Offshore Hosting with Crypto Payment — The Full Stack

For crypto-native US customers, paying for hosting with crypto is not a novelty — it is the natural continuation of an operational stance that avoids traditional banking rails wherever practical. Cryptocurrency payments bypass credit card processor KYC, avoid freezes and chargebacks on controversial-vertical transactions, and keep the customer's banking relationship separate from their hosting footprint.

Beyond the individual-customer benefit, crypto payments are more reliable for hosting operators serving controversial-vertical customers. Credit card processors routinely de-risk merchants serving adult content, independent media, or political content, which means hosting providers dependent on Stripe or PayPal as primary payment methods eventually lose processing capability for those customer segments. Providers that process crypto directly (rather than through a third party that converts immediately) are structurally more durable.

AnubizHost has operated crypto-first billing from inception. Our Bitcoin processing runs through Plisio and our own Lightning node; Monero processing runs through our own XMR node; stablecoin processing runs through direct wallet-to-wallet transfers on Ethereum and Tron. None of these involve a third-party processor taking custody of the crypto before we do. This makes our crypto billing more private (no processor logs tied to your hosting account) and more durable (no processor to be pressured into de-platforming us or you).

Bitcoin (BTC) is supported on-chain and via Lightning Network. On-chain payments settle in 10-30 minutes (1 confirmation) with transaction fees determined by the current mempool state. Lightning payments settle in seconds with negligible fees and are our recommended path for annual-renewal payments. We accept Lightning via BOLT11 invoices and Keysend.

Monero (XMR) is supported through our own full node. XMR payments settle in 2-5 minutes (1 confirmation), and we require 10 confirmations only for invoices over $500 as a standard fraud-prevention measure. Ring-signature and stealth-address properties of Monero provide genuine payment privacy — payments to our receiving address cannot be correlated to our hosting accounts by external observers.

Litecoin (LTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are supported directly on their respective chains. Litecoin settles in approximately 2.5 minutes per confirmation; Ethereum varies with current gas pricing. USDT is supported on both ERC-20 (Ethereum mainnet) and TRC-20 (Tron) networks. TRC-20 is generally the cheaper option for smaller invoices due to Tron's lower fees.

For customers paying larger invoices, we support payment splitting across multiple transactions within a single invoice window. We also support invoice batching for customers managing multiple servers — a single payment can settle up to 10 invoices simultaneously if structured correctly.

USD pricing is identical across payment methods. Entry VPS at $17.90/mo, mid-tier at $24.90/mo, large at $52.90/mo, dedicated starter at $89/mo, dedicated performance at $129/mo, dedicated pro at $199/mo. What crypto customers gain is an additional loyalty discount on annual billing: 5% off list price on top of the standard 10-15% annual discount.

The annual crypto discount exists because annual crypto customers are structurally our best customers — low administrative overhead, aligned with our operational stance, and loyal across multi-year horizons. The 5% is a concrete alignment benefit rather than a marketing gesture.

VPS provisioning runs 5-15 minutes from first crypto confirmation. Dedicated server provisioning runs 24-48 hours from confirmation for standard configurations. For Lightning Network Bitcoin payments, provisioning starts within 30 seconds of the BOLT11 invoice settling — the fastest available path for Bitcoin-paying customers.

Renewals in crypto are automated. Before each billing cycle, the customer portal generates a renewal invoice with the exact crypto amount due. Customers can pay the invoice from any wallet, and successful payment renews the service automatically. For customers on annual billing, renewals happen once a year and qualify for the loyalty discount automatically.

Refunds, if applicable, are issued back to the payment address in the original asset (BTC to BTC, XMR to XMR) at the current market rate. Our refund policy for dedicated servers is documented in the TOS — 7-day money-back for VPS tiers, prorated refunds for dedicated tiers within the first 30 days.

Account credit top-ups are supported for customers who prefer to pre-fund their account with crypto rather than paying invoice-by-invoice. Top-ups are credited on confirmation and can be used against any future billing across all services on the account.

Most hosting providers that advertise crypto acceptance do so through third-party processors (BitPay, Coinbase Commerce, NOWPayments) that convert received crypto to fiat immediately on the provider's side. This introduces a surveillance hook (the processor logs the payment) and a structural vulnerability (if the processor drops your merchant category, crypto acceptance disappears). AnubizHost processes crypto directly through our own nodes and holds crypto in treasury.

This matters for three reasons. First, privacy: your payment does not traverse a third-party processor that keeps records tied to our merchant account. Second, durability: we cannot be de-platformed from crypto acceptance by a processor decision, because we are the processor. Third, operational alignment: holding crypto in treasury means our financial interests align with the crypto ecosystem rather than being an immediate-conversion marketing posture.

Combined with offshore jurisdictions, DMCA-ignored policy, no-KYC signup, and professional hardware, AnubizHost is the infrastructure home for crypto-native US customers building serious operations. Our longest-tenured crypto customers have been with us across multiple hardware generations and multiple renewal cycles, which is the actual test of whether a crypto-friendly hosting provider is durable. Start small, validate fit, scale as your infrastructure needs grow.