Basicscryptostorm
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Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
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1. Introduction/TLDR 2. Instructions - Android - Windows/Linux/Mac
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own apps on some platforms
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Windows Cryptostorm client (Source code available on our GitHub, hashes are here)
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WireGuard, OpenVPN
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The VPN protocols we support are OpenVPN and WireGuard.
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| one month | 1 | 1 |
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No
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Cryptofree was the name of cryptostorm's free VPN service. We've decided to no longer offer this service.
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No
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No. During our first 10 years of service we did offer one, but we've decided to discontinue that service. Details are on
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180
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If you're unsatisfied with our service and have used 50% or less of your token's duration, and your order was placed less than 180 days ago, then we'll refund your order.
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Refund if 50% or less of the token's duration has been used and the order was placed less than 180 days ago; lifetime tokens cannot be refunded due to high processing fees. Crypto orders (BitPay, NOWPayments, XMR/Monero) are refunded the same way.
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If you're unsatisfied with our service and have used 50% or less of your token's duration, and your order was placed less than 180 days ago, then we'll refund your order. For example, if you bought a...
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Fees
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| Price per month | unknown |
| Price per year | unknown |
| Lowest monthly price (long-term plan) | unknown |
| Dedicated IP per month | unknown |
Amounts in your display currency are approximations (hover or tap for the original and the rate) · exchange rate of
Availability
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| Customer countries | unknown |
| Use in censoring countries |
Obfuscation via HTTPS (stunnel/Xray w/ VLESS+REALITY), SSH and obfs4 tunnels; obfs4 reported working in Russia, results in China vary by region; any port 1-65535 can be used.
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We do offer obfuscation with HTTPS, SSH, and obfs4. Our Russian customers say that obfs4 still works there, and HTTPS if you set the SNI to something commonly allowed in that region (vk.ru, yandex.ru,...Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
Key countries
- United States unknown
- Germany unknown
- United Kingdom unknown
✓ available · ✗ not available · ? not known from the sources
Network
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| Server countries | unknown |
| Servers | unknown |
| Features |
kill switch, multihop, obfuscation, Tor over VPN, IPv6
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Transparent .onion/.i2p access Direct access to darknets Anti-leak protection keeping your real IP safe Kill switch included Many different killswitches available to prevents leaks if disconnecte...Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Leak protection & DNS |
DNS leak protection, own no-log DNS
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DNSCrypt v2 Public DNSCrypt servers for encrypting your DNS traffic before you connect Transparent .onion/.i2p access Direct access to darknets Anti-leak protection keeping your real IP safeChecked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| P2P / torrenting allowed |
Yes
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- ##### 13. Do you allow BitTorrent/P2P/file-sharing? Yes.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Dedicated IP | unknown |
| Server ownership |
rented servers
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No, we lease our dedicated servers from data centers all over the world.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
Privacy
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| Sign-up needs |
no e-mail or phone number
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That's why we have a .onion and .i2p and why we accept Monero, so people can order an access token anonymously without providing any personal information.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Logging policy |
no logs
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On the node itself, logging is disabled for everythingChecked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Data stored per user | unknown |
| Connection data kept |
not stored
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| Login data kept |
up to 30 days
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We have no reason to maintain historical records of our web visitors, so those logs are rotated/deleted automatically after 2 weeks.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Payment data kept |
more than 30 days
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No matter what payment method you choose, the data we retain is always the same: email, token delivered, and a transaction ID provided by the payment processor.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Independent no-log audit |
No
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we thought we'd rewrite the old privacy policy and see if we could provide more (probably too many) technical details on exactly how the whole ordering/connecting process works, what's being logged, a...Checked Verified Check overdue · last 2 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 2 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| No-logs proven in a real case |
No
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No searches or seizures of any kind have ever been performed on cryptostorm assets.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| App telemetry | unknown |
| Tor onion site |
Yes
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| RAM-only servers |
No
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No, we lease our dedicated servers from data centers all over the world.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 2 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 2 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Open-source apps |
Yes
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(Source code available on our GitHub, hashes are here)Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Warrant canary |
Yes
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As of October 01 2026, cryptostorm has not received any National Security Letters or FISA court orders, and we have not been subject to any gag order(s) by a FISA court, or any other similar court(s)...Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
Payment
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BTC, ETH, XMR
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Fermi was manually processing XMR orders during that period, but it left only BitPay for BTC/ETH orders, and BitPay has gotten very... KYCey in recent years.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Payment chains |
Bitcoin, Ethereum
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Fermi was manually processing XMR orders during that period, but it left only BitPay for BTC/ETH orders, and BitPay has gotten very... KYCey in recent years.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
| Other payment methods |
card, PayPal
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credit card ☇ PayPal friendly pricing, quick access credit card ☇ CCBill supports most prepaid cardsChecked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
Promotions
What Cryptostorm offers itself: referral bonus, welcome bonus, running promotions and partner programme. Values of the provider, with source; no affiliate link in it.
