Unlike WhatsApp or Signal, TorChat doesn't use central servers. Every user is a hidden service on the Tor network. Your "username" is a unique .onion address (like ie7h37c4qmu5ccza ), meaning:
Thus, (missing the .onion suffix).
The string you provided ( ie7h37c4qmu5ccza ) is 16 characters long. This means it is a . As of July 2021, the Tor network no longer supports v2 addresses. Therefore, this specific TorChat address is permanently unreachable and defunct. Torchat ie7h37c4qmu5ccza 14
and various protocol versions such as "rev17" or "0.9.9.553". System Overview Unlike WhatsApp or Signal, TorChat doesn't use central