# bithost review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> bithost is a VPS provider operating since 2014. Its terms put it at KYC level 1 of 4: no ID mentioned. NoKYC Score grades it 6.3/10 for privacy (fair) and 5.6/10 for safety (fair). In its favour: no phone number, accepts Monero and 5+ years operating. To watch: it requires an email address and has no publicly accountable operator. No incidents are on record.

Source: NoKYC Score, "bithost review", reviewed 23 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/bithost

## Key facts
- **Category:** VPS
- **KYC level:** 1 of 4: No ID mentioned
- **Grades:** Privacy 6.3/10, Safety 5.6/10
- **Sign-up:** Email required
- **Fees:** From about $0.015/hour depending on provider; minimum top-up $20
- **Incidents on record:** 0
- **Last reviewed:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Official website:** https://bithost.io

## What it is
bithost lets you top up a balance in crypto and deploy DigitalOcean, Linode or Vultr servers billed hourly, without a card. It lists Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, stablecoins, Monero, Zcash and hundreds of other tokens, with a $20 minimum top-up. Its privacy policy says it stores an email address, a hashed password and transaction and server records, and does not collect a name, phone number or address; the FAQ says a valid email is mandatory and disposable addresses are banned. Servers run on the three upstream clouds, whose own terms apply. All payments are final, balances cannot be withdrawn, and any refund is account credit only. The operator is described only as the bithost team, with no company named.

## What the terms say about ID
No ID requirement in the terms or privacy policy; the site advertises no KYC, but servers run under DigitalOcean, Linode and Vultr terms.

## Features and warnings
- **Identity:** ID never required: not stated; No account needed: no; No email needed: no; No phone number: yes
- **Payment:** Accepts Monero: yes; Accepts Lightning: not stated; Accepts cash: not stated
- **Access:** Tor onion address: not stated; Works without JavaScript: not stated
- **Trust:** No-logs policy: not stated; Independent audit: not stated; Company named: no; 5+ years operating: yes
- **Warnings:** May ask for ID: not in terms; Email required: yes; Phone number required: not in terms; Nobody accountable: yes

## Questions
### Does bithost require KYC?
bithost is rated KYC level 1 of 4 on this site: no ID mentioned. No ID requirement in the terms or privacy policy; the site advertises no KYC, but servers run under DigitalOcean, Linode and Vultr terms.

### Is bithost safe to use?
bithost has a Safety grade of 5.6 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 6.3 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.

### Is bithost legit?
bithost is a working VPS provider that has operated since 2014. Its operators do not publish a company or names, so nobody is publicly accountable for it. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 5.6 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.

### Is bithost a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for bithost.

### Do I need an account or email to use bithost?
Email required.

### What fees does bithost charge?
From about $0.015/hour depending on provider; minimum top-up $20. Fees were recorded from bithost's own pages and can change; check before you send.

### Does bithost have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on bithost's own pages.

### Which cryptocurrencies does bithost support?
bithost supports BTC, ETH, LTC, XMR, ZEC, USDT, USDC, SOL, DOGE, and fiat payments in USD.

### Can I use bithost over Tor?
bithost does not publish an official onion address.

## Sources
- https://bithost.io
- https://bithost.io/terms/
- https://bithost.io/faq/
- https://bithost.io/privacy/
- https://bithost.io/accepted-cryptocurrencies/

How grades are calculated: https://nokycscore.com/methodology