No-KYC · Monero only

A no-KYC VPS, paid in Monero

A no-KYC VPS means there is no identity verification, no card, and no billing address — email is optional and Monero settles the invoice privately. You spin up a real Linux server without ever proving who you are. You don't exist. We don't ask.

0 ID·
No verification step
XMR·
Only coin accepted
Opt·
Email is optional
Token·
Track your order by token
The short version

Two words most hosts can't say together

Most "cheap VPS" providers still route you through a payment processor and a signup that quietly captures your name, card, and address. A no-KYC VPS paid in Monero removes both halves of that identity trail at once: nothing verifies who you are, and nothing traces how you paid.

KYC — "know your customer" — is the identity-verification ritual banks and most hosts run before they let you spend money. It exists for regulated financial products; a Linux server is not one. HushVPS treats identity as a liability, not an asset. We collect the minimum needed to hand you a working box, and Monero lets the payment itself stay private instead of becoming the weak link that undoes an otherwise anonymous order.

This page is the specifics: exactly what data touches our system, exactly what we never request, how a no-KYC deployment flows end to end, and why a data-minimising host is a legitimate business rather than a hiding place. If you want the broader tour of the product, start with our anonymous VPS overview; if network-level retention is your concern, the no-logs VPS page goes deeper there.

Radical honesty

What we collect vs. what we never ask

No vague privacy promises. Here is the actual data boundary — the little we touch to run the service, and the identity we deliberately refuse to gather.

What we collect

  • Your chosen plan and billing cycle
  • A Monero invoice and its confirmation status
  • The random order token that identifies the order
  • An email — only if you choose to enter one
  • Your server's IP allocation, so it can route
  • Operational data needed to keep the node alive

Minimal, functional, and yours to walk away from. Nothing here names a person.

What we never ask

  • Legal name or date of birth
  • Government ID, passport, or a selfie
  • Credit card or bank details
  • Billing or residential address
  • Phone number or SMS verification
  • A real-name account tied to your identity

There is no identity to breach, subpoena, or sell — because it was never gathered.

End to end

How a no-KYC + Monero deployment works

Three steps, no verification queue. From plan to root shell without a single identity check in the path.

01

Pick a ghost, skip the form

Create a quick pseudonymous account — just a username and password, no name, address or phone number — then choose one of the four plans below, pick a cycle, and add an optional email if you want notifications.

02

Pay the Monero invoice

We generate an XMR invoice with a rate locked at checkout. Send from your own wallet over clearnet or Tor. Because Monero conceals sender, receiver, and amount, the payment leaves no public trail back to you.

03

Get root, keep your token

Once the payment confirms, the server provisions and appears in your dashboard. Your account stays pseudonymous — a username, no recovery email required, no identity anywhere in the loop.

New to paying for infrastructure privately? Our walkthrough on how to buy a VPS with Monero anonymously covers wallets, exchanges, and the common mistakes that leak metadata.

Choose a ghost

No-KYC plans, priced in USD, paid in XMR

Every plan carries the same no-KYC, email-optional, Monero-only deal. The privacy isn't an upsell — it ships with the cheapest box and the biggest one alike.

Phantom
$14/mo

A quiet, low-cost box for a Tor relay, a small onion service, or a personal WireGuard exit.

  • 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM
  • 30 GB NVMe storage
  • 2 TB bandwidth
  • Full root · IPv4 + IPv6
Spectre
Most popular
$34/mo

The sweet spot for self-hosting — a mail server, a Nextcloud, a private app stack that needs real headroom.

  • 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM
  • 80 GB NVMe storage
  • 4 TB bandwidth
  • Full root · IPv4 + IPv6
Wraith
$64/mo

For heavier workloads — a seedbox, a busy relay, or several services sharing one hardened host.

  • 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM
  • 160 GB NVMe storage
  • 8 TB bandwidth
  • Full root · IPv4 + IPv6
Revenant
$119/mo

Our biggest ghost — for build servers, dense containers, and anything that eats CPU and RAM for breakfast.

