IRC channels

Most of the following Bitcoin-related IRC channels are available on Freenode:

Bitcoin Project

Channel	Description
IRC Web #bitcoin	General Bitcoin-related discussion.
IRC Web #bitcoin-dev	Bitcoin software development.
IRC Web #bitcoin-politics	Discuss politics with other Bitcoin users.
IRC Web #bitcoin-gaming	Bitcoin gamers hangout.
IRC Web #bc-news	RSS News related to Bitcoin.
IRC Web #bitcoin-marketing	Marketing and promotion of bitcoin
IRC Web #bitcoin-gentoo	Gentoo community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-watch	Streaming Bitcoin transactions, including market data.
IRC Web #bitcoin-bots	Bot and bot-related discussion; trading bots, IRC bots, utility bots.
IRC Web #bitcoin-police	Bitcoin Police Investigates incidents related to Bitcoin.
IRC Web #bitcoin-court	Bitcoin Court Settles disputes between parties.
IRC Web #bitcoin-tweets	Automated announce of bitcoin-related tweets.
IRC Web #bitcoin-church	Bitcoin Church Discussion of our savior Satoshi

Local communities

Channel	Description	IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-eu	European OTC trading marketplace.
IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-uk	United kingdom OTC trading marketplace.
IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ru	Russian OTC trading marketplace.
IRC Web #btc.chat	Russian bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-aus	Aussie bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-br	Brazilian bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-cad	Canadian bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-cn	Chinese bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-de	German bitcoin community. Mining Related Communities Channel Description IRC Web #bitcoin-mining Discussion and support related to mining. IRC Web #btc.chat.miners Russian discussion of mining specification. IRC Web #eligius Eligius mining pool community IRC Web #ozcoin Ozco.in mining pool community IRC Web #xkcd-bitcoin XKCD Pool IRC Web #bitcoins.lc @ Quakenet Bitcoins.lc Pool IRC Web #bithasher Bit Pool Mining IRC Web #p2pool P2Pool decentralized mining pool IRC Web #btcserv Btcserv.net Mining Pool Community IRC Web #bitminter BitMinter Mining Pool Community Communities for Exchanges and Trading Channel Description IRC Web #bitcoin-auction Live auctions over IRC. IRC Web #bitcoin-market Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-aud Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-bgn Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-brl Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-cad Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-chf Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-eur Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-gbp Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-hkd Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-inr Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-jpy Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-nzd Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-pln Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-rub Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-sek Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-sgd Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-sll Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-thb Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-usd Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-markets-zar Streaming market data (only), no chat. IRC Web #bitcoin-otc Over-the-counter trading marketplace and discussion. IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ticker Streaming market data form the #bitcoin-otc order book. IRC Web #bitcoin-pit Only over-the-counter trading. IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers Bitcoin tickers for all bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-aud Bitcoin tickers for AUD bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-bgn Bitcoin tickers for BGN bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-brl Bitcoin tickers for BRL bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-cad Bitcoin tickers for CAD bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-chf Bitcoin tickers for CHF bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-eur Bitcoin tickers for EUR bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-gbp Bitcoin tickers for GBP bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-hkd Bitcoin tickers for HKD bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-inr Bitcoin tickers for INR bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-jpy Bitcoin tickers for JPY bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-nzd Bitcoin tickers for NZD bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-pln Bitcoin tickers for PLN bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-rub Bitcoin tickers for RUB bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-sek Bitcoin tickers for SEK bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-sgd Bitcoin tickers for SGD bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-sll Bitcoin tickers for SLL bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-thb Bitcoin tickers for THB bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-usd Bitcoin tickers for USD bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-tickers-zar Bitcoin tickers for ZAR bitcoin markets IRC Web #bitcoin-wot Distributed Web of Trust (WoT) system for #bitcoin-otc. IRC Web #btc.chat.traders Russian community discussion about trades/exchanges. IRC Web #bitcoinconsultancy Bitcoin Consultancy discussion IRC Web ##mtgox-chat #MtGox chat (Note the pound sign (#) is part of the channel name) IRC Web #mtgox MtGox support IRC Web #mtgoxlive MtGox Live real-time view of trading IRC Web #mtgox-news Mt. Gox topics from Twitter. Related Communities Channel Description IRC Web #namecoin Namecoin and the Dot-bit project. IRC Web #bitcoin-stackexchange Discussion complementing Bitcoin StackExchange. IRC Web #witcoin Witcoin social news and user generated content.