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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], with a few others planning to move by early June. If you join a channel at the Freenode address listed below and don't find any activity within a reasonable amount of time, try the same channel on Libera or ask for help in <tt>#bitcoin</tt> on Libera. | |||
==Bitcoin Project== | ==Bitcoin Project== | ||
Revision as of 22:25, 21 May 2021
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 Freenode network. Due to an Ownership dispute over Freenode, several have moved to Libera.chat, with a few others planning to move by early June. If you join a channel at the Freenode address listed below and don't find any activity within a reasonable amount of time, try the same channel on Libera or ask for help in #bitcoin on Libera.
Bitcoin Project
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| IRC Web #bitcoin | General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ( guidelines). |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-builds | Discussion of the Bitcoin Core build system. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-commits | Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-core-dev | For development of Bitcoin Core. Log sources; 1, 2 |
| 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-dev | Dead. Formerly for Bitcoin software development. (history. guidelines) |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-gaming | Bitcoin gamers hangout. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-gentoo | Gentoo community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-marketing | Marketing and promotion of bitcoin |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-news | RSS News related to Bitcoin. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-politics | Discuss politics with other Bitcoin users. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-pricetalk | 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-wiki | Bitcoin Wiki support |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-wizards | Bitcoin experts and futurists (history) |
| IRC Web #lightning-dev | Lightning protocol development (history) |
| IRC Web #lnd | Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits |
| IRC Web #sidechains-dev | Sidechains development |
Local communities
| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-eu | European OTC trading marketplace. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ru | Russian OTC trading marketplace. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-uk | United kingdom OTC Trading Marketplace.Founder Angus Bates. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-aus | Aussie bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #AustinBitcoin | Austin, TX bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-bra | Brazilian bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-cad | Canadian bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-cn | Chinese bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-dk | Danish bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-de | German bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-eastcoastusa | East Coast USA bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-il | Israeli bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-nl | Dutch bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-pl | Polish bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-romania | Romanian bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-ve | Venezuelan bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #btc.chat | Russian bitcoin community. |
| #bitcoins.fi @ IRCNet | Finnish bitcoin community. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-hr | Croatian language bitcoin community. |
Mining Related Communities
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| IRC Web #avalon | Discussion and support specific to Avalon mining machine |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-mining | Discussion and support related to mining. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-fpga | Discussion and support specific to FPGA mining. |
| IRC Web #btcguild | BTCGuild mining pool community |
| IRC Web #butterflylabs | Butterfly Labs chat |
| IRC Web #cgminer | Discussion and support specific to CGMiner. |
| IRC Web #eligius | Eligius mining pool community (also support for BFGMiner and Eloipool) |
| IRC Web #mining.bitcoin.cz | Slush's 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 #p2pool | P2Pool decentralized mining pool |
| IRC Web #bitminter | BitMinter Mining Pool Community |
| IRC Web #kncminer | KNCMiner ASIC Mining Hardware Vendor Discussion |
Communities for Exchanges and Trading
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| IRC Web #bitcoin-assets | Discussion of securities and other asset investments. bitcoin-assets.com. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-assets-trades | Streaming assets market data (only), no chat. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-auction | Live auctions over IRC. |
| 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-escrow | Third party escrow agents. |
| 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. |
| 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 #coinbase | Coinbase chat |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-rt | Real-time tape (executed trades). |
| IRC Web #localbitcoins-chat | LocalBitcoins.com exchange support |
| IRC Web #Coinabul | Coinabul's customer support and news channel. Selling gold and silver for Bitcoin. |
Related Communities
| Channel | Description |
|---|---|
| IRC Web #opentransactions | Open Transactions project. |
| IRC Web #namecoin | Namecoin and the Dot-bit project. |
| IRC Web #twister | Twister, P2P microblogging discussion. |
| IRC Web #joinmarket | JoinMarket, A CoinJoin implementation |
| IRC Web #darkwallet | DarkWallet and libbitcoin/Obelisk discussion & development channel. |
| IRC Web #electrum | Electrum, lightweight bitcoin client. |
| IRC Web #copay | Copay, lightweight bitcoin client. |
| IRC Web #bitcoin-stackexchange | Discussion complementing Bitcoin StackExchange. |