Remove IRC support

ARCHITECTURE.rst

@@ -81,8 +81,3 @@ Database
 
 The underlying data store, made up of the DB backend (such as
 `leveldb`) and the host filesystem.
-
-IRC
----
-
-Handles advertising of ElectrumX services via IRC.

ENVIRONMENT.rst

@@ -296,9 +296,7 @@ some of this.
   By default peer discovery happens over the clear internet.  Set this
   to non-empty to force peer discovery to be done via the proxy.  This
   might be useful if you are running a Tor service exclusively and
-  wish to keep your IP address private.  **NOTE**: in such a case you
+  wish to keep your IP address private.
-  should leave **IRC** unset as IRC connections are *always* over the
-  normal internet.
 
 * **TOR_PROXY_HOST**
 
@@ -317,8 +315,8 @@ some of this.
 Server Advertising
 ------------------
 
-These environment variables affect how your server is advertised, both
+These environment variables affect how your server is advertised
-by peer discovery (if enabled) and IRC (if enabled).
+by peer discovery (if enabled).
 
 * **REPORT_HOST**
 
@@ -357,27 +355,6 @@ by peer discovery (if enabled) and IRC (if enabled).
   self-signed.
 
 
-IRC
----
-
-Use the following environment variables if you want to advertise
-connectivity on IRC:
-
-* **IRC**
-
-  Set to anything non-empty to advertise on IRC.  ElectrumX connects
-  to IRC over the clear internet, always.
-
-* **IRC_NICK**
-
-  The nick to use when connecting to IRC.  The default is a hash of
-  **REPORT_HOST**.  Either way a prefix will be prepended depending on
-  **COIN** and **NET**.
-
-  If **REPORT_HOST_TOR** is set, an additional connection to IRC
-  happens with '_tor' appended to **IRC_NICK**.
-
-
 Cache
 -----
 

HOWTO.rst

@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ Python3          ElectrumX uses asyncio.  Python version >= 3.6 is
 DB Engine        I use `plyvel`_ 0.9, a Python interface to LevelDB.
                  A database engine package is required but others
                  are supported (see **Database Engine** below).
-`IRC`_           Python IRC package.  Only required if you enable
-                 IRC; ElectrumX will happily serve clients that
-                 try to connect directly.  I use 15.0.4 but
-                 older versions likely are fine.
 `x11_hash`_      Only required for DASH.  Python X11 Hash package.  Only
                  required if for Dash.  Version 1.4 tested.
 ================ ========================
@@ -414,7 +410,6 @@ You can then set the port as follows and advertise the service externally on the
 .. _`runit`: http://smarden.org/runit/index.html
 .. _`aiohttp`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/aiohttp
 .. _`pylru`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylru
-.. _`IRC`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/irc
 .. _`x11_hash`: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/x11_hash
 .. _`contrib/python3.6/python-3.6.sh`: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/contrib/python3.6/python-3.6.sh
 .. _`contrib/raspberrypi3/install_electrumx.sh`: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/contrib/raspberrypi3/install_electrumx.sh

PEER_DISCOVERY.rst

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 Peer Discovery
 ==============
 
-This is a suggestion of a peer discovery prtocol as a way to gradually
+This was imlpemented in ElectrumX as of version 0.11.0.  Support for
-move off depending on IRC.
+IRC peer discovery was removed in ElectrumX version 1.2.1.
-
-It will be implemented in ElectrumX from version 0.11.0
-onwards.
 
 
 Peer Database
@@ -154,14 +151,12 @@ Unknown keys should be silently ignored.
 * **protocol_min**
 
   Strings that are the minimum and maximum Electrum protocol versions
-  this server speaks.  The maximum value should be the same as what
+  this server speaks.  Example: "1.1".
-  would suffix the letter **v** in the IRC real name.  Example: "1.1".
 
 * **pruning**
 
   An integer, the pruning limit.  Omit or set to *null* if there is no
-  pruning limit.  Should be the same as what would suffix the letter
+  pruning limit.
-  **p** in the IRC real name.
 
 
 server.add_peer RPC call
@@ -184,18 +179,6 @@ calls to this method from a single connection.
 The result should be True if accepted and False otherwise.
 
 
-IRC
----
-
-Other server implementations may not have implemented the peer
-discovery protocol yet.  Whilst we transition away from IRC, in order
-to keep these servers in the connected peer set, having one or two in
-the hard-coded peer list used to seed this process should suffice.
-Any peer on IRC will report other peers on IRC, and so if any one of
-them is known to any single peer implementing this protocol, they will
-all become known to all peers quite rapidly.
-
-
 Notes to Implementators
 -----------------------
 

PROTOCOL.rst

@@ -846,8 +846,7 @@ Get a list of features and services supported by the server.
 * **protocol_min**
 
   Strings that are the minimum and maximum Electrum protocol versions
-  this server speaks.  The maximum value should be the same as what
+  this server speaks.  Example: "1.1".
-  would suffix the letter **v** in the IRC real name.  Example: "1.1".
 
 * **pruning**
 

RPC-INTERFACE.rst

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The following commands are available:
          "groups": 2,               # The number of session groups
          "logged": 0,               # The number of sessions being logged
          "paused": 0,               # The number of paused sessions.
-         "peers": 62,               # Number of peer servers (from IRC)
+         "peers": 62,               # Number of peer servers
          "pid": 126275,             # The server's process ID
          "requests": 0,             # Number of unprocessed requests
          "sessions": 85,            # Number of current sessions (connections)
@@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ The following commands are available:
 
   Returns a list of peer electrum servers.  This command takes no arguments.
 
-  Currently peer data is obtained via a peer discovery protocol; it
+  Peer data is obtained via a peer discovery protocol documented in
-  used to be taken from IRC.
+  `docs/PEER_DISCOVERY.rst`_.
 
 * **add_peer**
 
   Add a peer to the peers list.  ElectrumX will schdule an immediate
   connection attempt.  This command takes a single argument: the
-  peer's "real name" as it would advertise itself on IRC.
+  peer's "real name" as it used to advertise itself on IRC.
 
   .. code::
 
@@ -186,3 +186,5 @@ The following commands are available:
 
   Force a block chain reorg.  This command takes an optional
   argument - the number of blocks to reorg - which defaults to 3.
+
+.. _docs/PEER_DISCOVERY.rst: https://github.com/kyuupichan/electrumx/blob/master/docs/PEER_DISCOVERY.rst