Silent Link
Shares rank 8 of 9 mobile phone plans by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Anonymous crypto payment, no KYC
“eSIM, global, variable pricing per country with per-GB billing, anonymous crypto payments and no KYC.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid” “Pay with crypto, works nearly all countries/networks, quite reasonably priced.”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones by Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers' IDs” “Accepts cryptocurrency and data doesn't expire.”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “Why is getting a cheap prepaid SIM card in the USA so complicated?” Per-gigabyte billing, data doesn't expire
“eSIM, global, variable pricing per country with per-GB billing, anonymous crypto payments and no KYC.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid” “Accepts cryptocurrency and data doesn't expire.”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “Why is getting a cheap prepaid SIM card in the USA so complicated?” “pay by the gigabyte with no expiration date”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Phone is about to stop being yours” Works in nearly all countries
“eSIM, global, variable pricing per country with per-GB billing, anonymous crypto payments and no KYC.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid” “Pay with crypto, works nearly all countries/networks, quite reasonably priced.”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones by Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers' IDs”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Can seem a little slow
“It seems a little slow but otherwise fine.”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Donate to GrapheneOS”
Other mobile phone plans people recommend
The four most recommended other mobile phone plans, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Mobile | 31 | 2 | 94% | 9 | 1 yr6 owners | Approved |
| Google Fi | 26 | 20 | 57% | 9 | 9 yrs3 owners | — |
| Cape mobile cell service | 19 | 10 | 66% | 7 | — | — |
| Airalo eSIM | 16 | 9 | 64% | 5 | — | — |
| Silent LinkThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It seems a little slow but otherwise fine.”
“Pay with crypto, works nearly all countries/networks, quite reasonably priced.”
“pay by the gigabyte with no expiration date”
“Accepts cryptocurrency and data doesn't expire.”
“eSIM, global, variable pricing per country with per-GB billing, anonymous crypto payments and no KYC.”
“a data-only roaming plan like silent.link is enough”
“This is easy in the U.S. with cash in a store, or online (silent.link).”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.