Sats-Back — half your subscription, returned as Bitcoin
Every BTCBitByBit subscription pays 50% of itself back to you in sats — every month, automatically, into your self-custody wallet. Your keys, your control.
What is Sats-Back?
Sats-Back is BTCBitByBit's loyalty rewards program. Every paid subscriber receives 50% of their subscription fee back in sats every month — paid directly to their self-custody wallet, automatically. Pay £20 for Premium, get £10 worth of sats back. Pay £10 for Standard, get £5 worth.
Unlike credit-card cashback or store-credit loyalty schemes, you receive Bitcoin. The sats land in your wallet — you can spend them, send them, withdraw them, or save them. Nobody is holding them on your behalf. There is no "redeem points for gift cards" layer.
With promo codes (we run several throughout the year), the rate jumps to 100% — you get every satoshi of your subscription back. Effectively a free subscription, paid for in Bitcoin you keep forever.
How it works
- 1Subscribe to Standard or Premium. Both tiers include sats-back from day one. Promo codes apply at checkout.
- 2Each month after payment, we credit your Redeem wallet. Half the value of your subscription, calculated at the prevailing Bitcoin rate, in sats.
- 3Withdraw to your self-custody wallet whenever you want. One tap. The sats arrive in your main wallet — your keys, your coins.
- 4Spend, send, or hold. What you do with your sats is up to you. They're Bitcoin like any other Bitcoin.
The maths over time
A Premium subscription costs £20/month. Sats-back returns £10/month worth of sats — £120/year. Over five years that's £600 worth of sats received back, regardless of any price changes along the way.
Now consider that sats earned today might be worth more later. If Bitcoin's price doubles over those five years, the sats you accumulated are worth £1,200. If it goes up 10x, £6,000. The whole point of holding Bitcoin is the asymmetric upside — sats-back lets you accumulate that exposure as a side effect of using a product you'd use anyway.
Conversely if Bitcoin's price drops, your sats are still 50% of what you paid — they don't disappear, you just hold the same number of sats with a lower fiat value. That's the trade-off of any Bitcoin position: volatility in fiat terms, but you hold the scarcest asset humans have built.
Why we built it this way
Most subscription products charge you and that's the end. You pay, you use the product. We thought: subscriptions to a Bitcoin education platform should naturally accumulate Bitcoin for the user. The longer you stay, the bigger the position.
We could have built it as a custodial rewards program — credits that live in our system until you redeem them. That's how every other "Bitcoin rewards" program works. We didn't, because the whole point of Bitcoin is self-custody. If your sats are stuck in our system you don't actually have Bitcoin. You have an IOU. Sats-back is paid into your wallet so the keys are yours from day one.
Sats-back also pairs naturally with long-term Bitcoin investing. The dollar-cost averaging you should be doing manually happens automatically as a byproduct of being a subscriber. Many of our long-term users now have a meaningful sats position they didn't actively buy — they just stayed subscribed.
Frequently asked
What is sats-back?
Sats-back is BTCBitByBit's loyalty rewards program. Every paid subscriber receives 50% of their subscription fee back in sats every month — paid into their self-custody wallet. Bitcoin, not points or store credit. With promo codes, the rate goes up to 100%.
How is this different from credit-card cashback?
Two ways. First, you get sats — actual Bitcoin you can spend, send, or save — instead of statement credit. Second, the value of your sats can grow over time, while cashback is fixed in fiat. Over a multi-year subscription, the compounding effect is meaningful.
How does it work mechanically?
Each month, after your subscription payment processes, we credit half the value to your Redeem wallet in sats at the prevailing rate. You can withdraw those sats to your self-custody wallet whenever the balance crosses our minimum threshold. With promo code BBBBAPR (or similar codes we run), you get 100% back instead of 50%.
Do I have to do anything to claim it?
No. Sats-back is automatic for every paid subscriber. The sats land in your wallet without you lifting a finger. The only thing you need to do is keep your subscription active.
What if Bitcoin's price drops after I receive my sats?
Sats are credited at the time of payment, so your sats balance stays the same regardless of price. If the price drops afterward, the dollar value of your sats falls — and if it rises, the dollar value rises. That's the trade-off of holding Bitcoin: volatility in fiat terms, but you keep the same amount of the scarcest asset humans have ever invented.
Are there minimum withdrawal amounts?
Yes — a small minimum to cover network fees on the withdrawal transaction. Once your Redeem wallet balance crosses the threshold, you can transfer sats to your self-custody wallet at any time. The exact threshold is shown in your wallet.
Can free-tier users earn sats?
Free-tier users don't earn sats-back on a subscription (since there isn't one), but they do earn sats by completing Learn-and-Earn lessons. Every lesson awards sats. The free tier is genuinely free — no fee, no fine print.
How does this compare to other Bitcoin rewards programs?
Most "Bitcoin rewards" programs are custodial — the sats live with the company until you withdraw, and many limit withdrawals or charge fees. Ours is built around self-custody from day one. Your sats land in your wallet, in your control, with your seed phrase. The whole point of Bitcoin is removed if the rewards are held hostage.
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