Introducing private Dash payments for NymVPN

Private payments for private browsing with the world's most private VPN

September 3, 20253 mins read

At Nym, we believe privacy isn’t just one layer, it needs to be every layer. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that you can now pay for NymVPN using Dash, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency designed for fast, secure, and optional anonymity.

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NymVPN meets Dash: Payments with real privacy

When you pay for NymVPN with Dash, here’s what happens behind the scenes:

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Nym then generates a unique Dash address and (optionally) allows you to use PrivateSend mixing
You send your Dash — using PrivateSend if you wish.
Transactions confirm in seconds via InstantSend
You then generate an anonymous credential (or seed phrase) protected by zk-nyms
Add this credential to your NymVPN app, and voila!

No identity is linked to your purchase: neither your personal email nor financial metadata.

It’s the kind of privacy-by-design Nym champions: no extra steps, no personal info, and no tracking.

What is Dash?

Dash, short for Digital Cash, is a cryptocurrency born in 2014 as a fork of the Bitcoin protocol. It evolved from XCoin to Darkcoin before becoming Dash in 2015. Dash brings three powerful enhancements over Bitcoin:

Benefit	How
Speed	Thanks to InstantSend, transactions can settle in seconds.
Real privacy (optional)	With PrivateSend, Dash offers built-in CoinJoin‑style mixing, letting users obscure their transaction trails when they choose to.
Community‑led governance & funding	A portion of each block reward (typically around 10 %) goes into a treasury that funds community‑driven development, voted on by masternode operators.

In short, Dash is designed to be practical for everyday use: fast, affordable, and adaptable to privacy needs.

Why Dash matters for privacy enthusiasts

Privacy isn’t one‑size‑fits‑all, and Dash reflects that:

PrivateSend is optional, so you decide when you need anonymity. That flexibility makes Dash practical as well as private.
Built into the protocol, PrivateSend uses masternodes to mix coins without relying on third‑party services — eliminating another point of failure or surveillance.
Dash is one of the top privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies (alongside Monero and Zcash), offering strong protection while still being widely usable.
The combination of optional anonymity, fungibility (coins lose transaction history), and fast confirmations makes Dash a great choice for privacy‑aware users paying for services like NymVPN.

Not just privacy, but crypto security

Traditional payment methods — credit cards, PayPal, or even standard crypto transactions — carry metadata that can expose your identity or usage patterns.

But Dash + PrivateSend unlocks key advantages:

Benefit	How
Fungibility	Mixed Dash coins are indistinguishable — like history doesn’t cling to them.
Decentralized mixing	Removes centralized intermediaries and surveillance risks.
Instant confirmations	Reduce the window for transaction tracking or interference.

And paired with NymVPN's Noise Generating Mixnet, you can mix your financial metadata before mixing your traffic data to fight surveillance!

For privacy advocates, journalists, activists, or anyone concerned about surveillance, paying invisibly can make all the difference.

What’s next?

By accepting Dash, Nym is extending NymVPN’s privacy-first philosophy into another financial layer. But this is just the beginning:

We plan to support more privacy coins that offer similar or complementary protections. And we’ll continue improving the onboarding experience to make private crypto payments as smooth as possible.

At Nym, we’re committed to safeguarding user privacy at every level: network traffic, identity, and now financial transactions. Privacy coins like Dash are crucial for protecting the metadata that links payer to service.

Welcome to the next chapter of privacy: your VPN, your payment, your control.