When Ablative.Hosting first launched in 2017 the plan was to provide clearnet website operators the option to also have a .onion with little to no fuss (along with the usual features of free SSL, managed patching etc etc). The takeup of Single Hop or Shared Single Hop accounts pales in comparison to the constant battle to keep a stock of hypervisor servers provisioned to keep pace with the demand for Multihop Hosting accounts.

Did you know that Ablative.Hosting has a .onion only IRCd? Available at irc.hzwjmjimhr7bdmfv2doll4upibt5ojjmpo3pbp5ctwcg37n3hyk7qzid.onion/6667 this IRC server is available for anyone interested in .onion technology whether they are a customer or not. There’s usually one or two members of staff luking in #ablative and we’ll happily help you with any .onion technical queries without a sales pitch! We don’t support services such as NickServ or ChanServ at the moment (mainly as we’re only expecting people to drop in to ask questions / get support for a problem rather than spend any sustained period of time here).