privacy & security: this server runs Ergo IRCd and enforces SSL/TLS on port 6697 exclusively — plain-text connections are not accepted. IP addresses are hidden via Ergo's built-in cloak feature, masking your host from other users. Registration requires an email and password solely to bind your nick to an account mask — no emails are ever sent or stored; the address is used only at the moment of registration and immediately discarded.