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


Freenode until 2021 has been the original home of IRC discussion and technical work on Bitcoin. In early 2021, Andrew Lee took direct control of the Freenode network and combined it with a number of other IRC networks already under his control. Within months, the majority of users of most of the old Freenode projects migrated to the new Libera network. Luke-Jr has since managed to convince the new Freenode opers that Bitcoiners should continue to maintain a successful presence on Freenode and that he could maintain it as a useful community.
Freenode is the original home of IRC discussion about and technical work on Bitcoin. In early 2021, former Freenode staff started a new network called LiberaChat, which has rapidly become a popular network as well.


==Bitcoin Project==
==Bitcoin Project==


===Primary Discussion Areas===
===Primary Discussion Areas===
====Freenode Network====
{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin}} (on Freenode) || General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ([[Bitcoin_IRC_Channel_Guidelines |guidelines]]).
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-commits}} || Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} || For general Bitcoin software development. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/ history]. [[Bitcoin-dev | guidelines]])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gentoo}} || Gentoo community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pricetalk}} (on Freenode) || 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.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wizards}} (on Freenode) || Bitcoin experts and futurists ([http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/ history])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|lnd}} || Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|sidechains-dev}} || Sidechains development
|}
====Libera Network====
====Libera Network====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|}
|}


===Geography-Based communities===
====Freenode Network====
====Freenode Network====
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
! Channel !! Description
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin}} (on Freenode) || General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ([[Bitcoin_IRC_Channel_Guidelines |guidelines]]).
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-eastcoastusa}} || Freenode East Coast USA bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-commits}} || Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} || For general Bitcoin software development. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/ history]. [[Bitcoin-dev | guidelines]])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gentoo}} || Gentoo community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pricetalk}} (on Freenode) || 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.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wizards}} (on Freenode) || Bitcoin experts and futurists ([http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/ history])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|lnd}} || Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|sidechains-dev}} || Sidechains development
|}
|}
===Geography-Based communities===
====Libera Network====
====Libera Network====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|-
|-
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-fr}} || Libera French language bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-fr}} || Libera French language bitcoin community.
|}
====Freenode Network====
{|class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-eastcoastusa}} || Freenode East Coast USA bitcoin community.
|}
|}


Revision as of 04:24, 20 February 2022

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

Freenode is the original home of IRC discussion about and technical work on Bitcoin. In early 2021, former Freenode staff started a new network called LiberaChat, which has rapidly become a popular network as well.

Bitcoin Project

Primary Discussion Areas

Freenode Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin (on Freenode) General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. (guidelines).
IRC Web #bitcoin-commits Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
IRC Web #bitcoin-dev For general Bitcoin software development. (history. guidelines)
IRC Web #bitcoin-gentoo Gentoo community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-pricetalk (on Freenode) ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
IRC Web #bitcoin-watch Streaming Bitcoin transactions, including market data.
IRC Web #bitcoin-wizards (on Freenode) Bitcoin experts and futurists (history)
IRC Web #lnd Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
IRC Web #sidechains-dev Sidechains development

Libera Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin (on Libera) General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. (guidelines).
IRC Web #bitcoin-core-builds Discussion of the Bitcoin Core build system.
IRC Web #bitcoin-core-dev For development of Bitcoin Core. Log sources; 1, 2 3
IRC Web #bitcoin-core-gui For development of Bitcoin Core's GUI.
IRC Web #bitcoin-core-pr-reviews Weekly PR review club for discussing Bitcoin Core Pull Requests.
IRC Web #bitcoin-news RSS News related to Bitcoin.
IRC Web #bitcoin-wizards (on Libera) Bitcoin experts and futurists (history)
IRC Web #lightning-dev Lightning protocol development (history)
IRC Web #bitcoin-pricetalk (on Libera) ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
IRC Web #bitcoin-wiki Bitcoin Wiki support

Geography-Based communities

Freenode Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-eastcoastusa Freenode East Coast USA bitcoin community.

Libera Network

IRC Web #bitcoin-de Libera German bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-hr Libera Croatian language bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-fr Libera French language bitcoin community.

Mining Related Communities

Freenode Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-mining Discussion and support related to mining.
IRC Web #bitcoin-fpga Discussion and support specific to FPGA mining.
IRC Web #cgminer Discussion and support specific to CGMiner.
IRC Web #eligius Eligius mining pool community (also support for BFGMiner and Eloipool)

Communities for Exchanges and Trading

Libera Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-market Streaming market data (only), no chat.
IRC Web #bitcoin-otc Over-the-counter trading marketplace and discussion. (history)
IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ticker Streaming market data form the #bitcoin-otc order book.
IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ratings Updates to ratings on the #bitcoin-otc Web of Trust.
IRC Web #bitcoin-pit Only over-the-counter trading.

Related Projects

Libera Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #namecoin New home of the Namecoin project.
IRC Web #joinmarket JoinMarket, A CoinJoin implementation

See Also

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