Question 1

Can I form an LLC without using my Social Security Number?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We offer EIN filing without an SSN through the IRS ITIN process. This takes longer than the SSN route — typically 6–12 weeks — but it means the IRS registration for your business entity has no tie to your Social Security Number. Combined with a Wyoming or New Mexico LLC (no public member names), this significantly reduces the paper trail linking your identity to your business.

Question 2

Can I pay for my LLC formation with DERO cryptocurrency?

Accepted Answer

Yes. DERO payment is available for formation — it's one of the reasons we built this platform. DERO is a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency that uses fully encrypted transaction data on-chain, unlike Bitcoin (pseudonymous) or Ethereum (pseudonymous). A DERO payment for formation means the transaction funding your LLC has no link to your identity. Ghost Path mode uses DERO payment as the primary mechanism for identity-minimized formation.

Question 3

What is the Ghost Path formation?

Accepted Answer

Ghost Path is our identity-minimized formation workflow. You connect a DERO wallet, pay in DERO, and formation documents are delivered back to your wallet via end-to-end encryption (ECDH + XChaCha20 via HOLOGRAM). Default Privacy's server never sees your plaintext documents — they're encrypted to your wallet's public key. Your name, your address, and your payment all stay off our systems. This is not marketing copy; it's how the code actually works.

Question 4

Is forming an LLC actually a meaningful privacy step?

Accepted Answer

Yes, specifically a Wyoming or New Mexico LLC. Wyoming doesn't publish member names in any public registry. New Mexico has no annual report and no public member disclosure. The registered agent's address — not yours — appears on all state filings. This means your legal name does not appear in the Secretary of State's searchable public database. For people worried about data aggregation, this removes a major publicly-accessible data point. If a specific private contract later needs a named signer, nominee signing can add another layer on a per-document basis.

Question 5

How is this different from just using a PO Box?

Accepted Answer

A PO Box hides your street address. A privacy-first LLC structure keeps your personal name out of public business filings. They solve different problems. A Wyoming LLC with a registered agent means your name does not appear in the state's public business search as the owner of record. If a specific accepted transaction later needs a named signer, nominee signing can keep your name off that one document. The combination creates a structural identity gap, not just an address substitution.

Question 6

What about CBDCs — will an LLC protect my financial privacy?

Accepted Answer

An LLC under the current US banking system still requires a bank account. What the LLC does is add a layer between your personal financial identity and your business finances. For people who want less dependence on traditional rails, the stronger move is a privacy-first entity structure combined with privacy-preserving payment options where available. We accept DERO at checkout — no financial identity required for formation.

Question 7

Do you sell user data or share it with government agencies?

Accepted Answer

No, and we've published a Transparency Report that documents exactly what we collect, what we don't, our warrant canary status, and our disclosure policy. We also maintain a warrant canary — a publicly visible statement updated regularly confirming we have not received any compelled government data disclosure we cannot discuss. If the canary disappears, you'll know something changed.

You've seen where this is heading.Here's how to build outside it.

The systems being built around ordinary people

Surveillance capitalism

Central Bank Digital Currencies

Digital ID programs

Social credit scoring

What a privacy-first LLC structure actually removes from the public record

The Privacy Stack — how it fits together

Formation that doesn't know who you are

Pay with DERO

Connect a wallet

Encrypted delivery

The LLC is one layer. Infrastructure is another.

Most formation services aren't built for this

Free tools — no signup, nothing stored

Browser exposure check

LLC privacy audit

Threat model builder

Common questions

The infrastructure exists to opt out.