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.