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.

Local communities

Channel	Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-eu	European 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.
IRC Web #bitcoin-dk	Danish bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-es	Spanish-speaking bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-fr	French bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-it	Italian bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-nederland	Dutch bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-pl	Polish 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

Communities for Exchanges and Trading

Channel	Description
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-wot	Distributed Web of Trust (WoT) system for #bitcoin-otc.
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 ##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.
IRC Web #tradehill	Tradehill unofficial chat for Tradehill traders
IRC Web #btc.chat.traders	Russian community discussion about trades/exchanges.
IRC Web #bitcoinconsultancy	Bitcoin Consultancy discussion

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.
IRC Web #bitcoin-onlyonetv	OnlyOneTV