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-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-auction	Live auctions over IRC.
IRC Web #bitcoin-market	Streaming market data (only), no chat.
IRC Web #bitcoin-watch	Streaming Bitcoin transactions, including market data.
IRC Web #bitcoin-dev	Bitcoin software development.
IRC Web #bitcoin-mining	Discussion and support related to mining.
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.

Local communities

Channel	Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-eu	European OTC trading marketplace.
IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ru	Russian OTC trading marketplace.
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.
IRC Web #bitcoin-dk	Danish bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-nederland	Dutch bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-es	Spanish-speaking bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-fr	French bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-it	Italian bitcoin community.

Related Communities

Channel	Description
IRC Web #eligius	Eligius pool community
IRC Web #namecoin	Namecoin and the Dot-bit project.
IRC Web #witcoin	Witcoin social news and user generated content.
IRC Web #xkcd-bitcoin	XKCD Pool
IRC Web #bitcoins.lc @ Quakenet	Bitcoins.lc Pool