The end goal is to package Tor + this + an XMPP server (Prosody) into plugins for clients. It'd be a federated network running through Tor, but any XMPP-capable

The end goal is to package Tor + this + an XMPP server (Prosody) into plugins for clients. It'd be a federated network running through Tor, but any XMPP-capable client will be able to use it. Sure, you need to rely on Tor, but aside from that anybody could set up their own server easily (no hassle with DNS and SSL certs).