Nostr VPN Support

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Need help with Nostr VPN? Email nostrvpn@siriusbusiness.fi.

Get started with paid VPN access

Paid exits are experimental and available on macOS, Windows, Linux, and Android. iOS has no paid exits or wallet.

1. Install the app from Downloads, then open Internet and choose the manual paid option to browse providers.
2. Check your provider’s price and accepted Cashu mints. In Wallet, add a mint you trust that the provider accepts. A mint holds the Bitcoin backing your tokens.
3. Use the wallet’s Receive flow to create a Lightning invoice, or receive Cashu tokens from a compatible mint. Pay the invoice with your Lightning wallet.
4. Choose your provider and connect, or select the automatic paid option in Internet. The app funds a payment channel and meters your bandwidth as you use it.

Providers set their own rates. Both uploads and downloads count. Wallet and mint fees may apply in addition to bandwidth charges.

Paid connection or wallet trouble

• If no providers appear, refresh discovery and check your connection and relay settings.
• If you cannot buy, check that your wallet has funds at a mint the provider accepts.
• If funds are reserved in a channel, check its status and expiry. Settlement and recovery can require the mint to be available. Keep your wallet data until this completes.

Before contacting support

1. Confirm that the VPN permission is enabled in system settings.
2. Stop and restart the VPN from the Devices tab.
3. If a peer cannot connect, confirm that both devices use the intended network and that its signed join request was approved.

What to include

Include the app version, device model, operating-system version, what you expected, and what happened. Do not send private keys, wallet secrets, recovery material, or authentication credentials.

Privacy

Read the Nostr VPN Privacy Policy for details about VPN data and local storage.