The provenance and concept look fine; the claim to be the first decentralized VPN rings a bit hollow when TOR predates it by decades. That in itself makes me question the other claims more than I would if they just stuck to “properly decentralized” or similar. Celebrity sponsorship also rings warning bells for me.

But then, using a VPN for privacy purposes seems odd to me too — unless you own both ends of the tunnel.

I’ve tried it. It’s very slow. The app on iOS has two “modes” to choose from when connecting. One is labelled “Fast (Wireguard)” and the other is labelled “Anonymous (Mixnet)”. The “Fast” mode is still two hops so it takes forever to establish a connection. You get to choose the entry and exit nodes though. The “Mixnet” is 5 hops. Slow af. Barely useable at all.

So it's TOR but built using wireguard and an attached crypto wallet?

Still don't get any everyone likes to pay for honeypots