About r/btc
In its own words:
When r/Bitcoin moderators began censoring content and banning users they disagreed with, r/btc became a community for free and open crypto discussion. This happened long before the creation of Bitcoin Cash. Over the years /r/btc became community of historians & torchbearers, preservers of Satoshi's Bitcoin for future generations.
Community guide
r/btc (#857, about 1.2 million subscribers) is oriented around: When r/Bitcoin moderators began censoring content and banning users they disagreed with, r/btc became a community for free and open crypto discussion. This happened long before the creation of Bitcoin Cash. Over the… Recent activity samples show 15 posts/day in recent samples (~46% text, ~23% link, ~19% image). Public rules we collected include: Asking for votes; No begging/asking for Bitcoin (with exception of Flipstarter-like fundraising); No Referral links or URL shortening services; No Doxing; Scam/Malware/Abuse.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Match posts to: Asking for votes; No begging/asking for Bitcoin (with exception of Flipstarter-like fundraising); No Referral links or URL shortening services; No Doxing.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. Skim the full public rule list once rather than assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; collected snapshots can lag. Common flairs in samples include: 💵 Adoption, ⌨ Discussion, 🐻 Bearish, ⚠️ Alert ⚠️.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on May 20, 2011, which makes it 15 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 624 subscribers (+0.05%). Among the 20 communities on our cryptocurrency list it is number 5 by size. It sits just behind r/ShitPostCrusaders (#856) and ahead of r/tippytaps (#858) in our ranking.
What sets r/btc apart
Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 16.0× as many posts as the quietest (10:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/btc went up from 1,227,873 to 1,231,420 subscribers (+3.5K, +0.29%). That is about 81 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/btc talks about
We read the titles of 113 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 4), the words that come up most are “bitcoin”, “money”, “binance”, “crypto” and “bch”. Other frequent themes are cash, hack, november, north, live and lost. Recurring phrases include “bitcoin cash”, “space colony”, “binance hack” and “bitcoin-backed inr”. By format, 46% are text posts, 23% are links and 19% are images.
Popular post flairs: 💵 Adoption (24), ⌨ Discussion (6), 🐻 Bearish (6), ⚠️ Alert ⚠️ (4), 📚 History (3), 📰 Report (2).
Activity and best time to post
r/btc gets about 15 new posts a day. The public archive holds 355,882 posts and 4,287,542 comments in total, about 12.0 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Friday (27 posts) and the quietest was Monday (10). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 10:00 UTC.
Rules of r/btc
The moderators of r/btc list 8 rules. In short:
- Asking for votes
- No begging/asking for Bitcoin (with exception of Flipstarter-like fundraising)
- No Referral links or URL shortening services
- No Doxing
- Scam/Malware/Abuse
- Offtopic
- No marketplace-style transactions
- No bot accounts
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/btc and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How big is r/btc?
r/btc has 1,231,420 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #857 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 3,547 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
How old is r/btc?
r/btc was created on May 20, 2011, so it has been around for 15 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jun 17, 2012.
How active is r/btc?
Moderately: r/btc gets about 15 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 355,882 posts and 4,287,542 comments. In a sample of 113 recent posts we counted 83 different authors.
When is r/btc most active?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Friday and the quietest Monday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 10:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What is r/btc about?
The community describes itself as: “When r/Bitcoin moderators began censoring content and banning users they disagreed with, r/btc became a community for free and open crypto discussion. This happened long before the creation of Bitcoin Cash. Over the yea…” Recent post titles often mention bitcoin, money, binance, crypto and bch. Most posts are text posts (46%).
Is r/btc safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/btc as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/btc?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/btc accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and polls enabled. It has 8 posted rules, starting with: “Asking for votes”; “No begging/asking for Bitcoin (with exception of Flipstarter-like fundraising)”; “No Referral links or URL shortening services”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/btc?
Communities with similar topics include r/Bitcoin (8.2M), r/BitcoinBeginners (1.2M), r/electronics (1.4M), r/electronicmusic (2.7M) and r/EDM (3.1M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/btc.