Bitcoin.diy Editorial
Bitcoin self-custody educator. Hardware wallet reviewer. Not financial advisors — just people who use this stuff every day.
How We Review Products
Every hardware wallet, exchange, and tool reviewed on Bitcoin.diy is personally purchased and tested with real bitcoin. We don't accept free products from manufacturers. We don't publish reviews based on spec sheets. We buy it, set it up, use it for weeks, break things on purpose, and then write about it.
We Buy Everything
No free review units. No manufacturer sponsorships. Every product is purchased at retail price, same as you.
Real Testing
We send real transactions, run firmware updates, test backup and recovery, build multisig setups, and document what we find.
Honest Verdicts
If a product is bad, we say so. If something cheaper works better, we recommend the cheaper one. Trust is our business model.
Our Background
We've been in the Bitcoin space since the early days. We've lost money on exchanges that went bankrupt (lesson learned). We've bricked a hardware wallet during a firmware update (lesson learned the hard way). We've built multisig setups, run Lightning nodes, and made every beginner mistake in the book so you don't have to.
Bitcoin.diy exists because most crypto education is either too technical, too salesy, or secretly shilling altcoins. We wanted a Bitcoin-only resource that's honest, practical, and written by people who actually self-custody their own bitcoin.
How We Make Money
Through affiliate links. When you click a product link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We never let affiliate relationships influence our reviews. If a product pays great commissions but performs poorly, we say so. Read our full affiliate disclosure.
Contact
Questions about our reviews? Want us to test a specific product? Reach out at hello@bitcoin.diy or find us on Twitter/X.