BTC paycheck = DCA?

[Z-tight]

It's much better, since they don't have to exchange the funds into another currency, what would mean having to pay taxes and fees.

Yeah, as long as you're not selling, spending or trading it at that time, then you're not going to pay tax. But, i mean, that doesn't mean you'd not eventually pay it when you actually do.

Though depending on your location, you are exempt from paying capital gains tax on your coins if you have held it for longer than a certain number of years, which is something i like. I believe Germany is one of such countries that offers 0% CGT if you've held your BTC for longer than 12 months.

[Findingnemo]

Whether it is DCA or not, it is one of the effective ways to accumulate a decent amount of bitcoin, I remember in my early days the payment was like 0.002BTC even for the lowest rank but now what is the value of 1 week reward tells us what it can do if we keep holding all the bitcoins from signature campaigns.

[Donneski]

Is getting paid in Bitcoin periodically considered DCA?

I will say it looks like DCA from the outcome perspective but it’s not DCA in the strict financial sense.

Technically, there is no capital being deployed to purchase the asset, so it would be considered income, not investment.

Exactly the truth. DCA implies you’re converting external capital into the asset. A paycheck in BTC is more like direct compensation in the asset not an intentional buying strategy.

However, even though the mechanism differs, it has the same outcome - a accumulation effect over time...

This is actually where the confusion comes from. Behaviorally, it feels like DCA because you’re stacking consistently but the risk exposure and decision process are different.

This is honestly a very interesting topic. It shows how blurry the line between income and investment can be in crypto. But all the same, using your BTC weekly paycheck as your means of DCAing is a very good practice because at the end, it's the result that actually matters.