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Launch of IVPN Light - short-term VPN access paid with BTC Lightning

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on September 15, 2023

Equipped with a BTC Lightning wallet and some sats, you can now set up an IVPN WireGuard tunnel in minutes without creating an account or sharing any personal information. Benefits of using IVPN Light: Short duration access option, you can get a “throwaway” VPN tunnel for 3 hours or up to 30 days duration Priced in sats and affordable - you can purchase access for as little as 500 sats (3 hours) Access up to 5 locations or 1 entry-exit node MultiHop combination with one payment No account required - we only keep a record of your Lightning payment on our self-hosted BTCPayServer, no personal information is collected Differences versus a regular IVPN subscription:

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Gradual removal of port forwarding from the IVPN service

By IVPN Staff | Posted on June 29, 2023

Protecting the interest of our customers and ensuring the stability of the service have been key principles for IVPN since starting our operations more than ten years ago. To keep delivering on these promises, we have made the decision to gradually phase out the port forwarding feature from the IVPN Pro plan.

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Why we refuse modern marketing, even when it hurts our growth

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on July 21, 2021

Modern marketing is surveillance. It enables anyone with funds to follow us around and pester us with ads for stuff we don’t need. The surveillance economy forces companies to participate, since their competitors would outpace them otherwise.

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IVPN now accepts Monero payments, runs full node

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on January 13, 2021

The core mission of IVPN is to help our customers protect their privacy. We believe maintaining financial privacy is important for achieving freedom from surveillance, and we seek to support projects that help this cause.

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New open-source IVPN website: subscribe without providing your email

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on November 10, 2020

In a nutshell Generating an account for our VPN service no longer requires an email address, and we dropped renewing subscriptions by default in favor of a pre-paid system. We have introduced a new onboarding process with QR code setup, and two-factor authentication for account IDs that act as a sole identifier.

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Introducing a new IVPN subscription plan

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on November 29, 2019

IVPN is working towards a future where mass surveillance is not a key part of our reality. To make our VPN service more accessible to customers looking for privacy protection we are introducing a new, more affordable subscription plan.

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Posts about Subscriptions

Launch of IVPN Light - short-term VPN access paid with BTC Lightning

Gradual removal of port forwarding from the IVPN service

Why we refuse modern marketing, even when it hurts our growth

IVPN now accepts Monero payments, runs full node

New open-source IVPN website: subscribe without providing your email

Introducing a new IVPN subscription plan

Better tracker blocking controls with AntiTracker Plus

IVPN infrastructure security audit concluded

IVPN apps to undergo security audit for 2022

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