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cryptostorm review

cryptostorm is a VPN offering access tokens in place of traditional accounts. According to its terms, it does not and will not implement any KYC policy. When paying with Monero, no email address is required, though other payment methods retain the email, the token, and a transaction ID. A refund is possible if you used 50% or less of the token time and ordered less than 180 days ago. However, law enforcement can still request data from its payment providers, PayPal or CCBill. In our view, cryptostorm suits users who pay in Monero.

No ID, by design

cryptostorm never asks for ID by design, per its own pages.

Active

By Ethan ParkerChecked Oct 22, 2026How we read the terms

No IDID ruleID rule: Never, by design. No company holds your order, so nobody can ask. Checked Oct 22, 2026.
Never KYCkycnot.me levelkycnot.me rates cryptostorm level 0, Never KYC. The terms rule out ID checks altogether. Checked Oct 22, 2026.
4 ways to payPay withMonero; Bitcoin and other coins via BitPay; PayPal; credit card (CCBill). Checked Oct 22, 2026.
Account
Onion addressTor onionstormwayszuh4juycoy4kwoww5gvcu2c4tdtpkup667pdwe4qenzwayd.onion. Checked Oct 22, 2026.
Our verdict

Choose cryptostorm if

Who cryptostorm suits, from the values on this page.

cryptostorm suits you if

  • You want to use it with no ID: cryptostorm never asks for ID, by design.
kycnot.me

What kycnot.me says about cryptostorm

kycnot.me is an independent directory of services you can use without ID checks. The rating and notes below are its own, not ours.

KYC level
Level 0: Never KYC

The terms rule out ID checks altogether. kycnot.me sorts services into five levels, from 0 (never asks for ID) to 4 (ID is mandatory).

kycnot.me score
9 out of 10 Privacy 95 out of 100, trust 74 out of 100
Listing status
Verified
Accepts as payment
MoneroBitcoinLightningFiat money

Not accepted: Cash.

Addresses on kycnot.me
Onion: http://stormwayszuh4juycoy4kwoww5gvcu2c4tdtpkup667pdwe4qenzwayd.onion

Pros kycnot.me lists

  • Strict no-log policy
  • Open source code
  • Accepts Monero
  • Has Onion or I2P URLs
  • No registration needed
  • Published warrant canary
  • Token-based login
  • P2P / torrenting allowed
  • No JavaScript needed

Cons kycnot.me lists

  • Third-Party payment processor
  • Third party infrastructure

Source: the kycnot.me listing. cryptostorm on kycnot.me (opens in a new tab)

Checked October 22, 2026

Platform

Inside cryptostorm

Screenshots taken November 3, 2026

Payments and access

Paying for cryptostorm and reaching it

From cryptostorm's own pages, read on the dates shown.

Pay with
Monero; Bitcoin and other coins via BitPay; PayPal; credit card (CCBill)
Account
Tor onion
stormwayszuh4juycoy4kwoww5gvcu2c4tdtpkup667pdwe4qenzwayd.onion
Operator

Checked October 22, 2026

Alternatives

VPNs to compare with cryptostorm

Other active services in this category from our list. The shield shows each one's ID rule from its own terms.

cryptostorm side by side

From our privacy data, the same fields for every service
WhatcryptostormAirVPNIVPNMullvad VPNnadanadaNymVPN
ID ruleNo ID, by designNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot stated
AccountNot checked yetNot checked yetNot checked yetNot checked yetNoneNot checked yet
kycnot.me levelNever KYCUnstated KYCNever KYCNever KYCNever KYCNever KYC
Tor onionYesYesNot statedYesYesNot stated

Checked November 3, 2026

FAQ

Short answers about cryptostorm

From the data on this page.

Does cryptostorm ask for ID?

cryptostorm never asks for ID by design, per its own pages.

Author

Who checked this page

Ethan Parker

Senior Content Editor

Every value on this page comes from cryptostorm's own pages and code, read on the dates shown. The kycnot.me section is the exception: it shows kycnot.me's own rating. Checked Oct 22, 2026.

Sources

Sources, how we read the terms and our process

Sources

  1. cryptostorm.is, for status, onion address and ways to pay, checked October 22, 2026
  2. cryptostorm.is/tos, for ID rule, checked October 22, 2026
  3. kycnot.me/service/cryptostorm, for kycnot.me rating, checked October 22, 2026

How we read the terms

We do not give privacy services a score. We record what each provider's own pages say: when it asks for ID, the limits, who holds your coins and what it costs. Labels come from each provider's terms, never from our guess. How we read the terms

Our process

We take fees, availability, licenses and coin counts from primary sources: cryptostorm's own fee schedules, terms and help pages, and the public registers kept by regulators. Every value carries the date we last checked it. The values on this page were checked on October 22, 2026.