# How to Pay for a VPS with Bitcoin in 5 Steps Source: https://lyrahosting.com/blog/bitcoin-vps-servers-hosting-privacy-unlocked/ 1. [Home](https://lyrahosting.com/) 2. [Blog](https://lyrahosting.com/blog/) 3. How to Pay for a VPS with Bitcoin in 5 Steps Blog Written by [the LyraHosting technical team](https://lyrahosting.com/about-us/#team) · Reviewed by Erik, certified Linux system administrator (LFCS) · Published 28 Sept 2023 · Updated 7 Nov 2026 · 7 min read Paying for a VPS with Bitcoin works much like any other online payment in Bitcoin: you choose a plan, pick Bitcoin at checkout and send the amount shown from your wallet. Once the network confirms the payment, your server is set up and you get the login details. This guide explains the five steps, how network fees and confirmations work, what paying with Bitcoin does and doesn't do for your privacy, and why crypto payments aren't refundable. ## What a Bitcoin VPS is A Bitcoin VPS is an ordinary virtual private server that you pay for with Bitcoin. The server is the same as one paid for by card; only the payment is different. A Bitcoin server, or Bitcoin dedicated server, is a physical server paid for the same way. "Bitcoin hosting" can also mean hosting for mining hardware. This guide is not about mining: it is about paying for a server with Bitcoin. ## Why pay for a VPS with Bitcoin - No card or bank details in your hosting account. A card payment links your name, address and bank to your server. A Bitcoin payment keeps those details out of your hosting account. - No card needed. You pay from your wallet wherever you are, without a card that works abroad. - You send every payment yourself. Nobody can charge your wallet: you decide when to pay each invoice. It has limits too: a Bitcoin payment is not anonymous on its own, network fees change with demand, confirmation takes time, and a payment can't be reversed. The sections below explain each one. ## How to pay for a VPS with Bitcoin in 5 steps ### 1. Choose your VPS and check how you can pay Pick the type and size that fit what the server is for: a Linux VPS for websites, apps and VPN servers, a Windows VPS for Windows software, a storage VPS for backups and files, or a server with dedicated CPU and RAM for heavier work. Then check that the provider accepts Bitcoin for that plan, what its refund rules say about crypto payments, and whether you can test its network before you order. At LyraHosting, every plan can be paid with more than 50 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Monero (see our [Bitcoin hosting](https://lyrahosting.com/bitcoin-hosting/) page), and you can test our network from the looking glass on our [data center page](https://lyrahosting.com/datacenters/#network). ### 2. Set up a Bitcoin wallet A wallet holds the keys that let you spend your Bitcoin. The main kinds are: - mobile wallets: apps on your phone, handy for scanning a payment's QR code; - desktop wallets: programs on your computer that give you full control over your funds; - hardware wallets: small devices that keep your keys offline, one of the most secure ways to store Bitcoin; - exchange accounts: the exchange holds the coins for you, so it controls them. With a wallet you control, no third party can freeze your coins, but the backup is up to you. Write down the recovery phrase the wallet shows when you create it, keep it offline and private, and never type it into a website. If you lose both the device and the recovery phrase, nobody can get the coins back. ### 3. Get Bitcoin You can buy Bitcoin on a cryptocurrency exchange, from another person through a peer-to-peer platform, or at a Bitcoin ATM. Most exchanges verify your identity before you can buy, so coins bought there can be linked to you. Buy a little more than the price of your plan, because the network fee is paid on top of the amount you send. Then move the coins to your own wallet. If you pay straight from an exchange instead, check whether it takes a withdrawal fee from the amount it sends, so that the full amount arrives. ### 4. Order and pay at checkout Create an account with the provider, using an email address you check: the login details and invoices are sent there. At LyraHosting, private customers don't need to verify their identity; registered businesses complete a Know Your Business (KYB) check. Choose your plan, its billing cycle and the operating system, and go to checkout. Choose cryptocurrency as the payment method, then Bitcoin. The payment page shows a Bitcoin address and the exact amount to send, usually also as a QR code. Before you send: - send exactly the amount shown, to the address shown, on the Bitcoin network; - check the address: a payment sent to the wrong address can't be undone; - if the page shows a time limit, pay within it, because the amount in Bitcoin is worked out at the current exchange rate; - let your wallet set the network fee, or choose a higher one for a faster confirmation. The network fee goes to the miners who add transactions to the blockchain, not to the hosting provider. It depends on the size of the transaction in bytes and on how busy the network is, not on the amount you send. A fee below what the network is currently prioritizing can make the first confirmation take considerably longer. ### 5. Wait for confirmation and