  • 8 vCPU · 16 GB RAM
  • 320 GB NVMe storage
  • 16 TB bandwidth
  • Full root · IPv4 + IPv6

Prices are shown in USD and charged in Monero at the rate locked on your invoice. Compare cycles and specs on the full pricing page.

Legitimate, not lawless

Why no-KYC is a real business model

"No identity check" is not the same as "anything goes." Here is why data-minimising hosting is both legal and responsible.

KYC is for regulated finance

Know-your-customer rules exist for banks and money-service businesses. Renting a Linux server is not a regulated financial product, so there is no legal obligation to verify who rents one. Operating from a data-friendly jurisdiction, HushVPS simply chooses not to collect what it isn't required to.

Data you never hold can't leak

Breaches, subpoenas, and data brokers all depend on a provider holding your identity. By not gathering names, cards, or addresses in the first place, we remove the single most valuable thing an attacker or a fishing expedition could want. Minimisation is a security control, not a slogan.

An acceptable-use policy still applies

Anonymity does not suspend the law. Our AUP prohibits CSAM, malware, spam, and network attacks such as DDoS, and we act on abuse reports. We can't identify you from data we never took, but we can and do stop harmful use of the network. Privacy, not lawlessness.

Privacy is a normal need

Journalists, activists, researchers, and ordinary people have plain, lawful reasons to keep their infrastructure separate from their legal identity. Treating privacy as inherently suspicious is the anomaly. A no-KYC VPS serves people who simply prefer not to be catalogued.

Who runs on this

Built for people who'd rather not be on a list

A no-KYC, Monero-paid VPS isn't a niche curiosity — it's the sensible default for anyone who separates their work from their name.

Journalists & sources

A drop box, a research host, or a scratch server that can't be tied back to a byline or a source through a payment record.

Privacy engineers

Running Tor relays, WireGuard exits, or onion services where the operator's legal identity should never sit next to the node.

Self-hosters

Anyone moving mail, files, or apps off a surveillance-funded cloud who simply doesn't want to hand a hosting company an ID.

Straight answers

No-KYC Monero VPS FAQ

What does no-KYC actually mean here?
It means we run no identity-verification step at any point. There is no ID upload, no selfie, no phone confirmation, and no billing-address check. You choose a plan, pay a Monero invoice, and the server provisions. The only optional field is an email, and you can leave it blank.
Why Monero instead of Bitcoin or a card?
Cards and PayPal pull your legal identity into the transaction through the processor. Bitcoin and other transparent chains publish every payment on a permanent public ledger that can be clustered and traced. Monero hides the sender, receiver, and amount by default, so a no-KYC signup isn't quietly undone by a traceable payment. See the payment walkthrough in our Monero buying guide.
Is a no-KYC VPS legal?
Yes. Collecting minimal data is a legitimate, offshore-legal business model, not a loophole. HushVPS still enforces an acceptable-use policy that prohibits CSAM, malware, spam, and network attacks. No-KYC removes needless data collection; it does not remove the law or our AUP.
If you have no ID on me, how do I manage my server?
You manage the server from a quick pseudonymous account — a username and password, no name, ID or card — and each order also returns a private token to check status, request support, and track the service. Keep both safe: because we hold no identity, we cannot recover them from a name or email you never gave us.
Can you be forced to hand over my identity?
We can only disclose data we actually hold, and we deliberately hold almost none. There is no name, no document, no card number, and no payment trail through a processor. A no-KYC, Monero-only design means the cheapest thing to protect is the data that was never collected. Our warrant canary tracks the state of any such requests.
Do you keep server logs that could identify me?
Our aim is to keep the least data needed to run the service. Payment is anonymous and account data is minimal by design. For the full picture of what is and isn't retained at the network level, read our no-logs VPS page and the privacy policy.
Deploy a ghost

No ID. No card. Just Monero and a server.

Pick a plan and pay privately, or read how the rest of the anonymity holds together before you spend a coin.