A founder and six specialists, one rule: nothing gets a score until we've used it with our own money. Every review carries the byline of the person who ran the test, and a second editor fact-checks every piece before it publishes.
Holding and using bitcoin since 2017. Has personally set up, funded, and recovered 30+ hardware wallets, and run the withdrawal test on every exchange we review. Former fintech risk analyst.
Hardware wallets
Self-custody
Exchange security
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Covering bitcoin markets since 2019; has tracked every spot ETF flow report since the funds launched in January 2024. Five years on a wire-service markets desk before going full-time on bitcoin.
Bitcoin ETFs
Market structure
Daily news
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Licensed electrician and former power-systems engineer, mining at home since 2020. Every ASIC we review hashes for 30 days on her own rack — measured watts and noise, not spec-sheet numbers.
ASIC miners
Home mining
Energy & hashrate
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Practicing CPA preparing crypto tax returns since 2018. Has opened, funded, and rolled over real accounts at every bitcoin IRA provider we review; tax guidance cites the specific IRS source, dated.
Bitcoin IRAs
Taxes
Estate planning
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Former quant developer who has run his own full node and UTXO-level analysis pipeline since 2019. Reads the chain the way Marisol reads the flow ledger: every claim traced to a transaction, address cluster, or cohort chart you can verify.
On-chain data
Holder cohorts
Exchange flows
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Covered fintech and consumer payments for six years before going bitcoin-only. Tests every on-ramp, rewards card, and gift-card product with her own purchases — receipts, fees, and fine print in every story.
Consumer on-ramps
Payments
Merchant adoption
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