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. (history)
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.
IRC Web #bitcoin-church Bitcoin Church Discussion of our savior Satoshi

Local communities

IRC Web #bitcoin-otc-eu European OTC trading marketplace.
IRC Web #bitcoin-ar Argentina bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-aus Aussie bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-at Austrian bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-it Italian 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.cz Czech bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-de German bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-dk Danish bitcoin community.
IRC Web #bitcoin-il Israeli bitcoin community.
IRC Web #btc.chat Russian bitcoin community.
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-ve Venezuela bitcoin community.

Mining Related Communities

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-mining Discussion and support related to mining.
IRC Web #bitcoin-fpga Discussion and support specific to FPGA 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
IRC Web #bitminter BitMinter Mining Pool Community

Communities for Exchanges and Trading

Channel Description
IRC Web #bitcoin-assets Discussion of securities and other asset investments, including those listed on GLBSE or MPEx.
IRC Web #bitcoin-auction Live auctions over IRC.
IRC Web #GLBSE Talk regarding the GLBSE trading platform.
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-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 #bitcoinconsultancy Bitcoin Consultancy discussion
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 #mtgox-rt Mt. Gox real-time tape (executed trades).
IRC Web #bitcoin-rt Real-time tape (executed trades).
IRC Web #intersango Intersango exchange support
IRC Web #bitme BitMe 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 #ripple Ripple project.
IRC Web #namecoin Namecoin and the Dot-bit project.
IRC Web #bitcoin-stackexchange Discussion complementing Bitcoin StackExchange.