I think you may be confused because you decided to rely on this loose concept of "semi-decentralization". IRC providers may use multiple servers, but that doesn

I think you may be confused because you decided to rely on this loose concept of "semi-decentralization". IRC providers may use multiple servers, but that doesn't mean decentralization. They are closed networks, not very different from any sufficiently big internet business that runs multiple servers behind a load-balancer. See https://drewdevault.com/2021/07/03/How-does-IRC-federate.html https://drewdevault.com/2021/07/03/How-does-IRC-federate.htm...