Services

NOTE: This list is abandoned and wildly out of date, please do not rely on it for anything.

This is a list of online services, that are probably better than the alternatives. This list is managed by bearbin, and please contact me@bearbin.net for additions or corrections. I use almost all of these services myself, although there are a few that I do not so I can vouch for the reliability and quality of the service.

I have included affiliate links for some services, although if you don't want to support the creation and maintenace of this list, you can click the "[noaff]" links instead. For some services, eg Coinbase [noaff], using an affiliate link gives you a bonus (in the case of Coinbase, $5 free if you purchase $100 of Bitcoin).

All entries are listed in alphabetical order. To be included in this list, services must:

• Be better than the competition in their segment.
• Have reasonable prices.
• Display a reasonable level of transparency.
• Be responsive to user queries and complaints.

Services should also stand up for their users if something goes wrong, although this is not essential to be included.

1. Backup Services
2. Bitcoin Exchanges
3. Bitcoin Merchant Services
4. Bitcoin Wallets
5. CDN Services
6. Domain Registration
7. DNS Hosting
8. DNS Resolution
9. Email
10. Email Sending
11. Servers (dedicated)
12. Servers (virtual)
13. Web Hosting Services

Backup Services

• Backblaze [noaff] - Unlimited backup for $5 a month.
• Tarsnap - Encrypted, de-duped backups where you control the keys. (my number 2 service)

Bitcoin Exchanges

• Coinbase [noaff] - Reliable US-based system for buying or selling Bitcoin. (Their wallet system is not the best however, there are often delays while they warm up cold storage).

Bitcoin Merchant Services

• BitPay - Low fee Bitcoin processing with fiat cashout if needed.

Bitcoin Wallets

• Blockchain.info My Wallet - Javascript wallet app with 2FA.

CDN Services

• CloudFlare - Free and paid CDN with easy setup.

Domain Registration

• None yet, email any suggestion to me@bearbin.net. (NFSN is a webhost that provides domain registration, but it is not their core business).

DNS Hosting

• None yet, email any suggestion to me@bearbin.net.

DNS Resolution

• Google Public DNS - Fast, free and better than your ISP's. (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)

Email

Note: I have not used any of these services, so please send me your comments to me@bearbin.net.

• FastMail.fm - "Fast, Reliable Webmail"

Email Sending

• Amazon S3 - Cheap, fast and easy to get started with. Not many extra features though.

Servers (dedicated)

• OVH - "Budget" dedicated servers, great network with free DDOS protection.

Servers (virtual)

IMPORTANT NOTE: It's extremely hard to find a perfect virtual server provider, but these are the best there are IMO.

• Digital Ocean [noaff] - Cheap VPS provider, "cloud". Good support too, and hourly billing.
• RamNode [noaff] - High quality VPS with great support and a good price.

Web Hosting Services

• NearlyFreeSpeech.net - A web host that protects your freedom of speech, with billing by the byte and proper support for a small fee. (my number one service)