Chat

We would like to invite you to join our IRC network. We want to make it more visible, more accessible to people. We want it to become a friendly place to discuss any events, discuss our projects, or simply chat and meet new people.

There are few ways to join our IRC.
Use webchat for the one-click, easy to use chat interface available straight from your browser. You don’t need any additional programs.
Normal IRC gateway, for everyone who’s used to an IRC client. The server address is 88.80.16.63 on port 9999 (SSL enabled)
TOR users may use one an onion address: byzxmxpylddoahaw.onion or backup address isax7s5yooqgelbr.onion. Again, port 9999 with SSL enabled.

Our IRC servers have few security and privacy features not available in other networks.
No one, not even IRC operator, can see your real IP address. It’s simply gone and replaced by our internal network fake addresses and represented as "chat.wikileaks.org".
You are connected through several layers of different servers in different countries, with random hop nodes in between.
Your real-name and user-name (ident) are gone and not visible to server as well.
Servers are configured in most secure and strict fashion.

We have a small, but stable user base and we hope for more people to come and stay. Channels of interest:
#wikichat - for any WikiLeaks related chat
#offtopic - for chat about just any topic
#bitcoin - a channel created for our Bitcoin bot, used to gather Bitcoin donations. You can request a one-time wallet address and any BTC sent there will be accounted by us.

To join a channel, type /join #[channel-name], for example /join #offtopic.