# Silent Link

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Silent Link and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for global eSIM data billed per gigabyte with no expiry, anonymous crypto payment and no KYC. Most common caveat: it can seem a little slow.

## Why people recommend it

- Anonymous crypto payment, no KYC (3 comments): "eSIM, global, variable pricing per country with per-GB billing, anonymous crypto payments and no KYC." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47148306)) "Pay with crypto, works nearly all countries/networks, quite reasonably priced." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468472)) "Accepts cryptocurrency and data doesn't expire." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185511))
- Per-gigabyte billing, data doesn't expire (3 comments): "eSIM, global, variable pricing per country with per-GB billing, anonymous crypto payments and no KYC." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47148306)) "Accepts cryptocurrency and data doesn't expire." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185511)) "pay by the gigabyte with no expiration date" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47938977))
- Works in nearly all countries (2 comments): "eSIM, global, variable pricing per country with per-GB billing, anonymous crypto payments and no KYC." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47148306)) "Pay with crypto, works nearly all countries/networks, quite reasonably priced." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468472))

## What people warn about

- Can seem a little slow (1 comments): "It seems a little slow but otherwise fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49089743))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [US Mobile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/us-mobile.md): 31 recommend
- [Google Fi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-fi.md): 26 recommend
- [Cape mobile cell service](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cape.md): 19 recommend
- [Airalo eSIM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airalo.md): 16 recommend
- [Mint Mobile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mint-mobile.md): 15 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Silent Link", https://hackerapproved.com/p/silent-link/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).