/implement-ipfs.md
-* [specifications]https://github.com/ipfs/specs
-* [getting started]https://github.com/ipfs/community/issues/177
-* [libp2p]https://github.com/libp2p/specs
+* [getting started](https://github.com/ipfs/specs/blob/master/overviews/implement-ipfs.md)
+* [specifications](https://github.com/ipfs/specs)
+* [getting started](https://github.com/ipfs/community/issues/177)
+* [libp2p](https://github.com/libp2p/specs)
 
 ## Prerequisites: To compile the C version you will need:
-lmdb https://github.com/jmjatlanta/lmdb
-c-protobuf https://github.com/Agorise/c-protobuf
-c-multihash https://github.com/Agorise/c-multihash
-c-multiaddr https://github.com/Agorise/c-multiaddr
-c-libp2p https://github.com/Agorise/c-libp2p
+[lmdb](https://github.com/jmjatlanta/lmdb)
+[c-protobuf](https://github.com/Agorise/c-protobuf)
+[c-multihash](https://github.com/Agorise/c-multihash)
+[c-multiaddr](https://github.com/Agorise/c-multiaddr)
+[c-libp2p](https://github.com/Agorise/c-libp2p)
 
 And of course this project at https://github.com/Agorise/c-ipfs