Talk:IRC channels

2021-06-15T00:57:45Z

Gwillen: Further discussion of removal of freenode links

==Wiki IRC channel==

Would it be beneficial to have an IRC channel for this Wiki? --[[User:Firestorm|<tt><big>'''Firestorm'''</big></tt>]] 00:07, 27 May 2011 (GMT)
* Maybe, though the existing channels might be fine... --[[User:Luke-jr|Luke-jr]] 00:32, 27 May 2011 (GMT)

== How to get on the list of firms accepting btc ==

please advise us, or feel free to add us on to the list (s)

www.firstnationalinnovationbrokers.com (FNIB) accepts full btc payment
for account funding. trade gold, silver and forex on margin. www.fnib.co {{unsigned|FNIB|13:47, 7 November 2011}}

== Removal of Freenode links ==
I removed the Freenode links, and left a brief explanation (the Freenode nickserv and chanserv databases were dropped today, so it's no longer safe to send people there; there's no way to know what they're getting.)

I did that by editing the "Freenode IRC" template page, for simplicity. But if someone reputable in fact decides to re-register one of these channels on the Freenode side, I definitely have no objection to them adding a live link back, by splitting the template in two or just removing the template from all the other channels.

(Please do NOT re-link the channels on the Freenode side merely because they exist again, unless YOU or someone personally known and trusted to you / the community definitely has control of them.)

[[User:Gwillen|Gwillen]] ([[User talk:Gwillen|talk]]) 00:57, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

IRC channels

2021-06-15T00:54:07Z

Gwillen: Explain removal of live links to Freenode.

This page lists IRC channels for discussing Bitcoin-related topics. Please read: [[Bitcoin IRC Channel Guidelines]] before joining.

Prior to late May 2021, most of these channels were on the [https://freenode.net/ Freenode] network. Due to an [https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409 Ownership dispute over Freenode], several have moved to [https://libera.chat Libera.chat]. The ones that remained on Freenode are no longer linked below, as the channel registration database there was deleted on June 14, 2021. Try them on Libera, or ask for help in <tt>#bitcoin</tt> on Libera.

==Bitcoin Project==
{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin}} || General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ([[Bitcoin_IRC_Channel_Guidelines | guidelines]]).
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-builds}} || Discussion of the Bitcoin Core build system.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-commits}} || Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-dev}} || For development of Bitcoin Core. Log sources; [http://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/ 1], [http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-core-dev/ 2]
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-gui}} || For development of Bitcoin Core's GUI.
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-pr-reviews}} || Weekly PR review club for discussing Bitcoin Core Pull Requests.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} || Dead. Formerly for Bitcoin software development. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/ history]. [[Bitcoin-dev | guidelines]])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gaming}} || Bitcoin gamers hangout.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gentoo}} || Gentoo community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-marketing}} || Marketing and promotion of bitcoin
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-news}} || RSS News related to Bitcoin.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-politics}} || Discuss politics with other Bitcoin users.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|#bitcoin-pricetalk|text=#bitcoin-pricetalk}} || ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-watch|text=[[Bitcoin-Watch|#bitcoin-watch]]}} || Streaming Bitcoin transactions, including market data.
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-wiki}} || Bitcoin Wiki support
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-wizards}} || Bitcoin experts and futurists ([http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/ history])
|-
| {{Libera IRC|lightning-dev}} || Lightning protocol development ([http://gnusha.org/lightning-dev/ history])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|lnd}} || Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|sidechains-dev}} || Sidechains development
|}

===Local communities===

{| class="wikitable"
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-eu}} || European OTC trading marketplace.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-ru}} || Russian OTC trading marketplace.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-uk}} ||United kingdom OTC Trading Marketplace.Founder Angus Bates.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-aus}} || Aussie bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|AustinBitcoin}} || Austin, TX bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-bra}} || Brazilian bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-cad}} || Canadian bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-cn}} || Chinese bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dk}} || Danish bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-de}} || German bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-eastcoastusa}} || East Coast USA bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-il}} || Israeli bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-nl}} || Dutch bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pl}} || Polish bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-romania}} || Romanian bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-ve}} || Venezuelan bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|btc.chat}} || Russian bitcoin community.
|-
| #bitcoins.fi @ IRCNet || Finnish bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-hr}} || Croatian language bitcoin community.

