What you can run on offshore hardware

Each solution below is a workload we explicitly support, sized to specific plan tiers, and aligned with the jurisdictions that fit. No marketing fluff — these are the deployments our customers actually run.

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Pick a workload, pick a jurisdiction

Two questions decide the shape of your BitVPS deployment: what are you running, and where does it need to live legally?

The workload determines the plan tier. Tor relays and VPN gateways do well on a $8.50/mo VPS Starter — they are bandwidth-heavy and CPU-light. Bitcoin and Monero full nodes need 6 vCPU and 16 GB RAM minimum (VPS Business or Pro), with 400 GB+ NVMe for the chain. Mail servers want low contention and a clean-IP allocation; Matrix homeservers want fast disk and predictable latency. Dedicated servers come into play for Lightning routing, large seedboxes, simulation/rendering and anything I/O-bound — typically $39.50 – $299.50/mo depending on CPU class.

The jurisdiction determines what is permitted and what is structurally hard to coerce. Iceland and Romania are our most permissive — Tor exits, adult content, controversial publishing all welcome. Switzerland excels for privacy-sensitive mainstream workloads (mail, Matrix, Bitcoin nodes). Netherlands offers the fastest peering and good safe-harbour case law. Each card below opens a dedicated page with the recommended plan tier and the two-or-three jurisdictions that fit best.

Catalog

Pick the workload, we handle the network

Each card opens a dedicated page with sizing recommendations, jurisdiction picks, pricing, and a sysadmin-grade FAQ.

Tor relay & exit hosting

Tor relay

Self-hosted VPN server

VPN server

Self-hosted mail server

Mail server

Bitcoin full node

Bitcoin node

Monero full node

Monero node

Lightning Network node

Lightning node

Matrix homeserver hosting

Matrix homeserver

Game server hosting

Game server

Offshore seedbox

Seedbox

Dev sandbox / CI runners

Dev sandbox

Reading

Comparing options first?

11 long-form guides for buyers — VPS vs dedicated, jurisdiction picks, payment flow, and more.

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FAQ

Workloads & jurisdictions — frequently asked

What we allow, where to host it, and the rare cases where we refuse — answered without hedging.

Which workload should I pick for anonymity?

For anonymity-critical workloads — Tor relays, VPN gateways, mixnet nodes, Monero remote nodes — pick a BitVPS VPS in Iceland (REYKJAVIK) or Romania (BUCHAREST). Both jurisdictions explicitly allow Tor traffic, neither participates in 14-Eyes data sharing, and both datacenters peer with anonymity-friendly transit. Combine with our /solutions/tor-relay/ or /solutions/vpn-server/ pages for plan sizing. Pay in Monero for end-to-end unlinkability between identity and infrastructure.

Can I run X without KYC? (X = adult content, Tor exit, mining proxy)

Yes — adult content, Tor relays including exits, and mining-pool proxies are all permitted on BitVPS without identity verification. Adult content needs no special arrangement; Tor exits should announce a reduced-exit policy and respond to the rare legitimate-abuse notice within 48 hours; mining proxies pose no special concern beyond ordinary bandwidth bills. CSAM, credible threats and active phishing campaigns get terminated regardless. Everything else stays up.

Do you allow Tor exit nodes?

Yes, explicitly — Tor exit nodes are a first-class supported workload on BitVPS, not a tolerated edge case. Read /solutions/tor-relay/ for the recommended exit policy template, the abuse-handling playbook and the IP allocation pattern that keeps your exit off most blocklists. Iceland and Romania are our preferred exit jurisdictions; Switzerland is fine for relays but middle-only by default. Reverse DNS is editable from the panel without a ticket.

Which jurisdictions allow which workloads?

Iceland and Romania are the most permissive — Tor exits, adult content, controversial publishing, sanctioned-but-legal content all welcome. Switzerland is excellent for privacy-sensitive but mainstream content (mail, Matrix, Bitcoin nodes); we ask Tor exits stay in Iceland or Romania for transit reasons. Netherlands has fast carrier-grade peering and good case law for hosting safe harbours but is in the EU regulatory zone. See /guides/choosing-a-jurisdiction/ for the full matrix.

Do you allow seedboxes / torrents?

Yes. Seedboxes (private and public-tracker), BitTorrent nodes, IPFS pinning and DHT-style peer-to-peer workloads are all permitted on BitVPS. /solutions/seedbox/ is the dedicated landing with sizing — VPS Growth or Business is the typical pick for trackers, with Romania or Iceland for jurisdiction. DMCA notices are logged for transparency and ignored; legitimate-abuse notices (CSAM, malware distribution) get a 48-hour response window. No throttling, no bandwidth surprises.

Not sure where to start? Pick by jurisdiction

If the legal posture matters more than the workload, browse our 4 jurisdictions first. The hardware specs follow from there.

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