So bitpay recently changed their payment protocol making it impossible for me to pay bitpay invoices by sending a direct payment to the address through my blockchain wallet.
the change you said probably protocol change to QR based payment.
check this thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2736694.msg28002200#msg28002200I don't think it has anything to do with blocking vpn and spying on your IP