Web Updates — August 2026

The biggest month of shipping since LNVPS launched: a new product line, two new ways to log in, on-chain Bitcoin, discount codes, live support chat, and a lot more.

10% off for the next 7 days: BLOG10

Use BLOG10 at checkout for 10% off VPS renewals, new VMs and managed apps. Valid until 27 August 2026, no limit on how often you use it.

Discount codes are new this month — you will find the box at checkout, and the saving shows on your invoice and payment history.

Managed Apps

One-click hosted apps: you get a running service on a URL, we run everything underneath it. Browse the catalog at lnvps.net/apps.

• Deploy in one form — pick a region, name it, done
• Point your own domain at it
• Rename, reconfigure or resize any time, with credit for time already paid
• CPU, memory and storage use shown against your plan
• Start, stop and delete from the deployment page

New ways to log in

• Google sign-in — no Nostr key needed
• Passkeys — Face ID, Touch ID, Windows Hello or a hardware key
• Sign out everywhere, from account settings
• Tor — the site and API are on onion services:
  • Site: http://rheyodythpbwimdugzofiy5z5ofe4kvqhrxsmyxqy4e4hwf3aempncad.onion
  • API: http://rtcrcbworzub5uqtytjhap7q2l4jdoj7zu6nnq5rwu4pq6a467jx2tad.onion

Payments

• On-chain Bitcoin, alongside Lightning and card
• Saved cards and wallets, named, with a default of your choosing
• Automatic renewal, on by default for new VMs and off whenever you say
• Automatic Lightning refunds on cancelled VMs
• A VAT switch in the header, and correct EU tax handling on every invoice
• A clearer checkout, and unfinished payments can be resumed from your payment history

Your VMs

• Reinstall onto a different OS, from a redesigned picker
• Eight new operating systems: AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Alpine, NixOS, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Gentoo and Void Linux
• An SSH keys page, showing which machines use each key
• SSH host key fingerprints, so you can verify your server on first connect
• Choose your IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on custom builds
• A redesigned custom VPS order, built around storage first
• The real deletion date for an unrenewed VM, and advance warning if a host is being retired
• Faster disks on new VMs — existing ones pick this up on their next stop/start
• A working web console for Google and passkey accounts

Support

• Live chat with the LNVPS support agent, which can look at your account and start, stop or restart your machines. Extensions, refunds and deletions still go through email.
• Notifications, replacing the old Messages tab

Referrals

• Get paid by Lightning address, connected wallet or on-chain
• Set your own payout threshold
• See what each referral earned you
• Automatic payouts, counting everything you are owed together
• Leave the program whenever you like

Around the site

• New logo and brand
• New pages for Nostr relay, Blossom, Lightning node and Bitcoin node hosting, plus Ireland, London and Canada
• All of it in ten languages
• Old news posts stay online
• Better contrast on smaller text

Security

Rate-limited logins, expiring verification codes, revocable sessions, and single-use links behind the console and your invoices.

As always, thank you for using LNVPS — and don't forget BLOG10.