How a claim becomes a status.
Every label in the index answers one concrete question, and every answer has a source you can check. This page explains the whole process, including its limits.
What we verify
The index tracks six signals. Each is a separate claim with its own evidence, and none implies another. A company that accepts Bitcoin at the register has told you nothing about how it pays its staff.
Verified
The employer completed a scoped review and has a current, dated evidence record. This is the only signal that requires our direct review; the other five can be documented from public sources.
Pays in Bitcoin
Documented direct BTC compensation for at least one defined worker group. A one-time bonus does not qualify; recurring compensation does.
Bitcoin Payroll Option
Workers can convert an eligible portion of pay to BTC through a documented route, whether run in-house or through a payroll provider.
Hiring Now
At least one current role confirmed through an official source: the employer's careers page or a posting the employer controls.
Remote Friendly
Recurring remote or distributed work is part of how the employer operates, not a one-off exception.
Accepts Bitcoin
The business currently documents a route for customers to pay in BTC. This is a customer-facing signal, listed because many candidates treat it as a cultural marker.
What counts as evidence
A claim enters the index only when it can point to at least one of these, in descending order of weight:
- Primary documentation - the employer's own site, careers page, payroll documentation, or press release.
- Direct confirmation - written confirmation from the employer during a review.
- Credible reporting - named-source coverage from an outlet that corrects its errors.
- Public datasets - merchant directories and open mapping data, used only for the Accepts Bitcoin signal and always spot-checked.
Every evidence record carries the source link, the date we observed it, and a confidence note. Anonymous claims, screenshots without provenance, and marketing language that gestures at Bitcoin without documenting a practice do not qualify.
Review states
An employer record is always in exactly one state:
- Researched - added by our team from public evidence. The employer may not know it is listed.
- Claimed - the employer has taken ownership of the record but has not completed a review.
- Verified - a scoped review is complete and current. The record shows what was reviewed and when.
- Stale - the evidence is older than our refresh window. The record stays visible and says so plainly.
- Disputed - someone has challenged a claim and review is underway. The challenged claim is flagged while we work.
The review cycle
Verified status lasts one year from the review date. Evidence for unverified signals is rechecked on a rolling basis, and any signal whose newest evidence passes eighteen months is marked stale automatically. A material change reported through corrections triggers a review regardless of the calendar.
Verification is a paid service, and payment buys the review itself, never its outcome. An employer that fails review gets its money's worth: it learns exactly what evidence is missing.
The limits
We verify documents and confirmations, not lived experience. A verified record means the claims were true and supported when reviewed. It is not an endorsement of the employer, a workplace review, or a prediction. When we get something wrong, the corrections process is public and the fix is dated.