On the server itself, the only setup we need is to install docker. (Setting up the domain simply means creating an A record that points to the IP address of your server.) So I went to Scaleway and created a small machine for €2.99/mo, grabbed the IP and setup a domain, let's say.

setawaynick yourawaynick, the nick yourawaynick will be used if you.

IPv6 is great for shell providers and BNC users (irc bouncers ZNC) because a single /64 prefix gives you a 'unlimited' vhosts.Many stupid irc servers k-line (kick & ban) you for merely using idiosyncratic DNS, such as corona.is.a. /ADDSERVER :6667, tell the psybnc bouncer to connect to this server. You need to have IPv6 and a IPv6 ready IRC client to use these servers. The easiest way to test something like this is to spin up an instance. This is a list of IPv6 ready IRC servers. I'm not a fan of the word the in a name, but it's okay, breath Adam. World changing event in place, I needed an IRC client, a persistent one. Recently, an online acquaintance setup an IRC server, to help folks working remotely, to have somewhere outside of Twitter to discuss current affairs etc. The last client I used was an online cloud based IRC client named irccloud. I think I started with mIRC back in the early 00s, and over time I've used bouncers (these are services that keep you connected to a network which you in turn connect to) and command line clients. I've used all manner of clients over the years. These days, you don't seem to hear much about it, and when you try and introduce people to it, the old and somewhat dated clients are hard to sell. These days, Slack is all the rage, but in years gone by, whenever facing world-changing events, IRC has been the place to hangout.

Mirc bouncers