List of VPN Service Providers - 2025

[SFR10]

Mozilla is currently charging €4.99 per month or €59.88 for one year, but I can't find Bitcoin payment, so it doesn't make sense to choose Mozilla VPN instead of Mullvad VPN.

I also couldn't find a direct bitcoin payment, but considering that there's also a PayPal option at checkout, users from the US can indirectly pay with their bitcoin.
^{- BTW, it appears that the monthly price you mentioned only applies when someone gets their annual subscription.}

[dkbit98]

I also couldn't find a direct bitcoin payment, but considering that there's also a PayPal option at checkout, users from the US can indirectly pay with their bitcoin.
^{- BTW, it appears that the monthly price you mentioned only applies when someone gets their annual subscription.}

That would defeat the point of using a VPN service if they have to know your paypal account, or if it's only limited to US customers.
I certainly don't support using paypal custodial wallet with bitcoin, or with their printed stablecoin.
Btw Paxos just printed 300 trillion PYUSD in a single transaction... so much of being ''legit'' paypal stablecoin  

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https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc45dd1a77c05d9ae5b2284eea5393ecce2ac8a7e88e973c6ba3fe7a18bf45634

Oh and I found out Mozilla VPN is not even accepting paypal  
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1324187

[Synchronice]

Mozilla is currently charging €4.99 per month or €59.88 for one year, but I can't find Bitcoin payment, so it doesn't make sense to choose Mozilla VPN instead of Mullvad VPN.

I also couldn't find a direct bitcoin payment, but considering that there's also a PayPal option at checkout, users from the US can indirectly pay with their bitcoin.
^{- BTW, it appears that the monthly price you mentioned only applies when someone gets their annual subscription.}

I just googled "Mozilla VPN pay with Crypto" and Google showed Bitcointalk as a second result in the search and redirected me to this post, which is a very good news to my mind. By the way, Mozilla is definitely not an alternative of Mullvad and with their available payment options, I wouldn't touch them because if the person uses VPN for privacy, then PayPal and debit cards are the worst option for that. This is very strange from Mozilla.

I certainly don't support using paypal custodial wallet with bitcoin, or with their printed stablecoin.

That's definitely a joke from PayPal, the way they let us to pay with Bitcoin. You can't directly deposit Bitcoin on PayPal, you have to buy it with your card, which is ridiculous.

[Rikafip]

I just googled "Mozilla VPN pay with Crypto" and Google showed Bitcointalk as a second result in the search and redirected me to this post, which is a very good news to my mind.

Try looking that via DuckDuckGo or some other browser that you don't usually use for bitcointalk and (unfortunately) it won't be the 2nd result.

By the way, Mozilla is definitely not an alternative of Mullvad and with their available payment options, I wouldn't touch them because if the person uses VPN for privacy, then PayPal and debit cards are the worst option for that. This is very strange from Mozilla.

I have a friend from China who used debit cards to pay for VPN to access banned sites while he is over there, and only after me explaining him how shortsighted that is, he switched to Mullvad, and started paying with bitcoin.

[dkbit98]

That's definitely a joke from PayPal, the way they let us to pay with Bitcoin. You can't directly deposit Bitcoin on PayPal, you have to buy it with your card, which is ridiculous.

Only reason for paypal adding partial support for bitcoin was because they had plans all along to create their own stablecoin, and they did create PYUSD.
Now they can print near infinite amount of tokens, like it happened recently, earn percentage from that, and freeze any coins they want.

I have a friend from China who used debit cards to pay for VPN to access banned sites while he is over there, and only after me explaining him how shortsighted that is, he switched to Mullvad, and started paying with bitcoin.

I hope he didn't buy that bitcoin with his credit card or with his kyc account, because they can certainly track that and connect it with his VPN

[Rikafip]

I hope he didn't buy that bitcoin with his credit card or with his kyc account, because they can certainly track that and connect it with his VPN

Nah, he didn’t. He used the opportunity to buy some bitcoin anonymously while he was in the EU, so he should be fine.

[Synchronice]

By the way, Mozilla is definitely not an alternative of Mullvad and with their available payment options, I wouldn't touch them because if the person uses VPN for privacy, then PayPal and debit cards are the worst option for that. This is very strange from Mozilla.

I have a friend from China who used debit cards to pay for VPN to access banned sites while he is over there, and only after me explaining him how shortsighted that is, he switched to Mullvad, and started paying with bitcoin.

Wait, isn't VPN usage illegal in China? I thought that Chinese citizens were punished for using a VPN in China and since he paid with his card for a VPN, it should be obvious that he did an illegal thing. Or is your friend from Western country? I've also heard that they don't enforce this law for foreigners. To be honest, I don't know what's actually true since China is very close, I've heard only rumors.

