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Infrastructure · October 2026

Anonymous VPN services

An anonymous VPN is one you can buy and use without telling the provider who you are: no email address, no card on file, payment in Monero, Bitcoin or cash. The provider still sees your IP address when you connect, so what it logs, and whether anyone has checked, matters as much as how you paid.

This page grades VPNs on sign-up and payment privacy, published audits, open-source clients and ownership transparency. Providers that pay large affiliate commissions dominate most VPN rankings; the ones that score best here mostly pay none.

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VPNs, ranked by Safety grade

Anonymous VPN services: KYC level, Privacy grade, Safety grade and evidence level
# Service KYC Privacy Safety Evidence
01
Mullvad VPN Tor onion address Accepts Monero No account needed Open source

Swedish VPN using numbered accounts; accepts cash by post and Monero

 Never KYC 0 9.7 7.6 Docs reviewed
02
IVPN Accepts Monero No account needed Open source

VPN with generated account IDs, no email, and cash, Monero or Bitcoin payment

 Never KYC 0 9.4 7.2 Docs reviewed
03
NymVPN Accepts Monero No account needed Open source

Decentralised VPN with passphrase-only accounts and broad crypto payment

 Never KYC 0 8.8 6.3 Docs reviewed
04
Meile dVPN No account needed Open source

Open-source desktop client for the Sentinel decentralized VPN network, paid in crypto

 Never KYC 0 8.2 6.3 Docs reviewed
05
Sentinel dVPN No account needed Open source

Open-source decentralized VPN network with on-chain sessions and independent nodes

 Never KYC 0 7.8 6.3 Docs reviewed
06
Xeovo VPN Tor onion address Accepts Monero

Finnish VPN with no-email sign-up; accepts cash, Monero, Bitcoin and Litecoin

 Never KYC 0 8.9 6.1 Docs reviewed
07
cryptostorm Tor onion address No account needed

Token-authenticated VPN with Tor and I2P mirrors and no customer accounts

 Never KYC 0 8.7 6.0 Docs reviewed
08
Obscura VPN Accepts Monero No account needed Open source

Two-party VPN relaying through Mullvad exits; pay with Lightning or Monero

 Never KYC 0 8.8 5.8 Docs reviewed
09
RiseupVPN No account needed Open source

Donation-funded VPN from the Riseup collective that needs no account

 Never KYC 0 8.4 5.8 Docs reviewed

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2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → Mullvad VPN Privacy 9.7 · Safety 7.6 IVPN Privacy 9.4 · Safety 7.2 NymVPN Privacy 8.8 · Safety 6.3 Meile dVPN Privacy 8.2 · Safety 6.3 Sentinel dVPN Privacy 7.8 · Safety 6.3 Xeovo VPN Privacy 8.9 · Safety 6.1 cryptostorm Privacy 8.7 · Safety 6.0 Obscura VPN Privacy 8.8 · Safety 5.8 RiseupVPN Privacy 8.4 · Safety 5.8
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Criteria

What we check for every VPN

  • Sign-up without email; account-number logins
  • Private payment: Monero, Lightning, cash by mail
  • Independent audits of the no-logs claim
  • Open-source clients and disclosed ownership
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On record

Recent incidents among vpns

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low

Hack or exploit IVPN

Company funds taken through BTCPay Server flaw; no customer data or funds affected

IVPN reported that attackers used a BTCPay Server vulnerability disclosed on 7 August 2026 to extract its Lightning node credentials and move 0.6168 BTC of the company's operating funds. According to the company, its VPN systems were not involved, no customer data was accessed and no customer funds were lost. Lightning payments on its website were unavailable from 7 to 10 August and were then restored.

Funds lost Source: ivpn.net ↗

low

Other Mullvad VPN

Disclosed exit-IP assignment behaviour that could link sessions across servers

Mullvad disclosed that it became aware on 15 May 2026 of a fingerprinting issue: a client reconnecting through a different server was likely to receive an exit address at the same relative position in that server's range, which could let an observer infer that the same user had moved between servers. The company said this does not reveal a user's identity and that a change in behaviour was being tested for rollout in the following weeks.

Outcome unknown Source: mullvad.net ↗

Questions

VPNs: common questions

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Which VPNs need no email to sign up?

Providers that issue a random account number instead of asking for an email address. They are marked "Account-number login" on this page.

Does paying with crypto make a VPN anonymous?

It hides your identity from the payment record. The provider still sees your IP address when you connect, so its logging policy and audits remain the main protection.

Does a VPN make crypto transactions private?

No. It hides your IP address from the services you connect to. It does not change what a public blockchain records.

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