# IRC channel for Zcash

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/irc-channel-for-zcash/1235>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 20, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/irc-channel-for-zcash/1235 "2016-08-20T00:41:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JZA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/jza/32/321_2.png) [@JZA](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/JZA)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/irc-channel-for-zcash/1235/1 "2016-08-20T00:41:52Z")

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Talking with Maureen, I told her it wouild be a good idea to have IRC support for the community. I think a lot of people is already there and will appreciate.

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**Author:** ![alfiedotwtf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/alfiedotwtf/32/282_2.png) [@alfiedotwtf](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/alfiedotwtf)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/irc-channel-for-zcash/1235/2 "2016-08-20T03:10:57Z")

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ICYMI, there’s already a Slack channel at [https://inviteme.z.cash/](https://inviteme.z.cash/)

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**Author:** ![str4d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/str4d/32/64_2.png) [@str4d](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/str4d)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/irc-channel-for-zcash/1235/3 "2016-08-20T03:34:58Z")

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We have the IRC channel #zcash on OFTC, FreeNode and Irc2P (plus relayed to Slack) for community support 😄 (there’s also the development channel #zcash-dev).

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**Author:** ![alfiedotwtf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/alfiedotwtf/32/282_2.png) [@alfiedotwtf](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/alfiedotwtf)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/irc-channel-for-zcash/1235/4 "2016-08-20T04:07:59Z")

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The r/zcash subreddit and mailing list was closed in order to funnel the forum community into the officially supported Discourse forum ([forum.zcashcommunity.com](http://forum.zcashcommunity.com)). I think the same should be done to the chat community… move to only officially supporting Slack channels. That way, the community isn’t spread too thinly across the many differing services and servers.

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**Author:** ![str4d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/str4d/32/64_2.png) [@str4d](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/str4d)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/irc-channel-for-zcash/1235/5 "2016-08-21T13:08:11Z")

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I don’t see any issue with continuing support for IRC channels, given how easy it is to relay discussion between Slack and IRC (making them effectively one channel).