Obscura VPN, built by a team led by Bitcoin Core developer Carl Dong, uses a two-party relay architecture that splits a user's identity from their traffic across two independent operators: Obscura's own servers and an exit hop run by Mullvad. Connections run WireGuard tunneled over QUIC to Obscura's server, which relays the still-encrypted WireGuard packets to Mullvad without being able to decrypt them, while Mullvad never sees the user's real IP address. The design avoids account emails, offers WireGuard-compatible configs for non-native platforms, and accepts Bitcoin Lightning and Monero payments; the source code is published on GitHub. https://obscura.com/#faq-technical #InfoSec #Privacy #Cryptography #DigitalRights