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Most of the following Bitcoin-related IRC channels are available on [http://www.freenode.net Freenode]:
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This page lists IRC channels for discussing Bitcoin-related topics.  Please read: [[Bitcoin IRC Channel Guidelines]] before joining.
  
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Freenode is the original home of IRC discussion about and technical work on Bitcoin. In early 2021, former Freenode staff started a new network called LiberaChat, which has rapidly become a popular network as well.
  
 
==Bitcoin Project==
 
==Bitcoin Project==
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===Primary Discussion Areas===
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====Freenode Network====
 
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! Channel !! Description
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin}} || General Bitcoin-related discussion.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin}} (on Freenode) || General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ([[Bitcoin_IRC_Channel_Guidelines |guidelines]]).
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} || Bitcoin software development. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/ history])
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-politics}} || Discuss politics with other Bitcoin users.
 
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gaming}} || Bitcoin gamers hangout.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-commits}} || Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bc-news}} || RSS News related to Bitcoin.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} || For general Bitcoin software development. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/ history]. [[Bitcoin-dev | guidelines]])
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-marketing}} || Marketing and promotion of bitcoin
 
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gentoo}} || Gentoo community.
 
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gentoo}} || Gentoo community.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-watch|text=[[Bitcoin-Watch|#bitcoin-watch]]}} || Streaming Bitcoin transactions, including market data.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pricetalk}} (on Freenode) || ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-bots}} || Bot and bot-related discussion; trading bots, IRC bots, utility bots.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wiki}} || Bitcoin Wiki support
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-police}} || [[Bitcoin Police]] Investigates incidents related to Bitcoin.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wizards}} (on Freenode) || Bitcoin experts and futurists ([http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/ history])
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-court}} || [[Bitcoin Court]]  Settles disputes between parties.
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| {{Freenode IRC|lnd}} || Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tweets}} || Automated announce of bitcoin-related tweets.
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| {{Freenode IRC|sidechains-dev}} || Sidechains development
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-church}} || [[Bitcoin Church]] Discussion of our savior Satoshi
 
 
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===Local communities===
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====Libera Network====
 
 
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-eu}} || European OTC trading marketplace.
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! Channel !! Description
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-ru}} || Russian OTC trading marketplace.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin}} (on Libera) || General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ([[Bitcoin_IRC_Channel_Guidelines |guidelines]]).
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-uk}} ||United kingdom OTC Trading Marketplace.Founder Angus Bates.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-builds}} || Discussion of the Bitcoin Core build system.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-aus}} || Aussie bitcoin community.
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| <span id="bitcoin-core-dev"></span>{{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-dev}} || For development of Bitcoin Core.  Log sources; [http://www.erisian.com.au/bitcoin-core-dev/ 1], [http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-core-dev/ 2] [https://bitcoin-irc.chaincode.com/bitcoin-core-dev/2021-09-16 3]
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-br}} || Brazilian bitcoin community.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-gui}} || For development of Bitcoin Core's GUI.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-cad}} || Canadian bitcoin community.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-pr-reviews}} || Weekly PR review club for discussing Bitcoin Core Pull Requests.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-cn}} || Chinese bitcoin community.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-news}} || RSS News related to Bitcoin.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dk}} || Danish bitcoin community.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-wizards}} (on Libera) || Bitcoin experts and futurists ([http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/ history])
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-de}} || German bitcoin community.
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| {{Libera IRC|lightning-dev}} || Lightning protocol development ([http://gnusha.org/lightning-dev/ history])
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-pricetalk}} (on Libera) || ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-wiki}} || Bitcoin Wiki support
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===Geography-Based communities===
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====Freenode Network====
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! Channel !! Description
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-il}} || Israeli bitcoin community.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-eastcoastusa}} || Freenode East Coast USA bitcoin community.
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====Libera Network====
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-de}} || Libera German bitcoin community.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-romania}} || Romanian bitcoin community.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-hr}} || Libera Croatian language bitcoin community.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|btc.chat}} || Russian bitcoin community.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-fr}} || Libera French language bitcoin community.
 