|}

==Mining Related Communities==

{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|avalon}} || Discussion and support specific to [[Avalon]] mining machine
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-mining}} || Discussion and support related to mining.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-fpga}} || Discussion and support specific to FPGA mining.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|btcguild}} || [[BTCGuild]] mining pool community
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|butterflylabs}} || [[Butterfly Labs]] chat
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|cgminer}} || Discussion and support specific to [[CGMiner]].
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|eligius}} || [[Eligius]] mining pool community (also support for [[BFGMiner]] and [[Eloipool]])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|mining.bitcoin.cz}} || Slush's mining pool community
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|ozcoin}} || [[Ozco.in]] mining pool community
|-
| [irc://irc.foonetic.net/xkcd-bitcoin IRC] [http://irc.lc/foonetic/xkcd-bitcoin/Miner@@@ Web] #xkcd-bitcoin || [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/XKCD_Pool XKCD Pool]
|-
| [irc://irc.quakenet.org/bitcoins.lc IRC] [http://irc.lc/quakenet/bitcoins.lc/Miner@@@ Web] #bitcoins.lc @ Quakenet || [http://www.bitcoins.lc Bitcoins.lc Pool]
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|p2pool}} || [[P2Pool]] decentralized mining pool
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitminter}} || [[BitMinter]] Mining Pool Community
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|kncminer}} || [[KNCMiner]] ASIC Mining Hardware Vendor Discussion
|}

==Communities for Exchanges and Trading==

{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-assets}} || Discussion of securities and other asset investments. [http://bitcoin-assets.com bitcoin-assets.com].
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-assets-trades}} || Streaming assets market data (only), no chat.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-auction}} || Live auctions over IRC.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-market}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc|text=[[bitcoin-otc|#bitcoin-otc]]}} || Over-the-counter trading marketplace and discussion. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-otc/logs/ history])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-escrow}} || Third party escrow agents.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-ticker|bitcoin-otc-ticker}} || Streaming market data form the [[#bitcoin-otc]] order book.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-ratings|bitcoin-otc-ratings}} || Updates to ratings on the [[#bitcoin-otc]] Web of Trust.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pit}} || Only over-the-counter trading.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wot|bitcoin-wot}} || Distributed Web of Trust (WoT) system for [[#bitcoin-otc]].
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|btc.chat.traders}} || Russian community discussion about trades/exchanges.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|coinbase}} || [[Coinbase]] chat
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-rt}} || Real-time tape (executed trades).
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|localbitcoins-chat}} || [[LocalBitcoins.com]] exchange support
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|Coinabul}} || [http://Coinabul.com Coinabul]'s customer support and news channel. Selling gold and silver for Bitcoin.
|}

==Related Communities==

{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|opentransactions}} || [[Open Transactions]] project.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|namecoin}} || [[Namecoin]] and the [[Dot-bit]] project.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|twister}} || [[Twister]], P2P microblogging discussion.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|joinmarket}} || [[JoinMarket]], A [[CoinJoin]] implementation
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|darkwallet}} || [[DarkWallet]] and libbitcoin/Obelisk discussion & development channel.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|electrum}} || [[Electrum]], lightweight bitcoin client.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|copay}} || [[Copay]], lightweight bitcoin client.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-stackexchange}} || Discussion complementing [http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com Bitcoin StackExchange].

|}

==See Also==

* [[Bitcoin_Wiki:Community_portal]]

[[fr:Canaux IRC]]
[[pl:Kanały IRC]]
[[ro:Canale]]

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2021-06-15T00:52:28Z

Gwillen: Remove live links to Freenode, as the services database there and all channel registrations have been nuked, so it's not safe to direct people there anymore.

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