Discord

Discord is a free voice, video and text communication platform originally built for gamers in 2015 that has become one of the primary hubs where cryptocurrency projects host their communities. A project typically runs its own Discord server, a dedicated space organized into multiple channels so members can post in the right place rather than one long, chaotic feed.

Server administrators use roles and permissions to control who can see or post in which channel. A typical crypto server splits discussion into channels such as #announcements for official updates, #general for casual chat, #support for troubleshooting, #marketing, and #dev-talk for technical progress, plus voice channels for live community calls or AMAs. Verification steps, onboarding questions and bots that assign roles automatically help filter out spam accounts before they can post links.

Bots are central to how crypto Discords function: they welcome new members, relay price alerts, moderate chat and enforce anti-spam rules, but a compromised or malicious bot can also post phishing links or fake giveaways to thousands of members at once. Because scammers actively monitor public crypto channels and send fake "support" direct messages asking for a seed phrase or private key, official teams never DM first, and some projects have scaled back Discord-based support altogether because of persistent phishing. Alongside Telegram, Discord remains one of the two main places where coin communities gather, discuss updates and coordinate outside of CT.