We build hosting for people who want to be left alone.
uNode is an anonymous VPS host with a launch region in US-East (Vinthill, Virginia). We accept only cryptocurrency, we never run KYC, and we keep our data footprint as small as the law allows.
Why uNode exists
The major cloud providers — AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, DigitalOcean, Vultr — require a credit card and a billing address. They run device fingerprinting, share data with third parties, and freeze accounts on vague signals. Their privacy policies are written by lawyers for lawyers.
The privacy-focused alternatives that do exist tend to fall into one of two camps: offshore hosts in legally-friendly jurisdictions that ship aging hardware on slow networks, or aggregators that resell mainstream cloud capacity behind a crypto payment proxy. Neither is what we wanted.
We built uNode to be the third option: modern hardware, fast network, real anonymity — without pretending to be based in a country we're not. We comply with US law. We also genuinely don't collect data we don't need.
What we run
Our infrastructure is built on AMD EPYC compute, enterprise NVMe SSD storage, and a 10 Gbps redundant network in US-East. Public SLA terms are deferred until the launch legal set is complete.
Provisioning is fully automated — VPS deployment takes under 60 seconds end to end. The console is a thin client over the backend service; you can manage servers from a browser or, for power users, through the Telegram bot.
We support Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Fedora, Alpine, Arch, FreeBSD, openSUSE, and Oracle Linux out of the box. Windows is not part of the launch image set.
What we believe
Privacy is a feature, not a marketing word
We don't run KYC because we don't need to. We accept crypto because crypto doesn't require us to know who you are. We log what we need to keep the network healthy and we rotate logs aggressively.
Identity should be optional
The account flow should not require government ID, proof of address, payment cards, or real-name fields. If we do not need a piece of identity data to run the service, we should not collect it.
Crypto-only is a feature, not a limitation
Accepting fiat would force us into KYC obligations we don't want. We'll never add credit card or bank rails. If you want to host with fiat, plenty of other providers exist.
Boring infrastructure is the right kind
Modern AMD EPYC, NVMe SSD, redundant 10 Gbps networking. Standard OS images, no preinstalled control panels, no agents introspecting your VPS. The exciting part is what you build, not what we ship.
How we compare to offshore hosts
The privacy-VPS market splits between mainstream providers with strong platforms and smaller privacy-focused hosts with uneven infrastructure. We wanted to differ on both hardware and account requirements.
uNode runs on the same modern hardware you'd expect from a mainstream cloud provider — at prices that start lower than most offshore alternatives, and on a 10 Gbps network with NVMe everywhere. We're a US company, which means we're subject to US law; we're not pretending to be in a jurisdiction that protects you from your own jurisdiction. What we offer is operational anonymity: nothing about you in our database that we don't need.
See the competitor comparison pages for direct, like-for-like specs and pricing breakdowns.
Contact & transparency
We're reachable by email at support@unode.net. A public status page is planned at /status.
Read our privacy policy for the legal version of how we handle data, and our terms of service for the rules.