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==Mining Related Communities==
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===Mining Related Communities===
 
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====Freenode Network====
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Channel !! Description
 
! Channel !! Description
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-mining}} || Discussion and support related to mining.
 
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-mining}} || Discussion and support related to mining.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-fpga}} || Discussion and support specific to FPGA mining.
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| {{Freenode IRC|cgminer}} || Discussion and support specific to [[CGMiner]].
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| {{Freenode IRC|cgminer}} || Discussion and support specific to cgminer mining ASIC/FPGA/GPU.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|btc.chat.miners}} || Russian discussion of mining specification.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|eligius}} || [[Eligius]] mining pool community
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|ozcoin}} || [[Ozco.in]] mining pool community
 
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| <small>[irc://irc.foonetic.net/xkcd-bitcoin IRC] [http://irc.lc/foonetic/xkcd-bitcoin/Miner@@@ Web]</small> #xkcd-bitcoin || [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/XKCD_Pool XKCD Pool]
 
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| <small>[irc://irc.quakenet.org/bitcoins.lc IRC] [http://irc.lc/quakenet/bitcoins.lc/Miner@@@ Web]</small> #bitcoins.lc @ Quakenet || [http://www.bitcoins.lc Bitcoins.lc Pool]
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bithasher}}  || Bit Pool Mining
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|p2pool}}  || [[P2Pool]] decentralized mining pool
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|btcserv}} || [[Btcserv.net]] Mining Pool Community
 
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitminter}} || [[BitMinter]] Mining Pool Community
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| {{Freenode IRC|eligius}} || [[Eligius]] mining pool community (also support for [[BFGMiner]] and [[Eloipool]])
 
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==Communities for Exchanges and Trading==
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===Communities for Exchanges and Trading===
 
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====Libera Network====
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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! Channel !! Description
 
! Channel !! Description
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-assets}} || Discussion of securities and other asset investments, including those listed on [[GLBSE]] or [[MPEx]].
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-market}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-auction}} || Live auctions over IRC.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|GLBSE}} || Talk regarding the [[GLBSE]] trading platform.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-market}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-aud}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-bgn}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-brl}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-cad}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-chf}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-eur}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-gbp}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-hkd}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-otc|text=[[bitcoin-otc|#bitcoin-otc]]}} || Over-the-counter trading marketplace and discussion. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-otc/logs/ history])
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-inr}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-otc-ticker}} || Streaming market data form the [[#bitcoin-otc]] order book.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-jpy}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-otc-ratings|bitcoin-otc-ratings}} || Updates to ratings on the [[#bitcoin-otc]] Web of Trust.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-nzd}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
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| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-pit}} || Only over-the-counter trading.
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-pln}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-rub}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-sek}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-sgd}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-sll}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-thb}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-usd}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-markets-zar}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc|text=[[bitcoin-otc|#bitcoin-otc]]}} || Over-the-counter trading marketplace and discussion. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-otc/logs/ history])
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-escrow}} || Third party escrow agents.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-ticker|bitcoin-otc-ticker}} || Streaming market data form the [[#bitcoin-otc]] order book.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pit}} || Only over-the-counter trading.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers}} || Bitcoin tickers for all bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-aud}} || Bitcoin tickers for AUD bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-bgn}} || Bitcoin tickers for BGN bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-brl}} || Bitcoin tickers for BRL bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-cad}} || Bitcoin tickers for CAD bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-chf}} || Bitcoin tickers for CHF bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-eur}} || Bitcoin tickers for EUR bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-gbp}} || Bitcoin tickers for GBP bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-hkd}} || Bitcoin tickers for HKD bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-inr}} || Bitcoin tickers for INR bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-jpy}} || Bitcoin tickers for JPY bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-nzd}} || Bitcoin tickers for NZD bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-pln}} || Bitcoin tickers for PLN bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-rub}} || Bitcoin tickers for RUB bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-sek}} || Bitcoin tickers for SEK bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-sgd}} || Bitcoin tickers for SGD bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-sll}} || Bitcoin tickers for SLL bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-thb}} || Bitcoin tickers for THB bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-usd}} || Bitcoin tickers for USD bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-tickers-zar}} || Bitcoin tickers for ZAR bitcoin markets
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wot|bitcoin-wot}} || Distributed Web of Trust (WoT) system for [[#bitcoin-otc]].
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|btc.chat.traders}} || Russian community discussion about trades/exchanges.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoinconsultancy}} || [[Bitcoin Consultancy]] discussion
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|#mtgox-chat}} || [[#MtGox]] chat (Note the pound sign (#) is part of the channel name)
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|mtgox}} || [[MtGox]] support
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|mtgoxlive}} || [[MtGox Live]] real-time view of trading
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|mtgox-news}} || Mt. Gox topics from Twitter.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|mtgox-rt}} || Mt. Gox real-time tape (executed trades).
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-rt}} || Real-time tape (executed trades).
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoinica}} || [[Bitcoinica]] trading platform.
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|intersango}} || [[Intersango]] exchange support
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|Coinabul}} || [http://Coinabul.com Coinabul]'s customer support and news channel. Selling gold and silver for Bitcoin.
 
