This is really my motto. I care about not missing any of the dip levels. And I think that it is really important for a HODLer. In the long run, I know that I will make a really good profit. I just need to keep being patient.
That's like the standard for a hodler in the first place, they should be able to hodl bitcoin for a really long time. Getting in the dips is just a bonus for long-term hodlers to accumulate at a really low price.
Part of the reason that buying the dip and DCA end up merging is that dips can end up lasting so long.. like several months, so many BTC accumulators are likely to have some kind of cashflow that they can end up plugging into their BTC investment.. and the label of "buy the dip" versus "DCA" might not really matter very much - even if there is a bit more of a strategic attempt to buy the dip and the DCA is a bit more of a blind practice of just buying when "excess" cash becomes available.