The #btctrading IRC channel

##btctrading is a place where many traders hang out and discuss about bitcoin market analysis. The community in ##btctrading will be mostly the same community that you’ll find here in the comments.

Download an IRC Client

A popular open-source option for Windows / Linux is Xchat: http://xchat.org
Mac users might want to consider Colloquy: http://colloquy.info

Connect to the FreeNode Network

Once you install the application you’ll want to connect to the FreeNode network. FreeNode.net is a network that is very popular with open-source development communities. Most web-development frameworks have an IRC channel on FreeNode so we’re in good company.

To connect to FreeNode set your IRC client to connect to the server irc.FreeNode.net by setting it in the client’s user-interface or by entering the following line in the input box:

/connect irc.freenode.net
Join ##btctrading

From there you can join the btctrading channel using either the IRC client’s user-interface or by entering the following line in the input box:

/join ##btctrading

NOTE
Again I please everyone to join the unofficial channel using the double # as prefix (##btctrading), thanks.
Why? well because of freenode rules on primary channels at the moment i decided not to use #btctrading, more here.