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Mullvad VPN adds Lightning payments
3335 sats \ 29 comments \ @megaptera 23 Jan lightning

You can now use lightning to pay for the Mullvad VPN which adds another layer of privacy to this provider.

Seems they run a private node which is only routing through the Kraken node.

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317 sats \ 7 replies \ @79c9095526 23 Jan

I've always paid for mullvad with lightning using: https://vpn.sovereign.engineering/

They also have a tor site: http://soveng42aj6ynynkqeyut2dwnmwou45epfpuwvjy2t45fpxn3dk2ymad.onion/

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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 23 Jan

This guy might go out of business once Mullvad's lightning payments are out of beta :/

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200 sats \ 0 replies \ @flower 23 Jan

he's a legend and working on his own vpn. https://obscura.net/

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @megaptera OP 23 Jan

yeah, true :( I don't know if this was a good business to be honest.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 23 Jan

I think it was just a side venture anyway

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @megaptera OP 23 Jan

yep. Was helpful anyway. Way easier and more private to pay with LN.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @af1f6f3e17 23 Jan

Yeah, but that's not directly...

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @megaptera OP 23 Jan

you can get a voucher there which is also quite nice.

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73 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 23 Jan

Thanks for sharing, it's good to know, although in my particular case I happily pay for the VPN via 🥷

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1 sat \ 6 replies \ @af1f6f3e17 23 Jan

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22 sats \ 3 replies \ @john_doe 23 Jan

Try again I my side it works

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @af1f6f3e17 23 Jan

the problem persists, were you using the onion domain too?

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @john_doe 23 Jan

Ah no, I was using the clearnet url.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @af1f6f3e17 23 Jan

i see, thanks for the info

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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @beorange 23 Jan

Channel capacity exhausted?

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @af1f6f3e17 23 Jan

no idea what the issue is

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @af1f6f3e17 23 Jan

Amazing, we need more services offering LN payments

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @humhmad 25 Jan freebie

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zenul_Abidin 24 Jan

I help people set up Lightning nodes, so if you're interested in this, send me a DM on Nostr. Or X.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @daum3ns 24 Jan

Thanks this reminded me that i have to top up 😂

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guts 23 Jan

Love Mullvad

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cascdr 23 Jan

FINALLY

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @john_doe 23 Jan

Nice, thanks for sharing. I was using ivpn when needed but will try Mullvad.

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 23 Jan

It's a good start.

Why run it through Kraken though?

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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @CruncherDefi 23 Jan

Why not? Obviously they won't be opening channels to every client they have. And they need to decide on SOMEONE to peer with. So the good choice is picking someone with a lot of liquidity and good connectivity - like exchange.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @megaptera OP 23 Jan

Of course not to every client. But would be nice if they had a public node where clients can open channels to them.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @megaptera OP 23 Jan

From what I could see is that they run their own private node but behind the Kraken node. Don't know why it is not public (yet).

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @charonnakamoto 23 Jan

This is great news. However, I am unable to select the number of months. I can only purchase one months extension using LN right now.

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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @megaptera OP 23 Jan

Maybe that is because of the beta phase.

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