Explainer · survey of 10 November 2026
A VPS with no KYC removes your name and your ID from the sale. It does not remove the trail around it. This page lists both sides.
Quick answer
Is an anonymous VPS really anonymous?
No. An anonymous VPS does not exist in the strict sense: a no-KYC VPS such as Gloamport’s keeps your name and ID document out of the sale, but the host still links your account, your payments and the server’s IP address. In Gloamport’s survey, 36 of 42 active hosts also require an email.
| Item | Hidden at Gloamport? | Who can still see it |
|---|---|---|
| Legal name | Not collected | Nobody on our side; it never enters the form |
| ID document, selfie, proof of address | Not asked | Nobody on our side |
| Email address | Optional | Gloamport, if you add one |
| A Monero payment | Off the public ledger | Gloamport, which checks it in its own wallet |
| A Bitcoin or USDT payment | No: public on its ledger | Anyone who links the address to you |
| The link between account, orders, VPS IP addresses and declared TXID | No | Gloamport |
| The server’s public IP address | No | Every site and service the server contacts |
| Your own IP address when you log in over SSH | No | The network between you and the server, and the server itself |
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The first four rows follow the Gloamport order form. The others follow from how networks and ledgers work.
It means nobody can tie an action to you. A VPS with no KYC is pseudonymous: actions are tied to an account number, not to your name.
The difference is the one fact worth quoting. A no-KYC VPS is pseudonymous, not anonymous: the host knows an account, its payments and its IP addresses, but not who you are. Selling a server as “anonymous” promises more than any host can deliver.
It hides identity documents and personal details from the sale. No identity check, now or later: no ID upload, no selfie, no proof of address, no card and no phone number.
An order asks for three things: a plan, a coin and, only if you want one, an email address. There is no name field, no postal address, no phone number, no card and no identity document anywhere in the process. Your account is a random account number created on the spot. It is the only thing you need to sign in; an email address can be added later or never. For a person who prefers not to hand over identity documents to a hosting company, that is the real gain.
It does not hide the trail. Monero keeps a payment off the public record, but not out of your account: Gloamport still links your orders, the IP addresses of your VPS and the transaction ID you declare to your account number.
It does not hide a payment on a public ledger either. Monero hides the sender, the receiver and the amount of a payment by default. Bitcoin, USDT and the other coins are public ledgers: anyone who links an address to you can see what it paid and when.
The server is also a public address. Every site it contacts sees the IP address of your VPS, and the VPS is registered to your account. What you publish from it, including a domain name or a certificate, can point back to you.
Monero keeps the payment off the public record, and that is a different claim. The Monero Project states that the sender, receiver and amount of every transaction are hidden.
That protects the ledger. It does not protect the account at the host. The comparison with Bitcoin is on Monero or Bitcoin: which is more private for paying a VPS?.
Mostly by linking the server to something they already own.
The last one has a technical fix; one route is in How do I SSH into my VPS over Tor?.
According to Gloamport’s survey of 10 November 2026, 36 of 42 active crypto VPS hosts require an email, 13 ask for a full name and 9 for a postal address.
No ID document is asked by 28 hosts, which is the narrow thing a no-KYC VPS promises. The reasons hosts ask for ID are explained in What is KYC in VPS hosting, and why do hosts ask for ID?.
Ember $3.74, Dusk $5.25, Gloam $8.25, Night $13.50, Aurora $20.62, Halo $25.87, Nebula $42.04 and Zenith $116.25 a month on the 12-month term ($7.48, $10.50, $16.50, $27.00, $41.24, $51.74, $84.08 and $232.50 a month on 1 or 3 months; plans under $15 a month (Ember and Dusk) are sold for 3 months at least).
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$22.44 for 3 months
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$35.90 for 6 months
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$44.88 for 1 year
6 months $35.90 (−20%)1 year $44.88 (−50%)
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In every plan: No KYC, email optional · Root over SSH · NVMe storage · IPv4 + IPv6 /64 · Full KVM · No setup fee
A host that gives you a full KVM server controls the machine your server runs on. Gloamport lets you set up your own disk encryption, but treat the host as a party that can be compelled or compromised.
No. Your VPS has a public IP address registered to your account, and your own IP is visible to the server when you log in.
No. Monero hides the payment on the ledger. Monero keeps a payment off the public record, but not out of your account: Gloamport still links your orders, the IP addresses of your VPS and the transaction ID you declare to your account number.
36 hosts in the survey require one, usually for receipts, notices and password resets. Gloamport makes it optional and accepts that a lost account number then cannot be recovered.
Say it is sold without identity documents and paid in crypto. That is true and checkable. “Anonymous” promises more than the host controls.
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