Swiss end-to-end encrypted email with a free tier; paid plans payable in Bitcoin or cash
Privacy 7.2
Safety 7.3
Email Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
LNemail review
Anonymous email accounts paid over Bitcoin Lightning, 1,000 sats per year
- No account needed
- Open source
- Accepts Lightning
- No email needed
- No phone number
- Nobody accountable
ID never required KYC 0 Documentation reviewed
Privacy
8.5/ 10
Excellent
Safety
5.7/ 10
Fair
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
LNemail review in short
LNemail is an email provider. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 8.5/10 for privacy (excellent) and 5.7/10 for safety (fair). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. To watch: it has no publicly accountable operator. No incidents are on record.
- Category
- KYC level
- 0 of 4: ID never required
- Grades
- Privacy 8.5/10, Safety 5.7/10
- Sign-up
- Random account number
- Fees
- 1,000 sats per year; 100 sats per sent email after the first
- Limits
- No attachments; plain-text display; account expires after one year unless renewed; no refunds
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "LNemail review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/lnemail
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What LNemail is
LNemail sells email accounts for a one-off Lightning payment: 1,000 sats buys an address valid for one year, opened with an access token through a web interface or REST API. No personal information is requested, and the terms state that the operators will never require or collect identification and that they remain anonymous. Sending costs 100 sats per email after a free first message, attachments are not supported and messages are shown as plain text. The terms say system logs are cleaned up after 30 days and that no link between IP addresses and accounts is stored. The software is published under the MIT licence; the site makes no end-to-end encryption claim and publishes no onion address.
What LNemail offers, and what to watch
6 of 14 privacy and safety features, 1 warning in its terms.
"Not stated" means its own pages do not say.
Identity
- ID never required Yes The terms rule identity checks out, or the design makes them impossible.
- No account needed Yes Usable without creating an account, or the account is only a random number.
- No email needed Yes An email address is not required to sign up or use it.
- No phone number Yes A phone number is never required.
Payment
- Accepts Monero Not stated
- Accepts Lightning Yes Bitcoin Lightning payments: fast, cheap and more private than on-chain.
- Accepts cash Not stated
Access
- Tor onion address Not stated
- Works without JavaScript Not stated
Trust
- Open source Yes The code that matters is public and can be inspected.
- No-logs policy Not stated
- Independent audit Not stated
- Company named No
- 5+ years operating Not stated
Warnings
- May ask for ID Not in terms
- Email required Not in terms
- Phone number required Not in terms
- Closed source Not in terms
- Nobody accountable Yes No company or person is publicly responsible for the service.
Does LNemail require KYC?
- 0 Never
- 1 Not mentioned
- 2 Rare
- 3 On risk flag
- 4 Mandatory
KYC level 0: ID never required. The terms rule out identity checks, or the design makes them impossible.
Terms: "No KYC, Ever: We will never require or collect personal identification information from our users."
How the grades add up
Both grades start at 50 points and move by fixed, published amounts. Nothing is adjusted by hand. The total is divided by ten.
Privacy
8.5- Starting points 50
- KYC level 0: ID never required +20
- Account-number login +5
- No email needed +3
- No phone needed +1
- Accepts Lightning +1
- Open source +2
- Self-hostable +3
- Total, clamped to 0–100 85
Safety
5.7- Starting points 50
- Open source +8
- Self-hostable +3
- Anonymous operator -4
- Total, clamped to 0–100 57
Test ledger
Real transactions run by our editors. A badge without a ledger is an assertion; this is the proof.
No test transactions published yet
The grades above rest on LNemail’s terms and documentation. Tests will appear here with the date, route, amount band and result as they are run.
Incidents on record
No incidents are on record for LNemail. If you have a documented case, report it.
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LNemail: common questions
Does LNemail require KYC?
LNemail is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Terms: "No KYC, Ever: We will never require or collect personal identification information from our users."
Is LNemail safe to use?
LNemail has a Safety grade of 5.7 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 8.5 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is LNemail legit?
LNemail is a working email provider. 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 5.7 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.
Is LNemail 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 LNemail.
Do I need an account or email to use LNemail?
Random account number.
What fees does LNemail charge?
1,000 sats per year; 100 sats per sent email after the first. Fees were recorded from LNemail's own pages and can change; check before you send.
What are LNemail's limits?
No attachments; plain-text display; account expires after one year unless renewed; no refunds.
Does LNemail have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on LNemail's own pages.
Which cryptocurrencies does LNemail support?
LNemail supports BTC.
Can I use LNemail over Tor?
LNemail does not publish an official onion address.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.