[bitwize]

> I don't feel like typing much because it's nap time but IRCv3 is an almost closed group of friends, mostly znc core developers, who have decided they can choose what the future of IRC looks like.

This is how standards get built now. See also: systemd, R6RS.

[SaberUK]

This is not how IRCv3 works. We have contributors from almost every single major IRC network and implementation.