Use this before you broadcast sats to a stranger’s invoice. Each line is a real filter in the CryptoHostRadar directory.
01
Signup
Token or unverified email beats a legal-name form. If the host forbids VPN/Tor at registration, you will fail before payment.
02
KYC
Look for explicit no-KYC language. “May ask on unusual activity” is a maybe. Government ID required is a no.
03
Processor
Self-hosted BTCPay / LN / XMR is stronger than BitPay. A no-KYC host with a KYC gateway is not no-KYC.
04
Coin
Lightning and Monero leak less than a reused on-chain Bitcoin address. USDT on a KYC exchange undoes the rest.
05
Jurisdiction
Iceland, Switzerland, Sweden, Nevis, and similar show up often for a reason. Registration country is not the datacenter country.
06
Tor
Friendly to relays is not the same as allowing exits or Tor signup. Read the one sentence in the notes.
07
Email
Alias or paid burner (LN email exists). Proton is fine unless the host blocks it — some do.
08
Aftercare
IP at signup, VNC/KVM sessions, and abuse tickets still exist. Anonymous VPS is not an invisible VPS.
No-KYC and anonymous are marketed as synonyms. They are not. You can have no KYC with a real name on the account (EDIS-style). You can have a token account that still sits in a country that will unmask on a court order. Stack the controls that match the actual risk — usually account data, payment graph, and network path — instead of buying the loudest “bulletproof” banner.
Open the anonymous VPS and no KYC lists, then read the provider notes. If two flags conflict (anonymous signup + BitPay), trust the worse one.