 
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==Related Projects==
 
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| {{Freenode IRC|opentransactions}} || [[Open Transactions]] project.
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| {{Libera IRC|joinmarket}} || [[JoinMarket]], A [[CoinJoin]] implementation
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| {{Freenode IRC|namecoin}} || [[Namecoin]] and the [[Dot-bit]] project.
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==See Also==
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-stackexchange}} || Discussion complementing [http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com Bitcoin StackExchange].
 
  
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Latest revision as of 04:26, 20 February 2022

This page lists IRC channels for discussing Bitcoin-related topics. Please read: Bitcoin IRC Channel Guidelines before joining.

Freenode is the original home of IRC discussion about and technical work on Bitcoin. In early 2021, former Freenode staff started a new network called LiberaChat, which has rapidly become a popular network as well.

Bitcoin Project

Primary Discussion Areas

Freenode Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin (on Freenode) General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. (guidelines).
IRC Web #bitcoin-commits Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
IRC Web #bitcoin-dev For general Bitcoin software development. (history. guidelines)
IRC Web #bitcoin-gentoo Gentoo community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-pricetalk (on Freenode) ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
IRC Web #bitcoin-wiki Bitcoin Wiki support
IRC Web #bitcoin-wizards (on Freenode) Bitcoin experts and futurists (history)
IRC Web #lnd Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
IRC Web #sidechains-dev Sidechains development

Libera Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin (on Libera) General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. (guidelines).
IRC Web #bitcoin-core-builds Discussion of the Bitcoin Core build system.
IRC Web #bitcoin-core-dev For development of Bitcoin Core. Log sources; 1, 2 3
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-news RSS News related to Bitcoin.
IRC Web #bitcoin-wizards (on Libera) Bitcoin experts and futurists (history)
IRC Web #lightning-dev Lightning protocol development (history)
IRC Web #bitcoin-pricetalk (on Libera) ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
IRC Web #bitcoin-wiki Bitcoin Wiki support

Geography-Based communities

Freenode Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-eastcoastusa Freenode East Coast USA bitcoin community.

Libera Network

IRC Web #bitcoin-de Libera German bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-hr Libera Croatian language bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-fr Libera French language bitcoin community.

Mining Related Communities

Freenode Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-mining Discussion and support related to mining.
IRC Web #cgminer Discussion and support specific to CGMiner.
IRC Web #eligius Eligius mining pool community (also support for BFGMiner and Eloipool)

Communities for Exchanges and Trading

Libera Network

Channel Description
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-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.

Related Projects

Libera Network

Channel Description
IRC Web #joinmarket JoinMarket, A CoinJoin implementation

See Also