How to buy a VPS with crypto, no KYC

Most hosts want a card, a phone number or a scan of your passport before they hand over a server. With crypto payments that step falls away. You pay for the server the way you pay anyone in Bitcoin or USDT, and the provider never learns who you are unless you tell them.

What you need

• An email address you can read. Any provider works, and it does not have to carry your name.
• Coins in a wallet you control, or on an exchange that lets you withdraw: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, USD Coin, Solana or XRP.
• An SSH client. It is built into Linux, macOS and Windows 10 and later.

Step 1: pick a plan

Open the VPS plans and choose a size. Starter has 1 vCPU, 2 GB of memory and 30 GB SSD storage for $14 a month, which is enough for a VPN, a small website or a bot. Pro and Business double and quadruple that, and you can move up later and pay only the difference.

Step 2: sign up with only an email

The order form asks for an email address and a password. There is no field for a name, a phone number, a home address or a document, and nobody asks for one later. That is what no KYC means here. Once you are in, turn on two step sign in under Settings.

The client area works in Tor Browser with JavaScript switched off, so you can do every step over Tor.

Step 3: pick a coin and pay

Choose how long to pay for: one to six months, or a whole year for the price of ten months. The invoice is in US dollars. The moment you pick a coin, the exchange rate is locked and the page shows the exact amount, the address and a QR code. You then have six hours to send it.

• Bitcoin: every invoice gets a new address of its own. The fee depends on how busy the network is, and a payment usually confirms within an hour.
• Ethereum, USDT and USDC: sent on Ethereum mainnet. USDT and USDC are the ERC20 tokens, so the network fee is paid in ETH. They confirm in a few minutes.
• Solana: confirms in seconds and costs almost nothing to send.
• XRP: confirms in seconds. Add the destination tag shown on the invoice, or the payment cannot be matched to it.

Send the whole amount in one transaction. If you send more than the invoice asks, the rest goes to your account balance and pays the next invoice.

Step 4: the server is built for you

The invoice is marked paid as soon as the network confirms the payment. The server is then built automatically, usually within a few minutes, and its IP address and root password show on the service page in the client area. Add your SSH key to your account before you order and it is placed on the server for you.

ssh root@203.0.113.10

Step 5: first things to do on a new server

1. Update the system.
2. Log in with your SSH key and switch off password logins.
3. Turn on a firewall and open only the ports you use.
4. Keep some funds on your balance, so renewals pay themselves while you are away.

On Debian or Ubuntu the first three look like this:

apt update && apt upgrade -y
sed -i 's/^#\?PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
systemctl restart ssh
apt install ufw -y && ufw allow OpenSSH && ufw enable

Which coin should you pay with?

If fees matter, Solana and XRP are the cheapest and the fastest. USDT and USDC keep the amount steady in dollars while the transfer is on its way. Bitcoin is the most widely held, and since each invoice has its own address, two of your payments are never tied together by the address alone.

Ready to start? See no KYC VPS, Bitcoin VPS or USDT VPS for the plans and prices.