diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 87338e3..7b46089 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
  * xC: made nick autocompletion offer recent speakers first
 
- * All binaries have been renamed to something even sillier
+ * All binaries have been renamed to something even sillier,
+   and all references in the source tree have been redacted;
+   this represents a major incompatible change for all plugins
 
 
 1.2.0 (2021-07-08) "There Are Other Countries As Well"
diff --git a/plugins/xB/calc b/plugins/xB/calc
index e67244b..7d2d660 100755
--- a/plugins/xB/calc
+++ b/plugins/xB/calc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         (substring line 0 (- len 1)) line))))
 
 (define (get-config name)
-  (send "ZYKLONB get_config :" name)
+  (send "XB get_config :" name)
   (car (message-params (parse-message (get-line-crlf irc-input-port)))))
 
 (define (extract-nick prefix)
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 ; --- Main loop ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 (define prefix (get-config "prefix"))
-(send "ZYKLONB register")
+(send "XB register")
 
 (define (process msg)
   (when (string-ci=? (message-command msg) "PRIVMSG")
diff --git a/plugins/xB/coin b/plugins/xB/coin
index 14cabb5..770cb32 100755
--- a/plugins/xB/coin
+++ b/plugins/xB/coin
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ proc parse {line} {
 
 proc get_config {key} {
 	global msg
-	puts "ZYKLONB get_config :$key"
+	puts "XB get_config :$key"
 	gets stdin line
 	parse $line
 	return [lindex $msg(param) 0]
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fconfigure stdin -translation crlf -encoding iso8859-1
 fconfigure stdout -translation crlf -encoding iso8859-1
 
 set prefix [get_config prefix]
-puts "ZYKLONB register"
+puts "XB register"
 
 set eightball [list \
 	"It is certain" \
diff --git a/plugins/xB/eval b/plugins/xB/eval
index 24e4050..48ea28d 100755
--- a/plugins/xB/eval
+++ b/plugins/xB/eval
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ BEGIN \
 
 	prefix = get_config("prefix")
 
-	print "ZYKLONB register"
+	print "XB register"
 	fflush("")
 
 	# All functions have to be in this particular array
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ function process_end ()
 
 function get_config (key)
 {
-	print "ZYKLONB get_config :" key
+	print "XB get_config :" key
 	fflush("")
 
 	getline
diff --git a/plugins/xB/factoids b/plugins/xB/factoids
index 9e9a7b4..84f6559 100755
--- a/plugins/xB/factoids
+++ b/plugins/xB/factoids
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ sub parse ($) {
 }
 
 sub bot_print {
-	print "ZYKLONB print :${\shift}";
+	print "XB print :${\shift}";
 }
 
 # --- Initialization -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 my %config;
 for my $name (qw(prefix)) {
-	print "ZYKLONB get_config :$name";
+	print "XB get_config :$name";
 	$config{$name} = (parse <STDIN>)->{args}->[0];
 }
 
-print "ZYKLONB register";
+print "XB register";
 
 # --- Database -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Simple map of (factoid_name => [definitions]); all factoids are separated
diff --git a/plugins/xB/pomodoro b/plugins/xB/pomodoro
index 08b87cb..910f707 100755
--- a/plugins/xB/pomodoro
+++ b/plugins/xB/pomodoro
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def parse (line)
 end
 
 def bot_print (what)
-	print "ZYKLONB print :#{what}"
+	print "XB print :#{what}"
 end
 
 # --- Initialization -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@ end
 # To read it from anywhere else, it has to be done asynchronously
 $config = {}
 [:prefix].each do |name|
-	print "ZYKLONB get_config :#{name}"
+	print "XB get_config :#{name}"
 	_, _, _, _, args = *parse($stdin.gets.chomp)
 	$config[name] = args[0]
 end
 
-print "ZYKLONB register"
+print "XB register"
 
 # --- Plugin logic -------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/plugins/xB/script b/plugins/xB/script
index 948e7e5..43bd66f 100755
--- a/plugins/xB/script
+++ b/plugins/xB/script
@@ -1964,12 +1964,12 @@ read_message (void)
 
