Canadian VPN with open-source apps, a free tier and crypto payment
Privacy 6.8
Safety 8.1
VPNs Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Obscura VPN review
Two-party VPN relaying through Mullvad exits; pay with Lightning or Monero
- No account needed
- Accepts Monero
- Open source
- No-logs policy
- Accepts Lightning
- No email needed
ID never required KYC 0 Documentation reviewed
Privacy
8.8/ 10
Excellent
Safety
5.8/ 10
Fair
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Obscura VPN review in short
Obscura VPN is a VPN. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 8.8/10 for privacy (excellent) and 5.8/10 for safety (fair). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. No incidents are on record.
- Category
- VPNs
- KYC level
- 0 of 4: ID never required
- Grades
- Privacy 8.8/10, Safety 5.8/10
- Sign-up
- Random account number
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "Obscura VPN review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/obscura
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What Obscura VPN is
Obscura is a VPN built on a two-party design: its own servers relay encrypted traffic to exit servers run by Mullvad, so the party that sees the connecting IP address is not the party that sees the destination. The site says accounts are a generated account number with no names, emails or phone numbers, that card details are not required, and that payment is accepted over Bitcoin's Lightning Network and in Monero. Users can verify the exit hop's WireGuard key against keys Mullvad publishes. The client is open source and available on Apple platforms and, more recently, Linux.
What Obscura VPN offers, and what to watch
8 of 14 privacy and safety features, 0 warnings 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 Yes Monero hides sender, receiver and amount, so the payment cannot be traced to you.
- 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 Yes States that connection or activity logs are not kept.
- Independent audit Not stated
- Company named Not stated
- 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 Not in terms
Does Obscura VPN 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.
Site states accounts are an account number with "No names, no emails, no phone numbers necessary".
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
8.8- Starting points 50
- KYC level 0: ID never required +20
- No email needed +3
- No phone needed +1
- Account-number login +5
- Accepts Monero +4
- Accepts Lightning +1
- Open source +2
- No-logs policy +2
- Total, clamped to 0–100 88
Safety
5.8- Starting points 50
- Open source +8
- Total, clamped to 0–100 58
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 Obscura VPN’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 Obscura VPN. If you have a documented case, report it.
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Obscura VPN: common questions
Does Obscura VPN require KYC?
Obscura VPN is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Site states accounts are an account number with "No names, no emails, no phone numbers necessary".
Is Obscura VPN safe to use?
Obscura VPN has a Safety grade of 5.8 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 8.8 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is Obscura VPN legit?
Obscura VPN is a working VPN. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 5.8 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.
Is Obscura VPN 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 Obscura VPN.
Do I need an account or email to use Obscura VPN?
Random account number.
Does Obscura VPN have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Obscura VPN's own pages.
Which cryptocurrencies does Obscura VPN support?
Obscura VPN supports BTC, XMR.
Can I use Obscura VPN over Tor?
Obscura VPN does not publish an official onion address.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.