Replaced additional instances of IRC references with Gitter

* Removed additioanl references to IRC with links to the project Gitter chat.

doc/README.md

@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ Drag DigiByte Core to your applications folder, and then run DigiByte Core.
 
 * See the documentation at the [DigiByte Wiki](https://en.digibyte.it/wiki/Main_Page)
 for help and more information.
-* Ask for help on [#digibyte](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=digibyte) on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use [webchat here](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=digibyte).
-* Ask for help on the [DigiByteTalk](https://digibytetalk.org/) forums, in the [Technical Support board](https://digibytetalk.org/index.php?board=4.0).
+* Ask for help on [Gitter](https://gitter.im/DigiByte-Core/protocol). If you don't have a Gitter client [find one here](https://gitter.im/apps).
 
 Building
 ---------------------
@@ -67,11 +66,12 @@ The DigiByte repo's [root README](/README.md) contains relevant information on t
 - [Benchmarking](benchmarking.md)
 
 ### Resources
-* Discuss on the [DigiByteTalk](https://digibytetalk.org/) forums, in the [Development & Technical Discussion board](https://digibytetalk.org/index.php?board=6.0).
-* Discuss project-specific development on #digibyte-core-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use [webchat here](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=digibyte-core-dev).
-* Discuss general DigiByte development on #digibyte-dev on Freenode. If you don't have an IRC client use [webchat here](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=digibyte-dev).
+
+- Discuss project-specific development on [Gitter](https://gitter.im/DigiByte-Core/protocol). If you don't have a Gitter client find one [here](https://gitter.im/apps).
+- Discuss general DigiByte development on the general Gitter channel [here](https://gitter.im/DigiByte-Core/community).
 
 ### Miscellaneous
+
 - [Assets Attribution](assets-attribution.md)
 - [Files](files.md)
 - [Fuzz-testing](fuzzing.md)

doc/release-process.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Release Process
 
 Before every release candidate:
 
-* Update translations (ping wumpus on IRC) see [translation_process.md](https://github.com/digibyte/digibyte/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#synchronising-translations).
+* Update translations see [translation_process.md](https://github.com/digibyte/digibyte/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#synchronising-translations).
 
 * Update manpages, see [gen-manpages.sh](https://github.com/digibyte/digibyte/blob/master/contrib/devtools/README.md#gen-manpagessh).
 
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ Write release notes. git shortlog helps a lot, for example:
 
     git shortlog --no-merges v(current version, e.g. 0.7.2)..v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0)
 
-(or ping @wumpus on IRC, he has specific tooling to generate the list of merged pulls
-and sort them into categories based on labels)
-
 Generate list of authors:
 
     git log --format='- %aN' v(current version, e.g. 0.16.0)..v(new version, e.g. 0.16.1) | sort -fiu
@@ -296,8 +293,6 @@ digibyte.org (see below for digibyte.org update instructions).
 
   - digibytecore.org blog post
 
-  - Update title of #digibyte on Freenode IRC
-
   - Optionally twitter, reddit /r/DigiByte, ... but this will usually sort out itself
 
   - Notify BlueMatt so that he can start building [the PPAs](https://launchpad.net/~digibyte/+archive/ubuntu/digibyte)

doc/translation_process.md

@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ To create a new language template, you will need to edit the languages manifest
 **Note:** that the language translation file **must end in `.qm`** (the compiled extension), and not `.ts`.
 
 ### Questions and general assistance
-The DigiByte-Core translation maintainers include *tcatm, seone, Diapolo, wumpus and luke-jr*. You can find them, and others, in the Freenode IRC chatroom - `irc.freenode.net #digibyte-core-dev`.
+The DigiByte-Core translation maintainers can be found on [Gitter](https://gitter.im/DigiByte-Core/protocol).
 
-If you are a translator, you should also subscribe to the mailing list, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/digibyte-translators. Announcements will be posted during application pre-releases to notify translators to check for updates.
+If you are a translator, you should connect with contributors on [Gitter](https://gitter.im/DigiByte-Core/protocol). Announcements will be posted during application pre-releases to notify translators to check for updates.