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What HODL means

HODL means to keep your crypto and not sell, even when the price drops. It began as a typo of hold.

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HODL
Hold, and do not sell.
hodler
Somebody who holds for years.
hold on for dear life
A meaning people gave the letters later.

Where HODL came from

On 18 December 2013, as the bitcoin price fell, a user called GameKyuubi posted I AM HODLING on the Bitcointalk forum.

The post admitted to drinking and to being bad at trading. The typo stuck.

Source: Wikipedia, Bitcoin.

Is HODL an acronym

Not at first. Hold on for dear life was fitted to the letters afterwards, and many people now think it was always that.

How people use it

  • As a verb: I am hodling.
  • As a reply when a price falls.
  • As a name for people who never sell.

Is HODL advice

No. It is a joke that became a habit, and nobody knows what a price will do.

HODL in a card

A card for a friend who held through everything can say so, with HODL in it.

The front of the card

For Grace · Her 40th · 21 January

Collection pot10 people chipped in 380 USDG

  • Twenty years of friendship, HODL. Happy 40th.

    Hana

  • You held through 2018 and through me. Respect. 💎

    Pete

  • Forty and still hodling the same hoodie.

    0xmira

Robinhood Chain

An example card. The names are made up.

Questions

What does HODL stand for?

It started as a typo of hold. Hold on for dear life was fitted to it later.

Who first wrote HODL?

A Bitcointalk user called GameKyuubi, on 18 December 2013.

Is it HODL or hodl?

Both are used. Capitals were in the first post.

What is a hodler?

Somebody who keeps their crypto for years and does not trade it.

Is HODL the same as diamond hands?

Close. Diamond hands is about holding through a fall in particular.

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