What do you mean by HODL?

[cryptoamumu]

HODL is a slang term and Internet meme that is used in the cryptocurrency community when referring to holding the cryptocurrency rather than selling it. Examples of when the term applies: When prices drop 50% from their all time high, you hodl. When articles come out saying cryptocurrency will die out, you hodl. When a country bans icos and close down exchanges, you hodl.

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[elwiswoodie]

HODL is where you have to keep your coins in a long time to avoid losses
HODL is perfect for whale investors
you will always have a backup fund to keep watch against unstable market conditions

[Wallflower28]

Can anyone clarify what this term means? I was wondering if it should really be spelt as "HOLD" or the meaning of "HODL" is really crypto-related. I already tried searching threads that explain this but was unsuccessful. I was very curious since I began reading discussions in bitcointalk and I usually see this term but I just understand it to mean 'hold' which means don't sell yet your coins. Please correct my misunderstanding if any. Thanks for your time.

Hodl is a cryptocurrency alternative name for hold because there is a history behind that. I've searched also why does the crypto fanatics used that term though there is a good one. Definitely, it started when somebody was misspelled the title named hodling instead of holding. The "hodl" term was first used in BTT forum during 2013.

Reference: https://steemit.com/crypto/@razvanelulmarin/cryptotrading-history-hodl

[cryptospear]

Literally it means holding,HODL is just another abbreviation for hold which stands HOLD ON DEAR LIFE and it is being widely use by the holders in the community,especially those people who got trapped in a certain coin or those long term investors who bought longterm coins and doing anything at the market but to hold their coins.

[MiningSensei]

Wow... how many people is gonna reply to this thread?

the OP's doubt has already been cleared up more than FORTY TIMES!

Came on guys, why are you spamming this forum posting the same shit over and over again? Are you serious? Fucking shitposters..

[KEPLER99]

Yes, it's probably just a typo, man imell mean hold, ie not to sell less to be patient and wait for better times.

It becomes a slang word. Hold word doesn’t exist itself rather it identifies the holding. Simply, there is no rocket science hidden in this world that this man is trying to find. It was simply the hold and people call it hold just for fun or style. And like you have said, this means keep your investment with you and be panic and definitely don’t sell your asset at low cost. Keep holding everyone.

[akmittal]

I was also confused about "HOLD" as you are here. HOLD is the term used in Crypto currency as holding of tokens or coins in your account. in Crypto Selling and Holding is termed as SELL and HODL.

[mtrxhasu]

HODL for me this is like to burn the bitcoins into a CD and put them in a box with a melodrama that I watch with my wife only on the anniversary.

[Maokz]

HODL means they hold their coins, so the price does not go down quickly.

[sourish]

Cryptosphere has its own lingo and it takes a little getting used to. Maybe this term started as a gaff, or typo, whatever the reasons it stuck with the crypto community and is posthumously recognized and accepted to mean hold on for dear life, sounds about right and fits right into the sentiment too.

[kingkats0803]

It came from this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0

I think it means "Hold On for Dear Life".. and I like to say that "you will never HODL alone"

This one explains it all.
I was also a newcomer back then and maybe even now, but going back to newbie days I searched for the meaning of HODL also and found that it means "Hold On for Dear Life" and it was quite funny and amusing in the same way.

[gayan84]

Hodl (often written HODL) is a slang term and Internet meme that is used in the Bitcoin community when referring to holding the cryptocurrency rather than selling it. It originated in a December 2013 post on the Bitcoin Forum message board by an apparently inebriated user who posted with a typo in the subject, "I AM HODLING." In 2017, Quartz listed it as one of the essential slang terms in Bitcoin culture, and described it as a stance, "to stay invested in bitcoin and not to capitulate in the face of plunging prices." TheStreet.com referred to it as the "favorite mantra" of Bitcoin holders.
Since entering the Bitcoin vernacular, HODL has become a backronym for "hold on for dear life".

These details get from wikipedia

[Kizaki]

It is a term used for holding a certain coin or "Hold On for Dear Life."  People in crypto use the term HODL when they reffer to the term HOLD, it is a slang term used by most crypto users.

[DZU1410]

Can anyone clarify what this term means? I was wondering if it should really be spelt as "HOLD" or the meaning of "HODL" is really crypto-related. I already tried searching threads that explain this but was unsuccessful. I was very curious since I began reading discussions in bitcointalk and I usually see this term but I just understand it to mean 'hold' which means don't sell yet your coins. Please correct my misunderstanding if any. Thanks for your time.

This is the case, so that you can make the most of the consequences. Thank you so much, that you just grew up, and that word became so symbolic, especially in the current world.

[goah]

HODL means that coins have not to be SODL

[snapee11]

HODL is HOLD how come? Hahaha I don't really know but this term is used for long time. It's holding a certain coin waiting for it until it reach beyond the value when you first bought it in order to have profit.

[akashark]

HODL is a word, which is using only in crypto related topics! About, Four years ago, This word has come in Crypto World. Do you remember a character in Game Of Thrones TV series, Whose name was HODL!

We are using this word as a slang! And, It means HOLD!

[kashwin663]

That word came from over hype guy at this forum i guess. And everyone else start using that word to replace HOLD. kinda funny though.

HODL It means that the price fluctuations associated with the crypto are so great and the expected return is also so great that you are going to want to ride through the downturns are take advantage of the price increases so hold in a meaning hold your coins and wrote HODL instead and went it quite viral afterwards it usually used in a context of not selling your coins i think so

[noictib]

Can anyone clarify what this term means? I was wondering if it should really be spelt as "HOLD" or the meaning of "HODL" is really crypto-related. I already tried searching threads that explain this but was unsuccessful. I was very curious since I began reading discussions in bitcointalk and I usually see this term but I just understand it to mean 'hold' which means don't sell yet your coins. Please correct my misunderstanding if any. Thanks for your time.

In actual this word is HOLD not HODL , but in the cryptocurrency field most of the people are doing Thier own experiment and try to show Everything in another logical way of understanding .
Here HODL means hold your assets that you have for bulk amount of profit and also don't go for the panic sell .
HODL word most of the times we can see when whole market of any coin going much down or dump then we say to everyone that don't go for the  panic sell Because this is a time of HODL , if you will hold then market will get better support easily .
So here this is simply a hold and changed by hodl to show more creative word in cryptourrency .

[gabriella]

Can anyone clarify what this term means? I was wondering if it should really be spelt as "HOLD" or the meaning of "HODL" is really crypto-related. I already tried searching threads that explain this but was unsuccessful. I was very curious since I began reading discussions in bitcointalk and I usually see this term but I just understand it to mean 'hold' which means don't sell yet your coins. Please correct my misunderstanding if any. Thanks for your time.

That's seems like error but it is not. It's like a manner to name "hold" - "hodl" that also have his own value that means - "holding your coins before something happens"