Bounty: what is the best VPN

in steem-bounty •  5 years ago  (edited)

I am looking for a good VPN, ideally one that can be paid with crypto.

please explain why I should choose a particular one.

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i see many advising NordVPN. I have a 3 year contract with them but i am not too happy.

  • connection issues
  • some countries not available, like my own country Belgium :-(

I used ExpressVPN before, more expensive but better, i will switch back to them when contract expires

thank you that is some useful info

The best one with crypto payment is mullvad - trust me on this! You can do double ip (shadow socks) and also wireguard, super cool. As a backup also ibvpn but they dont accept crypto payment.

They have easy login system, add monthly credits, great software for Mac and pc and good guides for Linux. Also can setup on mobile easily too.

I second mullvad, it's the best VPN I have ever tried and I have tried many. Their account system and payment method is phenomenal. You don't need a name, a username or even an email. They random generate a number for you and you use that as your login in. You don't even need to set a password ! This is ensures that they know nothing about you, they only know you as a number in their system.

Aside from that, mullvad sets no limits on your usage or how you use your internet. This is not true for many VPNs as many block file sharing and torrent traffic for example.

No subscription fees or annoying spam emails ! it just works seamlessly and your use is computer per hour or per day.

They frequently update their product and keep up with the latest, like the new wireguard protocol.

I use NordVPN

I would also suggest nordVPN

I think ExpressVPN is more preferable

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Windscribe works fine and i paid 30$ for lifetime so cant beat them on price.

Nice way to interact with the community 🙌. But I cannot really help you out in this one. Sorry 😐

Use NordVPN

Nordvpn. Simple to use, reasonable pricing, decent service and can use on up to 5 devices with the same subscription. They accept crypto as payment.

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I use surfshark because it allows you to connect all the devices you want with a single account.

Does VPN works at all? I used it for a while but it makes my connection even slower as it already is.

This one is not live yet but one you should take note of https://www.orchid.com/ - decentralized and tokenized.

For my phone I’m using cloudflares free 1.1.1.1 right now.

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Would recommend PIA (private internet access)

  • Up to 5 devices per account
  • No logs
  • Good rep
  • a ton of servers

@knircky, I've never used a VPN. Hope that you will going to reiceve some effective suggestions.

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I would suggest NordVPN or if you need it just for browsing, Opera browser will help you that way. Or, if you never heard of this one, try ProtonVPN made by Protonmail team. That might suits you well.

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VPNs are the best thing to unlock website that are not acessible to us.
well, stricktly talking about VPN it depends what you need.

let me explain in details
if you need one for random i mean with more ips then I say go only with IPVanish best one as far i know i tried around 6-7 VPNs but i think IPVanish did a real good job for me also it is P2P.
also you can go for cyberghost for a great dedicated servers.

but see man, if your main purpose is to unblock the site (by this i mean u prefer anonymity rather than security coz somes of them might be deceptive and TOR will open'em no matter what it costs, but yeah if you know about it and is sure that there might be no kind of malware shits and all then i say go for TOR coz in 98%+ cases it's totally anonymous. also TOR could be slow than VPNs coz it goes through a long way from different nodes. so, if the site is https then go for TOR) then i must say you should go for TOR coz it's free and anonymous.

but yeah if you are downloading torrents, or checking an online bank account or etc then U must use VPN.
Note: This is just my point of view on VPNs, but i think you should investigate more before going for a descision.
Thanks

I know HMA is good, but not sure if you can pay with crypto

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I used Hide Me in the past. It offers a free trial that expires and then you get a pop up asking if you want to purchase. Once you click No the free trial starts again. If my memory serves me right it let me choose three locations, US, Canada and another that I have forgotten.

The price is right at FREE.

I am not a specialist in this subject so I can't give you any special tips. What's good for a normal user without worthy data attachments who needs protection is the VPN from the Opera Browser which is free of charge. For the fact that it is gratis it works really well.
Surely not a High-End Protection.

cyberghostvpn.com is one of the safest VPN platforms. It includes security protocols such as Open VPN, PPTP and L2TP. Also, a 256-bit privacy encryption.

• You can choose from more than 3700 servers, in 60 countries
• Intuitive apps for all major platforms
• They have a very effective customer service by instant messaging
• Specific servers for streaming and downloading torrents

That depends on what you want to use, if you need speed or high speed and extreme security, I present expressvpn, without any registration. The fastest VPN in the market.

In addition to Enjoy Netflix and Hulu with a very high loading speed

Cloudflare, the CDN giant, announced Warp, a free VPN that would be available to all users using their DNS 1.1.1.1. This VPN could be activated from the applications for iOS and Android, this looks promising has just been launched.

I've been happy with proton VPN. Tried them because I use their mail service. But truthfully, I don't remember if you can pay with crypto.