We Fund Privacy, We Do Not Just Sell It
PikaSim is built for the crypto and privacy communities, so we give back to the infrastructure those communities depend on. We run free public services that anyone can use, no account, no payment, no strings attached. A no-logs Monero remote node so you never have to trust a stranger's wallet backend, and a Tor relay donating bandwidth to keep the anonymity network fast and resilient.
Why We Run Free Infrastructure
Privacy is not a feature you can buy off a shelf. It only exists because real people and organizations donate the servers, bandwidth, and time that keep the networks alive. We accept Monero, we publish a Tor hidden service, and we never collect your email or run KYC. Operating public nodes is the natural extension of that: contributing the same infrastructure we ourselves rely on.
You do not need to be a PikaSim customer. These services are open to the whole community, no account or payment required.
Our public node does not keep request logs that could be used to link you to a transaction. The same no-logs principle behind our eSIM service applies here.
Our node and relay are published on community-maintained lists so the people who need them can find them and verify they are real.
We run a full Monero node for payments and publish a Tor hidden service. Sharing that capacity with the community costs us little and gives back a lot.
Free Public Monero Node
Running your own Monero node is the most private way to use XMR, but syncing the full blockchain takes time and disk space most people do not have. The alternative is a remote node, but then you are trusting whoever runs it not to log your IP and transactions. We run a public remote node you can point your wallet at, with no logging of the requests that pass through it.
No-Logs Remote Node
Point Cake Wallet, Monerujo, Feather, or the official Monero GUI at our node and sync instantly. We do not log the addresses, amounts, or IPs that pass through.
Separate From Payments
The public node runs on its own dedicated instance, isolated from the monerod that settles PikaSim payments. Community traffic never touches our payment infrastructure.
Always Synced
Our node stays fully synced to the tip of the chain and is monitored around the clock, so your wallet always sees current balances and can broadcast transactions reliably.
Listed on monero.fail
We submit our node to the community node lists so you can find it, check its uptime, and verify it independently rather than taking our word for it.
Connect Your Wallet
Add our node as a custom remote node in your Monero wallet's settings:
node.pikasim.com:18089
Coming soon. This page will list the live address and port the moment the node is published. Check our X account or Matrix space for the announcement.
Tor Relay: Donating Bandwidth to Anonymity
The Tor network keeps millions of people safe, journalists, activists, researchers, and anyone who simply refuses to be tracked. It runs entirely on volunteer-operated relays. We run a relay that donates bandwidth to the network, helping route traffic faster and more reliably for everyone who depends on it.
Bandwidth for the Network
Our relay forwards encrypted Tor traffic between other nodes. Every relay added makes the network faster and harder to deanonymize through traffic analysis.
Listed on Tor Metrics
Our relay PikaSim is published on the official Tor Metrics directory with its nickname, uptime, and contact info. Verifiable proof we contribute, not just a claim on a webpage.
We Already Speak Tor
PikaSim runs a Tor hidden service so you can reach us anonymously. Operating a relay extends that commitment from our own site to the wider network.
Long-Term Commitment
Relays are only useful when they stay up. Ours is funded and monitored as permanent infrastructure, not a weekend experiment that disappears.
Verify Our Relay
Our relay is live. Look it up on the official Tor Metrics directory by its permanent fingerprint:
0EFB7322FFE2EA4174965687C368D322B8170E7D
Live, nicknamed PikaSim. View it on Tor Metrics. New relays take a few hours to first appear and a few days to carry full traffic.
Talk Is Cheap. Infrastructure Is Not.
Plenty of companies put "privacy" in their marketing. Far fewer actually spend money on the networks that make privacy possible. Here is the difference between saying it and doing it:
| Privacy Commitment | Most "Privacy" Brands | PikaSim |
|---|---|---|
| Accepts crypto | Via a third-party processor | Self-hosted BTCPay Server |
| Accepts Monero | Swapped to BTC by a swap API | Native, full node, no swap |
| Runs a public Monero node | No | Yes, free and no-logs |
| Donates to the Tor network | No | Yes, runs a live relay |
| Reachable over Tor | Rarely | Tor hidden service |
| Collects your email | Almost always | Never |
| Warrant canary | No | Yes, updated monthly |
Free Infrastructure FAQ
Do I need a PikaSim account to use the node?
No. We do not have accounts at all, and our public infrastructure is open to everyone. Just point your Monero wallet at our node address. No sign-up, no payment, no identification.
Do you log my Monero transactions?
No. The public node does not keep request logs that could link your IP to transactions. For maximum privacy you can also reach it over Tor, and of course running your own full node is always the strongest option.
Is the public node the same one you use for payments?
No. The community node runs on a separate, dedicated instance. It is fully isolated from the node that settles PikaSim payments, so public traffic never affects order processing.
What kind of Tor relay do you run?
A relay that forwards traffic inside the network and donates bandwidth to keep Tor fast and resilient. You can find it on the official Tor Metrics directory once it is published.
How do I verify these services are real?
Both are listed on independent, community-maintained directories: the Monero node on community node lists like monero.fail, and the Tor relay on Tor Metrics. You do not have to take our word for it.
Why give this away for free?
Because the privacy and crypto communities are built on shared infrastructure. We benefit from Tor and Monero every day. Contributing back is how the ecosystem stays healthy, and it is the kind of company we want to be.
Privacy You Can Actually Use
Buy an anonymous eSIM with crypto, pay in Monero, reach us over Tor, and use the same infrastructure we share with the community. No account, no email, no trace.