2. HODL
The HODL meme originated in December 2013 when a user named GameKyuubi made a post on the popular BitcoinTalk forum. He meant to write “I AM HOLDING” to show he wasn’t going to sell his coins even though the price had risen dramatically. Instead, perhaps having had a few cold beverages, he mistyped it and wrote, “I AM HODLING.” From that moment, Bitcoiners stopped ‘holding’ their coins and began ‘hodling’ them.
However, the story doesn’t end there. As new investors who didn’t know the origin story entered the crypto space, the meme evolved to become an initialism for ‘Hold On For Dear Life’. Bitcoiners used it as encouragement to maintain their conviction and ‘hodl’ their coins through the volatility.