Promotion
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Black Friday – Cyber Monday half-off sale
half-off all token durations
- Conditions:
- Recurring annual campaign: every token duration is half price from Black Friday to Cyber Monday; lifetime tokens are excluded from the sale.
or $844,000 if they wait for our yearly half-off sell we do every Black Friday to Cyber Monday)
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| Support channels |
email
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I hope this information is useful to anyone curious about how our systems work, and if you have any more questions that aren't answered here, feel free to email <[email protected]>.Checked Verified Check overdue · last 1 Nov 2026 Value wrong? Unchanged since 1 Nov 2026 What does [s] mean? |
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Brand on record since 08/2013
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archived capture: 2013-08-24
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Domain since 08/2013
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registration: 2013-08-16
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Company founded 2013
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When cryptostorm was founded in 2013 or so, the original idea was that Cryptofree would allow those who weren't ready for a financial commitment to test out our service
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VPN since 2013
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When cryptostorm was founded in 2013 or so, the original idea was that Cryptofree would allow those who weren't ready for a financial commitment to test out our service
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| Founded | 2013
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When cryptostorm was founded in 2013 or so, the original idea was that Cryptofree would allow those who weren't ready for a financial commitment to test out our serviceChecked Verified |
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| Headquarters | Iceland
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Decentralized organization roots in Iceland, entities worldwideChecked Verified |
VPN history
| VPN launched | 2013
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Transparency
Transparency 40 %
0 of 9 key values not published
- Imprint / company details: no
- Public fee schedule: no
- Terms and conditions: no
- Terms with version or date: unknown
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What users report
No community reports evaluated yet.
How the score is made up
5.5 of 10 · average
Weighted sum of the criteria, each 0 to 10 from proven values. A criterion without data is not scored and counts with the category median, not as 0.
Capped at 5.5: trust is low (young brand, little disclosure or incidents).
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No-logs & securityWeight 30 %1.9 of 3.0 points
logging policy, which data is stored per user (browsing and DNS data weigh most), how long connection and login data are kept, independent audit, no-logs proven in a real case, RAM-only servers and open-source apps (each counts only with proof), telemetry, post-quantum encryption
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AnonymityWeight 20 %1.6 of 2.0 points
what sign-up asks for (account number only, e-mail, phone), payment with Monero, how long payment data is kept
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TrustWeight 15 %0.8 of 1.5 points
company seat, incidents, company and service age, ownership, security audits, transparency
Trust in detail
- Incidents (12 months)Weight 10 % not scored
- Company age (up to 5 years)Weight 10 % 10.0
- Service on the market (up to 3 years)Weight 10 % 10.0
- Brand age (up to 3 years)Weight 15 % 10.0
- Domain historyWeight 10 % not scored
- OwnershipWeight 10 % not scored
- Security evidenceWeight 15 % not scored
- TransparencyWeight 10 % 4.0
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CostsWeight 10 %not scored counts with the median (1.0)
monthly or yearly plan, whichever is cheaper for one year
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FeaturesWeight 10 %0.6 of 1.0 points
own apps (weigh most), WireGuard and OpenVPN, kill switch, split tunneling, multihop, port forwarding, leak protection and own DNS, P2P, devices at once
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NetworkWeight 5 %not scored counts with the median (0.4)
server countries, number of servers
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CensorshipWeight 5 %0.5 of 0.5 points
obfuscated (stealth) connections that get through VPN blocks, e.g. in China, Iran or Russia
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CommunityWeight 5 %not scored counts with the median (0.3)
average ratings on App Store, Google Play and Trustpilot, damped, neutral with too little data
Alerts
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Changelog
Score
Before: 72.27After: 71.39Score
Before: 75.03After: 72.77New: Black Friday – Cyber Monday half-off sale.
Score
Before: 71.03After: 75.03Market launch: January 1, 2013.
Headquarters: Iceland.
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Before: 74.92After: 71.03Score
Before: 64.99After: 74.92
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