log in The payment gateway waits for the network to confirm your payment, which happens when the transaction is included in a new block. Blocks are added about every 10 minutes on average, but with no guaranteed minimum or maximum: a confirmation can come much sooner or much later. Each gateway decides how many confirmations it waits for. Once the payment is confirmed, the server is set up and the login details are sent to your email address. At LyraHosting, a VPS is provisioned as soon as the payment is confirmed. A dedicated server is usually ready within a few hours and within 24 hours at most, custom builds included. Keep the transaction ID (TXID) your wallet shows. If the payment doesn't appear after a while, look up the TXID in a block explorer to see whether it has been confirmed, and send it with your invoice number to our [sales and billing team](https://lyrahosting.com/contact-us/). ## Renewing a VPS you pay for with Bitcoin A Bitcoin payment can't be taken from your wallet automatically, so each renewal is a new invoice, sent to the email address on your account, that you pay yourself. At LyraHosting, an invoice has to be paid within three days of being sent, or the service can be suspended. You can pay monthly, every six months or yearly. A longer billing cycle means fewer payments and network fees, and on VPS, hybrid and dedicated server plans it also saves 5% for six months or 10% for a year. Because crypto payments aren't refundable, choose a cycle you are sure about. ## Does paying with Bitcoin keep you anonymous? Not on its own. [Every Bitcoin transaction is public](https://bitcoin.org/en/you-need-to-know), traceable and permanently stored on the blockchain. An address doesn't show your name, but it can be linked to you through other information, for example by an exchange that verified your identity when you bought the coins. Receive your coins on a new address each time, [as the Bitcoin project advises](https://bitcoin.org/en/protect-your-privacy), so your payments are harder to link to each other. For stronger payment privacy, pay with Monero, which we accept too. And however you pay, your content must be legal and follow our [Acceptable Use Policy](https://lyrahosting.com/acceptable-use-policy/). ## Why crypto payments aren't refundable A card payment can be reversed: the card issuer can take the money back with a chargeback. A confirmed Bitcoin transaction can't be cancelled or reversed. Only the person who received the coins could send them back, as a new transaction. Crypto payments to LyraHosting are never refundable. Orders paid another way, such as by card or PayPal, can be cancelled and refunded within 48 hours of the order, except for payments for domains, control-panel licenses or account credit (Add Funds). After 48 hours, you can cancel at any billing cycle, at least 4 days before it renews, in the client area, as our [Terms of Service](https://lyrahosting.com/terms-of-service/) explain. So before you pay with crypto, make sure the plan is the right one: compare the specs, test the network from our looking glass, and ask our sales team if anything is unclear. ## Pay for a VPS with Bitcoin at LyraHosting Every LyraHosting plan can be paid with more than 50 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Monero, through three payment gateways, or with PayPal, cards, bank transfer, UnionPay, Alipay and PIX. Private customers sign up without ID verification, and every plan runs in our data centers in the Netherlands with anti-DDoS protection included. - [Linux VPS](https://lyrahosting.com/offshore-linux-vps/): KVM, SSD storage, full root access and a dedicated IPv4 address, from €8.99 a month; - [Windows VPS](https://lyrahosting.com/offshore-windows-vps/): Windows Server with the license included, from €15.99 a month; - [storage VPS](https://lyrahosting.com/offshore-storage-vps/): 250 GB to 8 TB of storage for backups and files, from €7.99 a month; - [hybrid servers](https://lyrahosting.com/offshore-hybrid-server/): KVM with CPU and RAM reserved for you, from €49.99 a month; - [dedicated servers](https://lyrahosting.com/offshore-dedicated-servers/): a whole physical server, from €99 a month. See every plan you can pay for in crypto on our [Bitcoin VPS and dedicated servers](https://lyrahosting.com/bitcoin-hosting/) page. In this article 1. [What a Bitcoin VPS is](https://lyrahosting.com/blog/bitcoin-vps-servers-hosting-privacy-unlocked/#what-a-bitcoin-vps-is) 2. [Why pay for a VPS with Bitcoin](https://lyrahosting.com/blog/bitcoin-vps-servers-hosting-privacy-unlocked/#why-pay-for-a-vps-with-bitcoin) 3. [How to pay for a VPS with Bitcoin in 5 steps](https://lyrahosting.com/blog/bitcoin-vps-servers-hosting-privacy-unlocked/#how-to-pay-for-a-vps-with-bitcoin-in-5-steps) 4. [Renewing a VPS you pay for with Bitcoin](https://lyrahosting.com/blog/bitcoin-vps-servers-hosting-privacy-unlocked/#renewing-a-vps-you-pay-for-with-bitcoin) 5. [Does paying with Bitcoin keep you anonymous?](https://lyrahosting.com/blog/bitcoin-vps-servers-hosting-privacy-unlocked/#does-paying-with-bitcoin-keep-you-anonymous) 6. [Why crypto payments aren't refundable](https://lyrahosting.com/blog/bitcoin-vps-servers-hosting-privacy-unlocked/#why-crypto-payments-aren-t-refundable) 7. 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