DCA

Dollar-cost averaging is the practice of buying a fixed amount of Bitcoin (or any asset) on a regular schedule — say, £50 every Monday — regardless of the current price. The intent is to smooth out the timing risk: when the price is high, your £50 buys fewer sats; when low, more sats; over time, your average buy-in price tends toward the mean.

DCA is psychologically powerful for two reasons. First, it removes the urge to time the market — a game most people lose. Second, it works automatically through the stomach-churning bear markets when buying feels insane (those are the periods that produce the best long-term entries).

For families, DCA pairs naturally with the Learn-and-Earn flow. The sats your kids earn each week from completing lessons accumulate in the same pattern — small consistent buys, no timing decisions, compounding over years.

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