Why /join #silc and /join silc doesn join the same channel?
685 A: The #-character is not mandatory part of channel name in SILC. So 686 #silc and silc are two different channels. The #-character in channel 687 name is IRC feature and has nothing to do with SILC. If you have 688 #-character in the channel name, then it is part of the channel name, 689 just like %-character, or &-character could be part of channel name.