> The whole protocol you would have to build around IRC to achieve client agnosticity would arguably be more complex than IRC itself. You don't have to build a

> The whole protocol you would have to build around IRC to achieve client agnosticity would arguably be more complex than IRC itself. You don't have to build a new protocol. The Ergo IRCd supports multiple clients connecting to the same account (and using the same nick) at the same time using the regular IRC protocol: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/USERGUIDE.md#multiclient https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/USERGUIDE....