Building @SwiftTun — a no-KYC VPN built to survive censorship. Writing about privacy, crypto and how the internet gets blocked. Sharing our real numbers.
Joined May 2021
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most people have no idea how their vpn actually gets blocked. quick version:
- wireguard and openvpn have a recognizable handshake. DPI spots it in milliseconds
- the server ip gets flagged once enough people connect to it
- some setups get caught on traffic patterns alone, even fully encrypted
what survives: traffic that looks exactly like normal https to a real website. that's the whole idea behind vless + reality (and why we built @SwiftTun on it)
if your vpn dies the one day you actually need it, this is why
today in internet security:
- a certificate authority's private key was 4
- php dropped two 9.2 CVEs
- x says you're logged in 437 times
- linux stopped asking if AI wrote your code
and it's only wednesday
millions of europeans learned what "not your keys, not your coins" means today without ever buying a coin xitter.cf/Revolut/status/2112452…
one google building in london loses power and half of uk banking goes down
meanwhile a raspberry pi in some guy's closet has been running a bitcoin node since 2019
Added Monero today.
If you're building a privacy product and only take cards, you're collecting the one thing your users came to you to avoid. xitter.cf/SwiftTun/status/211244…
SwiftTun now accepts Bitcoin and Monero.
USDT · BTC · XMR
No card. No name. No billing address.
Privacy shouldn't stop at the tunnel. It starts at checkout.
5 GB/month free → swifttun.com
Correction: "no logs" was too strong. We store connection timestamps and traffic totals so plans and device limits work. We don't log the sites you visit. Details: swifttun.com/privacy
Underrated crypto opsec: your biggest leak isn't your seed phrase.
It's the 15 KYC'd apps that know your name, your address, and that you hold crypto.
One breach turns that into a target list.
Most VPNs work great right up until the day you actually need one.
Protests, elections, "network maintenance" — that's when WireGuard and OpenVPN get fingerprinted and cut.
So I built @SwiftTun on VLESS + Reality. To a censor it looks like a normal HTTPS visit.
Crypto only. No card, no name.
5 GB/month free.
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We are VPN that doesn't ask for a card.
Crypto only. We never see a card, a name, or a billing address.
Only two plans and price doesn't change on renewal.
Base — 5 GB / 30 days, free
same product, just a cap. enough to test it.
Premium — unlimited, 10 devices
$5 / 30 days
$12 / 90 days
$40 / 365 days
YouTube without ads.
SoundCloud without ads.
Referral pays 20% of what your friend pays, withdraw in crypto.
swifttun.com
if you already pay for a VPN with a card — why?
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They told you $BTC is a scam
Meanwhile, their own currencies:
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Fu//ck I just wanted to ape a bag on @elonmusk, but @Polymarket restricted me
These 11k looking real nice, what’s the move ser?//
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There seems to be a lot of chatter in the Department today.
Management has declined to comment on why.
fomies.family
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gm. we're nubs!
experiment on @X starts now.
the list is open ↓
thenubs.xyz/