$ ls /usr/share/doc/xmrhost/guide
[$ ] Guide — practical customer-side walkthroughs
// NAME
guide — 6 customer-side walkthroughs. Practical, threat-model-aware, with concrete plan recommendations. Distinct from /docs (operator runbooks), /notes (long-form essays), and /playbook (workload manpages) — guides are the page-format aimed at someone evaluating whether to buy.
// GUIDES
$ ls -la /guide
-
/guide/how-to-host-a-website-anonymously
How to host a website anonymously
Three-tier threat-model guide — casual, moderate, strict. Payment rail, OpSec, hosting setup per tier.
// audience: anyone evaluating anonymity-targeting hosting
-
How to choose the best offshore VPS in 2026
Methodology — 9 evaluation criteria. Apply to any provider; xmrhost.io scoring as a worked example.
// audience: anyone comparing offshore providers
-
How to buy a VPS with Monero (XMR)
Step-by-step — no-KYC on-ramp, wallet pick, order, OxaPay checkout, provisioning. First-time XMR buyers included.
// audience: Monero-paying customers
-
How to buy a VPS with Bitcoin (BTC + Lightning)
Step-by-step — same flow as Monero but with the chain-analytics caveat. When BTC is fine, when to use Monero instead.
// audience: BTC-paying customers
-
/guide/host-securedrop-affordably
Hosting SecureDrop affordably
Hardware + jurisdiction requirements, three-machine topology, deployment, ~$50-80/mo budget reality. Hush Line alternative covered.
// audience: small newsrooms, investigative journalists
-
/guide/offshore-hosting-for-journalists
Offshore hosting for journalists and small newsrooms
Four workloads (CMS, SecureDrop, Matrix, archive) — topology, jurisdiction, cost. Sister to the SecureDrop-specific guide.
// audience: newsrooms, independent journalists
// SEE ALSO
$ ls /usr/share/doc/xmrhost
- /docs — operator runbooks (provisioning, hardening, ssh).
- /notes — long-form essays, threat-model write-ups.
- /playbook — workload manpages.
- /node — full plan catalog.
- /threat-models — per-workload threat-model dossiers.