Somehow this one never reached primal users. Virtual Private Node v0.6.0 is live. Coin control for channel opens. One UTXO in, one channel out. No change output linking your channels on-chain. Blinded paths. SCID alias. Taproot channels. Tor-only. Coin control. All on by default. https://github.com/ripsline/virtual-private-node/releases/tag/v0.6.0

How back are they?

All Virtual Private Node runners can easily audit the Bitcoin supply.

3. It's cute.

Virtual Private Node v0.6.0 is live. Coin control for channel opens. One UTXO in, one channel out. No change output linking your channels on-chain. Blinded paths. SCID alias. Taproot channels. Tor-only. Coin control. All on by default. https://github.com/ripsline/virtual-private-node/releases/tag/v0.6.0

https://github.com/ripsline/virtual-private-node

There are many reasons to run a lightning node on a VPS. Aside from those, not everyone is or wants to be a sysadmin. What you are describing is StartTunnel (WireGuard). If you are going to rent a VPS anyway, it is generally safer to run the node on the VPS rather than at home.

⚡️ Virtual Private Node v0.5.0 Built to run a full Lightning node on as little hardware as possible. LndHub's RAM cost didn't earn its place. Removed LndHub to free resources for an exciting new Add-on. If you installed LndHub, see the release notes: https://github.com/ripsline/virtual-private-node/releases/tag/v0.5.0