By the way, I've also heard that Mullvad is not a good option in China. Astrill and LetsVPN work well there AFAIK (but some say that LetsVPN banned them for downloading a big file). Do we have Chinese members on Bitcointalk? Might be a good idea to add VPNs that can be used in China.

[Rikafip]

Wait, isn't VPN usage illegal in China? I thought that Chinese citizens were punished for using a VPN in China and since he paid with his card for a VPN, it should be obvious that he did an illegal thing. Or is your friend from Western country?

He is Chinese, from China. Who lives between there and here (Europe).

VPNs are indeed banned in China but people are massively using them, both their citizens and foreign tourists that go there. From what I heard, communist party doesn't care that much about it (like actively hunting their citizens who might be using VPN) as long as they don't think that you are potential threat of some sort to them.

[dkbit98]

Wait, isn't VPN usage illegal in China?

I think use of VPN is also illegal in Russian Federation if you are using it to watch government blocked websites, for example bitcointalk forum 
I would not be surprised at all if something similar starts happening in EU and UK soon, since they started arresting people for making social media posts, and they announced verification for accessing internet services.
They will probably allow use of their own crap VPN ''honeypots'' that gives false sense of security to customers.

[LoyceV]

I would not be surprised at all if something similar starts happening in EU and UK soon, since they started arresting people for making social media posts, and they announced verification for accessing internet services.

According to the internet, the UK Minister for Technology said this:

„And for everybody who’s out there thinking of using VPNs, let me just say to you directly, verifying your age keeps a child safe.”

I don't know if he's clueless and really believes this, or simply tries to convince people to give up their last bit of online privacy.

[Synchronice]

Wait, isn't VPN usage illegal in China? I thought that Chinese citizens were punished for using a VPN in China and since he paid with his card for a VPN, it should be obvious that he did an illegal thing. Or is your friend from Western country?

He is Chinese, from China. Who lives between there and here (Europe).

VPNs are indeed banned in China but people are massively using them, both their citizens and foreign tourists that go there. From what I heard, communist party doesn't care that much about it (like actively hunting their citizens who might be using VPN) as long as they don't think that you are potential threat of some sort to them.

Yes, they probably don't care about VPN usage if you are not politically active.
By the way, I would love to hear what your friend says about the difference between EU and China. Is the quality of life good in China? Do people really work as much as the media says? Chinese cities look advanced and beautiful though.

I think use of VPN is also illegal in Russian Federation if you are using it to watch government blocked websites, for example bitcointalk forum 
I would not be surprised at all if something similar starts happening in EU and UK soon, since they started arresting people for making social media posts, and they announced verification for accessing internet services.
They will probably allow use of their own crap VPN ''honeypots'' that gives false sense of security to customers.

Really? Russian board is probably one of the most active board on this forum. I also have some Russian friends online who aren't tech-savvy but have access to Instagram and other social medias. I don't think that VPN usage is very restricted in Russia but I'll ask my friends about that.
UK has really gone crazy. Today they accidentally released a prisoner I also saw a video how a police officer arrested a UK citizen for calling Hamas a terrorist organization This is really crazy!

[LTU_btc]

Guys, Black Friday is approaching, maybe you saw some good deals for VPN? And I mean actual discounts, not some fake ones like it's popular now to do on Black Friday.
I currently use NordVPN which will expire in January. In general, I'm ok with, but I paid quite a lot for it because I needed to get it urgently and didn't had time to look for discounts.

Really? Russian board is probably one of the most active board on this forum. I also have some Russian friends online who aren't tech-savvy but have access to Instagram and other social medias. I don't think that VPN usage is very restricted in Russia but I'll ask my friends about that.
UK has really gone crazy. Today they accidentally released a prisoner I also saw a video how a police officer arrested a UK citizen for calling Hamas a terrorist organization This is really crazy!

I remember some treads in past about Bitcointalk being blocked in Russia, like this one:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5235546.0
But not really sure that ban is still in place because I guess that it would be discussed much more widely. AndI guess that now VPN in Russia is common thing even for not tech-savy people if they want to use Instagram or Youtube.

[LoyceV]

I currently use NordVPN which will expire in January. In general, I'm ok with, but I paid quite a lot for it because I needed to get it urgently and didn't had time to look for discounts.

Can you find a cashback deal where you live? In my country they often have 100% cashback offers for new customers, but I've never tried it. I don't like trusting a VPN that doesn't earn from me, it makes me the product instead of the customer.

[SFR10]

Guys, Black Friday is approaching, maybe you saw some good deals for VPN? And I mean actual discounts, not some fake ones like it's popular now to do on Black Friday.
I currently use NordVPN which will expire in January. In general, I'm ok with, but I paid quite a lot for it because I needed to get it urgently and didn't had time to look for discounts.

