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r/CryptoCurrency vs r/Bitcoin

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Crypto market room vs Bitcoin-only room

r/CryptoCurrency describes itself as a leading community for cryptocurrency news, discussion and analysis. r/Bitcoin’s public description presents Bitcoin as decentralized internet money and keeps the topic on Bitcoin itself.

In our directory, CryptoCurrency is larger (about 10.2M, rank #79) than Bitcoin (about 8.2M, rank #95). Activity samples show CryptoCurrency posting somewhat more often (~82 posts/day vs ~65). Both samples mix text with images and links. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles make the scope difference explicit: Bitcoin bans promoting altcoins and contentious hard forks and says the primary topic is Bitcoin; CryptoCurrency’s collected titles cover spam, manipulation, illegal activity and on-topic standards across crypto.

Choose r/CryptoCurrency for multi-asset crypto news, advice and market discussion under its content rules.
Choose r/Bitcoin when the post is about Bitcoin itself—altcoin promotion is banned there.
Both are inside the current Top 100 live window on SubMouse.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/CryptoCurrency

Cryptocurrency News & Discussion

The leading community for cryptocurrency news, discussion, and analysis.

Members: 10.2M
7-day growth: +2.7K
Posts/day: 81.8
Directory rank: #79
Created: Mar 11, 2013
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 50%, links 24%, images 18%

Topics: Cryptocurrency, News

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Core Principles
Spam
Manipulation
Illegal Activity
Content Standards
Personal Information
Content Theft
On Topic Discussion
Suitable Titles and Flairs
Communicate With the Mod Team

Open r/CryptoCurrency on SubMouse

About this community: r/CryptoCurrency ranks #79 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 10.2 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: The leading community for cryptocurrency news, discussion, and analysis. Moderation themes that shape the room include: Core Principles; Spam; Manipulation; Illegal Activity.

r/Bitcoin

Bitcoin - The Currency of the Internet

Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: th…

Members: 8.2M
7-day growth: +3.1K
Posts/day: 65.2
Directory rank: #95
Created: Sep 9, 2010
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 55%, images 26%, links 9%

Topics: Cryptocurrency

Rule titles (short names we collected)

No malicious content
No trolling
Do not promote altcoins
The primary topic is Bitcoin
Avoid repetition
No begging
No trading
No faucets
No URL shorteners or referrals
Do not promote contentious hard forks

Open r/Bitcoin on SubMouse

About this community: r/Bitcoin ranks #95 on SubMouse’s SFW Top list (about 8.2 million subscribers in the directory). Catalogue framing: Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever:… Moderation themes that shape the room include: No malicious content; No trolling; Do …

Supported differences

Aspect	r/CryptoCurrency	r/Bitcoin
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	The leading community for cryptocurrency news, discussion, and analysis.	Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: th…
Size r/CryptoCurrency is larger in our directory.	10.2M members	8.2M members
Posting activity (our sample)	81.8/day	65.2/day
Common post types in our sample	text posts 50%, links 24%, images 18%	text posts 55%, images 26%, links 9%
Topic tags on SubMouse	Cryptocurrency, News	Cryptocurrency
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	Core Principles; Spam; Manipulation; Illegal Activity; Content Standards	No malicious content; No trolling; Do not promote altcoins; The primary topic is Bitcoin; Avoid repetition

What they share

Shared SubMouse topics: Cryptocurrency
Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and tone we can verify

CryptoCurrency short titles include: core principles; spam; manipulation; illegal activity; content standards; personal information; content theft; on-topic discussion; suitable titles and flairs; communicate with the mod team. Our sample flairs include discussion, advice, analysis and general news.

Bitcoin: no malicious content; no trolling; do not promote altcoins; primary topic is Bitcoin; avoid repetition; no begging; no trading; no faucets; no URL shorteners or referrals; do not promote contentious hard forks.

Where this comparison comes from

Public descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Mutual related-list links. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.

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