VPN Services Accepting Bitcoin, Part 2 – TunnelBear and ShadeYouVPN

CoinTelegraph continues to review some of the top VPN services who accept payment in Bitcoins. Last time we covered Hide My Ass, which is arguably the largest name in the industry. Now we move on to some of the lesser-known options – TunnelBear and ShadeYouVPN.
TunnelBear
TunnelBear is a very accessible and beautifully designed VPN. A simple sign-up procedure requires you to enter your name, email address and a desired password. After that is done, all you have to do is confirm your email, and you’re good to go.
The company offers three possible tariff options:
Free – you can use the basic tunneling service for free with a 500MB monthly download limit (can be increased by an extra 1GB if you make a tweet about the company); Monthly subscription – unlimited access to all features for $6.99 a month; Yearly subscription – same as above, but at an upfront price of $49.99 ($4.16 a month). The payment options include Visa, MasterCard, American Express, jars of honey (yes, you read that right) and, of course, Bitcoin.
The VPN app itself is very simple: you choose either one of several available tunneling locations or just the closest tunnel, and turn it on with a single click. The connection is secured with AES-256 encryption, and a simple test on speedtest reveals that the app produces no more significant effect on latency/speed than you would expect from any other VPN.

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2016-07-05.