Additionally: you may request a cloak which hides your IP address, useful if you are to visit any dubious channels. on Freenode f.e. you simply ask an operator

Additionally: you may request a cloak which hides your IP address, useful if you are to visit any dubious channels. on Freenode f.e. you simply ask an operator at the main channel for one and you have it. Secondly you could also setup a Digital Ocean droplet (server) with an IRC client and ssh into that.