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Most of the following Bitcoin-related IRC channels are available on [http://www.freenode.net Freenode]:
This page lists IRC channels for discussing Bitcoin-related topics.  Please read: [[Bitcoin IRC Channel Guidelines]] before joining.


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==
==Bitcoin Project==
===Primary Discussion Areas===
====Freenode Network====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
! Channel !! Description
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin}} || General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ([[Bitcoin_IRC_Channel_Guidelines | guidelines]]).
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin}} (on Freenode) || General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ([[Bitcoin_IRC_Channel_Guidelines |guidelines]]).
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} || Dead.  Formerly for Bitcoin software development. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/ history]. [[Bitcoin-dev | guidelines]])
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-commits}} || Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-commits}} || Real-time notification of commits to Bitcoin projects.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode 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]
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dev}} || For general Bitcoin software development. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/ history]. [[Bitcoin-dev | guidelines]])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gaming}} || Bitcoin gamers hangout.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gentoo}} || Gentoo community.
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-gentoo}} || Gentoo community.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-marketing}} || Marketing and promotion of bitcoin
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pricetalk}} (on Freenode) || ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-news}} || RSS News related to Bitcoin.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-politics}} || Discuss politics with other Bitcoin users.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|#bitcoin-pricetalk|text=#bitcoin-pricetalk}} || ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-watch|text=[[Bitcoin-Watch|#bitcoin-watch]]}} || Streaming Bitcoin transactions, including market data.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wiki}} || Bitcoin Wiki support
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wiki}} || Bitcoin Wiki support
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wizards}} || Bitcoin experts and futurists ([http://botbot.me/freenode/bitcoin-wizards history])
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wizards}} (on Freenode) || Bitcoin experts and futurists ([http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/ history])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|lightning-dev}} || Lightning protocol development
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|lnd}} || Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
| {{Freenode IRC|lnd}} || Lightning only version of #bitcoin-commits
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|}


===Local communities===
====Libera Network====
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-eu}} || European OTC trading marketplace.
! Channel !! Description
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-ru}} || Russian OTC trading marketplace.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin}} (on Libera) || General Bitcoin-related discussion and support. ([[Bitcoin_IRC_Channel_Guidelines |guidelines]]).
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-uk}} ||United kingdom OTC Trading Marketplace.Founder Angus Bates.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-builds}} || Discussion of the Bitcoin Core build system.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-aus}} || Aussie bitcoin community.
| <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]
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|AustinBitcoin}} || Austin, TX bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-gui}} || For development of Bitcoin Core's GUI.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-bra}} || Brazilian bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-core-pr-reviews}} || Weekly PR review club for discussing Bitcoin Core Pull Requests.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-cad}} || Canadian bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-news}} || RSS News related to Bitcoin.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-cn}} || Chinese bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-wizards}} (on Libera) || Bitcoin experts and futurists ([http://gnusha.org/bitcoin-wizards/ history])
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-dk}} || Danish bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|lightning-dev}} || Lightning protocol development ([http://gnusha.org/lightning-dev/ history])
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-de}} || German bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-pricetalk}} (on Libera) || ALL Discussion Remotely Related to Bitcoin Price or other offtopic goes here
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-eastcoastusa}} || East Coast USA bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-wiki}} || Bitcoin Wiki support
|}
 
===Geography-Based communities===
====Freenode Network====
{|class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-il}} || Israeli bitcoin community.
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-eastcoastusa}} || Freenode East Coast USA bitcoin community.
|-
|}
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-nl}} || Dutch bitcoin community.                                        
====Libera Network====
{| class="wikitable"
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-de}} || Libera German bitcoin community.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pl}} || Polish bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-hr}} || Libera Croatian language bitcoin community.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-romania}} || Romanian bitcoin community.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-fr}} || Libera French language bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-ve}} || Venezuelan bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|btc.chat}} || Russian bitcoin community.
|-
| #bitcoins.fi @ IRCNet || Finnish bitcoin community.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-hr}} || Croatian language bitcoin community.
 
