IRC channels

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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.

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.

Mining Related Communities

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-mining Discussion and support related to mining.
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

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-auction Live auctions over IRC.
IRC Web #bitcoin-market 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 #tradehill Tradehill unofficial chat for Tradehill traders
IRC Web #bitcoinconsultancy Bitcoin Consultancy discussion

Related Communities

Channel Description
IRC Web #namecoin Namecoin and the Dot-bit project.
IRC Web #witcoin Witcoin social news and user generated content.
IRC Web #bitcoin-onlyonetv OnlyOneTV
Chat regarding general bit coins and mining, site also has a mining guide. Irc hosted on iscyspace web page.