Meet the team
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.
Jason Viscosi
FOUNDER & EDITOR
Miami-born designer who built and ran Costa Rica's largest North American-facing sportsbook, casino, and poker sites — and found bitcoin in 2017 when it solved his payment problem. He sets the testing standards and fact-checks every piece as second editor.
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Sam Okafor
Senior Editor, Wallets & Security
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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Marisol Vega
Markets Reporter, ETFs & News
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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Aisha Bennett
Mining & Hardware Editor
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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Rafael Ortiz
Retirement & Tax Editor, CPA
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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Derek Chu
On-Chain Analyst
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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Priya Raman
Payments & Adoption Reporter
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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FIRST-HAND TESTING
Our own money, real accounts, real hardware. Nothing is scored from a spec sheet.
SECOND-EDITOR CHECK
Every number verified against its source by a second editor before publishing. How we review →
FULL DISCLOSURE
Holdings disclosed per author; affiliate links never affect scores. Disclosure policy →