 // --- Interfacing with the bot ------------------------------------------------
 
-#define BOT_PRINT "ZYKLONB print :script: "
+#define BOT_PRINT "XB print :script: "
 
 static const char *
 get_config (const char *key)
 {
-	printf ("ZYKLONB get_config :%s\r\n", key);
+	printf ("XB get_config :%s\r\n", key);
 	struct message *msg = read_message ();
 	if (!msg || msg->n_params <= 0)
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		printf (BOT_PRINT "%s\r\n", "runtime library initialization failed");
 
 	g_prefix = strdup (get_config ("prefix"));
-	printf ("ZYKLONB register\r\n");
+	printf ("XB register\r\n");
 	struct message *msg;
 	while ((msg = read_message ()))
 		process_message (msg);
diff --git a/plugins/xB/seen b/plugins/xB/seen
index da20972..da43488 100755
--- a/plugins/xB/seen
+++ b/plugins/xB/seen
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function parse (line)
 end
 
 function get_config (name)
-	io.write ("ZYKLONB get_config :", name, "\r\n")
+	io.write ("XB get_config :", name, "\r\n")
 	return parse (io.read ()).params[1]
 end
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ end
 
 io.output ():setvbuf ('line')
 local prefix = get_config ('prefix')
-io.write ("ZYKLONB register\r\n")
+io.write ("XB register\r\n")
 
 local db = {}
 local db_filename = "seen.db"
diff --git a/plugins/xB/youtube b/plugins/xB/youtube
index 0bf0c1e..feaab96 100755
--- a/plugins/xB/youtube
+++ b/plugins/xB/youtube
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ class Plugin:
 		return (nick, user, host, command, args)
 
 	def get_config (self, key):
-		print ("ZYKLONB get_config :%s" % key)
+		print ("XB get_config :%s" % key)
 		(_, _, _, _, args) = self.parse (sys.stdin.readline ())
 		return args[0]
 
 	def bot_print (self, what):
-		print ('ZYKLONB print :%s' % what)
+		print ('XB print :%s' % what)
 
 class YouTube (Plugin):
 	re_videos = [re.compile (x) for x in [
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class YouTube (Plugin):
 		if self.youtube_api_key == "":
 			self.bot_print ("youtube: missing `youtube_api_key'")
 
-		print ("ZYKLONB register")
+		print ("XB register")
 
 		for line in sys.stdin:
 			self.process_line (line)
diff --git a/xB.adoc b/xB.adoc
index 91f7703..0fa48e5 100644
--- a/xB.adoc
+++ b/xB.adoc
@@ -57,24 +57,24 @@ Plugins
 -------
 Plugins communicate with the bot over their standard input and output streams
 using the IRC protocol.  (Caveat: the standard C library doesn't automatically
-flush FILE streams for pipes on newlines.)  A special *ZYKLONB* command is
-introduced for RPC, with the following subcommands:
+flush FILE streams for pipes on newlines.)  A special *XB* command is introduced
+for RPC, with the following subcommands:
 
-*ZYKLONB get_config* _key_::
+*XB get_config* _key_::
 	Request the value of the given configuration option.  If no such option
 	exists, the value will be empty.  The response will be delivered in
 	the following format:
 +
 ```
-ZYKLONB :value
+XB :value
 ```
 +
 This is particularly useful for retrieving the *prefix* string.
 
-*ZYKLONB print* _message_::
+*XB print* _message_::
 	Make the bot print the _message_ on its standard output.
 
-*ZYKLONB register*::
+*XB register*::
 	Once a plugin issues this command, it will start receiving all of the bot's
 	incoming IRC traffic, which includes data from the initialization period.
 
diff --git a/xB.c b/xB.c
index 9e36040..f7c076b 100644
--- a/xB.c
+++ b/xB.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ setup_recovery_handler (struct bot_context *ctx, struct error **e)
 // --- Plugins -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /// The name of the special IRC command for interprocess communication
-static const char *plugin_ipc_command = "ZYKLONB";
+static const char *plugin_ipc_command = "XB";
 
 static struct plugin *
 plugin_find_by_pid (struct bot_context *ctx, pid_t pid)