This page lists IRC channels for discussing Bitcoin-related topics. Please read: Bitcoin IRC Channel Guidelines before joining.
Most of the following Bitcoin-related IRC channels are available on Freenode, but due to an ownership dispute, several moved to Libera.chat since May 2021.
Bitcoin Project
| Channel |
Description
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| IRC Web #bitcoin (on Freenode) |
General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ( guidelines).
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| IRC Web #bitcoin (on Libera) |
General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ( guidelines).
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-core-builds |
Discussion of the Bitcoin Core build system.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-commits |
Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-core-dev |
For development of Bitcoin Core. Log sources; 1, 2
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-core-gui |
For development of Bitcoin Core's GUI.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-core-pr-reviews |
Weekly PR review club for discussing Bitcoin Core Pull Requests.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-dev |
For general Bitcoin software development. (history. guidelines)
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-gaming |
Bitcoin gamers hangout.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-gentoo |
Gentoo community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-marketing |
Marketing and promotion of bitcoin
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-news |
RSS News related to Bitcoin.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-politics |
Discuss politics with other Bitcoin users.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-pricetalk |
ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-watch |
Streaming Bitcoin transactions, including market data.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-wiki |
Bitcoin Wiki support
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-wizards (on Freenode) |
Bitcoin experts and futurists (history)
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-wizards (on Libera) |
Bitcoin experts and futurists (history)
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| IRC Web #lightning-dev |
Lightning protocol development (history)
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| IRC Web #lnd |
Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
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| IRC Web #sidechains-dev |
Sidechains development
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Local communities
| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-eu |
European OTC trading marketplace.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ru |
Russian OTC trading marketplace.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-uk |
United kingdom OTC Trading Marketplace.Founder Angus Bates.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-aus |
Aussie bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #AustinBitcoin |
Austin, TX bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-bra |
Brazilian bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-cad |
Canadian bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-cn |
Chinese bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-dk |
Danish bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-de |
German bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-eastcoastusa |
East Coast USA bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-il |
Israeli bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-nl |
Dutch bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-pl |
Polish bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-romania |
Romanian bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-ve |
Venezuelan bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #btc.chat |
Russian bitcoin community.
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| #bitcoins.fi @ IRCNet |
Finnish bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-hr |
Croatian language bitcoin community.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-fr |
French language bitcoin community.
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Mining Related Communities
Communities for Exchanges and Trading
| Channel |
Description
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-assets |
Discussion of securities and other asset investments. bitcoin-assets.com.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-assets-trades |
Streaming assets market data (only), no chat.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-auction |
Live auctions over IRC.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-market |
Streaming market data (only), no chat.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc |
Over-the-counter trading marketplace and discussion. (history)
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-escrow |
Third party escrow agents.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ticker |
Streaming market data form the #bitcoin-otc order book.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-ratings |
Updates to ratings on the #bitcoin-otc Web of Trust.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-pit |
Only over-the-counter trading.
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-wot |
Distributed Web of Trust (WoT) system for #bitcoin-otc.
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| IRC Web #btc.chat.traders |
Russian community discussion about trades/exchanges.
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| IRC Web #coinbase |
Coinbase chat
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| IRC Web #bitcoin-rt |
Real-time tape (executed trades).
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| IRC Web #localbitcoins-chat |
LocalBitcoins.com exchange support
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| IRC Web #Coinabul |
Coinabul's customer support and news channel. Selling gold and silver for Bitcoin.
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Related Communities
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