Based on the ones listed here, Windscribe is actually offering a great deal for $29/year and you can renew it for the same price ^[source].
^{- BTW, I remember NordVPN emailing me (on more than one occasion) about their discounted renewal deals before the expiration of my subscription at that time (I'm no longer subscribed to them, but you might find a good one in your email).}

[LTU_btc]

Based on the ones listed here, Windscribe is actually offering a great deal for $29/year and you can renew it for the same price ^[source].
^{- BTW, I remember NordVPN emailing me (on more than one occasion) about their discounted renewal deals before the expiration of my subscription at that time (I'm no longer subscribed to them, but you might find a good one in your email).}

Windscribe deal looks great. For $29/year I'm going to take it, no matter whether I will exten NordVPN or no
I checked my email and didn't got any offers from NordVPN yet. Maybe they will send something closer to subscription expiration date.

Can you find a cashback deal where you live? In my country they often have 100% cashback offers for new customers, but I've never tried it. I don't like trusting a VPN that doesn't earn from me, it makes me the product instead of the customer.

I didn't heard about such cashback and seems that in my country they're not offering it. Though, I must admit that privacy isn't main reason why I need VPN. I mainly need it to bypass various geo restrictions. But I wouldn't want to become product as you said.

[LoyceV]

I must admit that privacy isn't main reason why I need VPN. I mainly need it to bypass various geo restrictions.

Do you need that all the time? Whenever I need a VPN for a few hours, I pay a few cents to Mullvad Or a bit more for a few days.

I recently discovered that some countries aren't monetized by Youtube. That means no ads
On my normal system my browser takes care of this, but on TV a VPN in Albania works like a charm.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on my end when I tested an Albanian server using Mullvad

Fun is over for me too The kids are complaining about commercials, so I need a new "life hack" for Youtube without ads. Or I'll just stop watching Youtube.

It works again! I think they added a new server and the kids can watch Youtube without ads again. I consider it my duty to teach them to avoid wasting time on ads as much as possible.

[LTU_btc]

Do you need that all the time? Whenever I need a VPN for a few hours, I pay a few cents to Mullvad Or a bit more for a few days.

In general yes. I don't exactly know when I will need - maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, so, it's more convenient to always have active subscription. 3 main things where I need it is streaming services, Youtube videos with geo restrictions and access blocked bookmaker website.

[dkbit98]

Guys, Black Friday is approaching, maybe you saw some good deals for VPN? And I mean actual discounts, not some fake ones like it's popular now to do on Black Friday.
I currently use NordVPN which will expire in January. In general, I'm ok with, but I paid quite a lot for it because I needed to get it urgently and didn't had time to look for discounts.

NYM VPN currently have 75% Black Friday deal, and being decentralized they have advantage compared to other VPN services.
You can also pay directly with bitcoin, monero and other coins, without even using email or any personal information, since there is no usual registration.
https://nym.com/

If you go with Mullvad VPN you won't make a mistake, but as far as I know they never have any discounts.
I know people who are using it for years and they are very happy with it.
 

[Synchronice]

Guys, Black Friday is approaching, maybe you saw some good deals for VPN? And I mean actual discounts, not some fake ones like it's popular now to do on Black Friday.
I currently use NordVPN which will expire in January. In general, I'm ok with, but I paid quite a lot for it because I needed to get it urgently and didn't had time to look for discounts.

If you need VPN urgently for use for a limited time, you can use Mullvad, Windscribe or IVPN. Mullvad always costs 5 Euro per month and you get a discount if you pay with crypto. I've also heard that it gives you the ability to deposit any amount of coin and get the equivalent time on your account.
Windscribe is very cheap, you can choose two locations + unlimited and you get a VPN for $3 per month. Or you can also use IVPN which offers you to purchase one week's subscription or buy IVPN Light for 3 hours and 1 day.

Pardon me guys for not updating the Black Friday deals in this thread. Windscribe really has a great deal too.
Anyways, here are the Black Friday deals, which are still valid:
Mullvad - No Deal
IVPN - No Deal
ProtonVPN - Billed at €35.88 for the first 12 months, then renews at €79.95 every 12 months.
Windscribe - Billed $29.00 USD every 12 months
NordVPN - Not a big deal, actually if you compare the deal prices to original prices in this thread but check yourself
CyberGhost - Not a big deal, actually if you compare the deal prices to original prices in this thread but check yourself
ExpressVPN - $125.72 for first 28 Months, then autorenews at $119.95 annually
Surfshark - Not a big deal, actually if you compare the deal prices to original prices in this thread but check yourself

[LoyceV]

If you need VPN urgently for use for a limited time, you can use Mullvad, Windscribe or IVPN. Mullvad always costs 5 Euro per month and you get a discount if you pay with crypto. I've also heard that it gives you the ability to deposit any amount of coin and get the equivalent time on your account.

It still works, I sent $0.05 and this account is valid for about 7 hours:

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