Am 25.01.2015 um 01:46 schrieb Seth:
I run a Tor relay 24/7 at home on a dedicated computer. I like to setup a ZNC IRC bouncer on the same host have have it connect the Tor relay's SOCKS5 port via Proxychains. You'll need to authenticate the ZNC Freenode server nick via SASL if memory serves correctly.
Then configure your IRC client to connect to the ZNC bouncer. Set it and forget it.
The only non Tor trafic exposure is registering the Freenode nick.
Thanks for describing what I meant with "extra hassle". Makes also a more detailed description than what I could find on the web so far.
:-)
Markus