When you choose that option, we send Bitpay a local '@cryptostorm.is' email address for the order, because Bitpay requires an email address, and since we host our email on the same server as this website, the email never leaves for the internet.<br> At the moment, we can't offer the same option for PayPal orders due to limitations in the PayPal IPN, nor can we offer it for CoinPayments.net orders due to the amount of time it generally takes for most of those alternative cryptocurrencies to confirm the transaction.<br> The tokens used by the automated delivery process come from a simple flat database that is manually loaded after minting the tokens on a separate server that holds the authentication database.<br> Again, if for some reason you want your token/email removed from our delivery log or it's offsite/encrypted backup, just email support@cryptostorm.is and ask.<br> <br> The third step, once a customer has their token, is connecting to cryptostorm.<br> Whenever a customer connects to any node, that node will authenticate the provided token by connecting to a separate/dedicated web server that hosts an API that accesses the actual authentication database running on the same server.<br> That authentication database is a simple MySQL database that uses the following columns: