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HushSMS

From nothing to a working number in under a minute.

No account to create, no document to upload, no support ticket to wait on. Here is exactly what happens, including the parts most providers do not describe.

Quick answer

You pick a country and a term, pay a cryptocurrency invoice, and HushSMS provisions a carrier-allocated line in about 41 seconds. No identity document, name, address or payment card is collected at any point. Inbound SMS appears in a browser panel and on your webhook simultaneously, and message bodies are deleted after 24 hours by default.
  1. 1

    Pick a country

    Choose from 68 countries and pick mobile or landline. Live inventory, no waitlist.

  2. 2

    Choose a term

    One month to one year. Longer terms cost less per month. No setup fee at any term.

  3. 3

    Pay in crypto

    An OxaPay invoice opens with your chosen asset. One confirmation and we provision.

  4. 4

    Use the number

    Your panel opens instantly. Messages appear as they land, and hit your webhook at the same time.

Retention

What we hold, and for how long

The honest version. Every row here is a deliberate design decision, not an accident of implementation.

DataDo we hold it?For how long
Identity documentNoNever collected — no field exists
Name and addressNoNever collected
Payment card / bankNoCryptocurrency only
Email addressOnly if you give oneDeleted with the order
Country, line type, termYesLife of the order
Payment confirmationYes7 years (accounting)
Message bodiesYes24 hours by default
Call metadataYes30 days
IP addressIn memory onlyRotated hourly, never on disk

Plumbing

How the plumbing works

A phone number is a routing entry, not a physical object. A carrier allocates a block of numbers from the national numbering plan and points the routing entry for each one at a destination. Usually that destination is a mobile switching centre and, eventually, a SIM card. For a virtual line it is a gateway.

When someone texts your number, the message crosses the same SS7 or SMPP path any other SMS would. It reaches our gateway, which pushes it to your panel over a server-sent event and POSTs it to your webhook at the same moment, signed with HMAC-SHA256. Median end-to-end latency is under two seconds.

Voice works the same way: the call terminates at a SIP endpoint we operate and is bridged to whatever destination you configured — another number, a SIP address of your own, or voicemail.

None of this is exotic. It is how every business that receives SMS at scale has worked for twenty years. The only unusual part of what we do is declining to ask who you are first.

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FAQ

Process questions

How fast is the number live?
Median time from confirmed payment to a working line is 41 seconds. Provisioning is fully automated — there is no manual review queue and no business-hours dependency.
What is a no-KYC phone number?
A no-KYC phone number is a real, working phone line you activate without submitting any identity document, name, address or payment card. It is allocated from a carrier's range inside a country's national numbering plan, receives SMS and voice calls like any other line, and is paid for in cryptocurrency. The only thing missing is the paperwork.
Are these real numbers or VoIP relays?
They are real numbers allocated from carrier ranges in each country's national numbering plan. That distinction matters: verification systems check submitted numbers against range databases and treat mobile-range allocations differently from VoIP blocks. We sell from mobile ranges, which is why our acceptance rates are what they are.
Do I need an account?
No. Checkout asks for an email only so we can send the panel link, and you can decline even that — choose the no-email option and we show a one-time access token instead. There is no registration step, no password and no profile.
How fast is the number live?
Median time from confirmed payment to a working line is 41 seconds. Provisioning is fully automated — there is no manual review queue and no business-hours dependency.
How many countries do you cover?
68 countries at present, across Europe, North and South America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Each country page lists the real numbering-plan data — dial code, mobile prefixes and geographic codes — so you can confirm the format before buying.
Can I send SMS as well as receive?
Two-way SMS is included on every line at every term, not an upgrade. Several providers in this category sell receive-only lines without saying so until you try to reply.
Can I buy just one verification code?
Yes. One-shot codes start at $0.29 and the number is released the moment the code lands. Use them for accounts you will never touch again — but if the service can re-verify later (WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Apple), rent the line instead, or you will lose the account when it asks again.

Sources

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