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The Monero community is diverse and varied. We come from all over, but we definitely have some places we like to hang out together. You'll find most of them below. Join us!
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                <a href="https://twitter.com/monerocurrency" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><div class="social-icon twitter"></div></a>
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                <a href="https://reddit.com/r/monero" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><div class="social-icon reddit"></div></a>
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                <a href="https://github.com/monero-project" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><div class="social-icon github"></div></a>
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                                    <h2>Workgroup Resources</h2>
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                                <p>In an effort to support organic workgroups, Monero has several resources that the community can use to meet and plan projects. Mattermost even has relays into the most popular Monero-related IRC channels.</p>
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                                    <p><a href="https://monero.slack.com/" class="btn-link btn-fixed">Slack</a></p>
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                                    <p><a href="https://mattermost.getmonero.org/" class="btn-link btn-fixed">Mattermost</a></p>
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                                    <p><a href="https://taiga.getmonero.org/" class="btn-link btn-fixed">Taiga</a></p>
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                                    <h2>IRC Channels</h2>
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                                <p>The Monero community utilizes a lot of IRC channels that each serve different purposes. Some to work, and some just to hang out. You'll find the more popular ones below.</p>
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                                        <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#{{ channel.channel }}">#{{ channel.channel }}</a>
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                                <div class="col"><h2>Stack Exchange</h2></div>
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                                <p>The Monero Stack Exchange is a quick and easy way to ask questions and get answers. Below you'll find some high quality question/answer pairs to some frequently asked questions.</p>
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                                <a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/4277/why-does-monero-have-higher-transaction-fees-than-bitcoin">Why does monero have higher transaction fees than bitcoin?</a>
                                <a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/4335/what-does-moneros-scaling-roadmap-look-like">What does Monero's scaling roadmap look like?</a>
                                <a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/4302/what-cryptography-primitives-concepts-other-than-the-basic-ones-does-monero-us">What cryptography primitives/concepts, other than the basic ones, does Monero use?</a>
                                <a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/4242/how-to-extract-data-from-local-blockchain">How to extract data from local blockchain?</a>
                                <a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/4302/what-cryptography-primitives-concepts-other-than-the-basic-ones-does-monero-us">Hiding TCP traffic for Monero miners?</a>
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                                <p><a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com" class="btn-link btn-auto">Visit Stack Exchange</a></p>
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