|}
|}


==Mining Related Communities==
===Mining Related Communities===
 
====Freenode Network====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
! Channel !! Description
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|avalon}} || Discussion and support specific to [[Avalon]] mining machine
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-mining}} || Discussion and support related to mining.
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-mining}} || Discussion and support related to mining.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-fpga}} || Discussion and support specific to FPGA mining.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|btcguild}} || [[BTCGuild]] mining pool community
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|butterflylabs}} || [[Butterfly Labs]] chat
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|cgminer}} || Discussion and support specific to [[CGMiner]].
| {{Freenode IRC|cgminer}} || Discussion and support specific to [[CGMiner]].
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|eligius}} || [[Eligius]] mining pool community (also support for [[BFGMiner]] and [[Eloipool]])
| {{Freenode IRC|eligius}} || [[Eligius]] mining pool community (also support for [[BFGMiner]] and [[Eloipool]])
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|mining.bitcoin.cz}} || Slush's mining pool community
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|ozcoin}} || [[Ozco.in]] mining pool community
|-
| <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]
|-
| <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]
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|p2pool}}  || [[P2Pool]] decentralized mining pool
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitminter}} || [[BitMinter]] Mining Pool Community
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|kncminer}} || [[KNCMiner]] ASIC Mining Hardware Vendor Discussion
|}
|}


==Communities for Exchanges and Trading==
===Communities for Exchanges and Trading===
 
====Libera Network====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
! Channel !! Description
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-assets}} || Discussion of securities and other asset investments. [http://bitcoin-assets.com bitcoin-assets.com].
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-market}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-assets-trades}} || Streaming assets market data (only), no chat.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-auction}} || Live auctions over IRC.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-market}} || Streaming market data (only), no chat.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-otc|text=[[bitcoin-otc|#bitcoin-otc]]}} || Over-the-counter trading marketplace and discussion. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-otc/logs/ history])
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc|text=[[bitcoin-otc|#bitcoin-otc]]}} || Over-the-counter trading marketplace and discussion. ([http://bitcoinstats.com/irc/bitcoin-otc/logs/ history])
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-otc-ticker}} || Streaming market data form the [[#bitcoin-otc]] order book.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-escrow}} || Third party escrow agents.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-otc-ratings|bitcoin-otc-ratings}} || Updates to ratings on the [[#bitcoin-otc]] Web of Trust.
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-ticker|bitcoin-otc-ticker}} || Streaming market data form the [[#bitcoin-otc]] order book.
| {{Libera IRC|bitcoin-pit}} || Only over-the-counter trading.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-otc-ratings|bitcoin-otc-ratings}} || Updates to ratings on the [[#bitcoin-otc]] Web of Trust.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-pit}} || Only over-the-counter trading.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-wot|bitcoin-wot}} || Distributed Web of Trust (WoT) system for [[#bitcoin-otc]].
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|btc.chat.traders}} || Russian community discussion about trades/exchanges.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|coinbase}} || [[Coinbase]] chat
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-rt}} || Real-time tape (executed trades).
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|localbitcoins-chat}} || [[LocalBitcoins.com]] exchange support
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|Coinabul}} || [http://Coinabul.com Coinabul]'s customer support and news channel. Selling gold and silver for Bitcoin.
|}
|}


==Related Communities==
==Related Projects==
 
===Libera Network===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Channel !! Description
! Channel !! Description
|-
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|opentransactions}} || [[Open Transactions]] project.
| {{Libera IRC|joinmarket}} || [[JoinMarket]], A [[CoinJoin]] implementation
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|namecoin}} || [[Namecoin]] and the [[Dot-bit]] project.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|twister}} || [[Twister]], P2P microblogging discussion.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|joinmarket}} || [[JoinMarket]], A [[CoinJoin]] implementation
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|darkwallet}} || [[DarkWallet]] and libbitcoin/Obelisk discussion & development channel.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|electrum}} || [[Electrum]], lightweight bitcoin client.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|copay}} || [[Copay]], lightweight bitcoin client.
|-
| {{Freenode IRC|bitcoin-stackexchange}} || Discussion complementing [http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com Bitcoin StackExchange].
 
|}
|}


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

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