While this is a POC, it 'works' in the sense that you can send and receive messages, join channels, and communicate in said channels.<p>(JOIN, PART, PRIVMSG, NOTICE, QUIT, NAMES are implemented)<p>All users are both clients and servers. Nobody owns the network. Names are authenticated against Handshake and so are TLS certificates and signatures.<p>Channels are owned by the person who owns said namespace - for example, if your name is bob, then you own bob and bob/*<p>Tl;dr:<p>This makes it impossible for anyone to take over your IRC.