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Guide · 6 min read

What no-KYC hosting means here

What we don't ask for, what we still need, what the privacy policy actually lists, and what no-KYC does not allow.

The short version

No-KYC means the order form does not ask for a government ID, a selfie, a phone number or a proof of address. It asks for a way to reach you and a crypto payment.

It does not mean the server is outside every law, and it does not mean we ignore abuse.

What you provide

An email address or a Telegram handle. A name if you want one. The product, the plan, the country and the term. Agreement to the terms.

A throwaway inbox works until you lose it. We can't reset a server to a mailbox you no longer have.

What we store

The privacy policy is the list: contact method, optional alias, order and payment references, assigned IP and power state, short-lived edge security logs, and support mail you send us.

We don't log the contents of your server or the traffic it sends. We also don't keep your card details, because we don't take cards.

What a complaint can produce

We respond to valid legal orders from the country where the server sits, and only with records we have. A request from another country has to go through that country's process.

Where the law allows, we tell the customer before we disclose anything. The warrant canary is the place to look for the standing statement on gag orders.

What is still prohibited

CSAM, malware, phishing, spam, botnets, fraud, and anything illegal in the hosting country. Those rules don't have a KYC exception.

If you need a country chosen for how complaints are handled, read the offshore and DMCA pages after this one. Checkout privacy and jurisdiction are different decisions.

Put it into practice

A VPS S plan is enough for most guides.

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