what does hodl stand for 
 hodl originated as a misspelling of hold written in all caps in an online post by an early bitcoin investor but hodl as it has gained popularity among crypto enthusiasts has come to mean hold on for dear life crypto hodlers like buy and hold stock investors pride themselves on holding on by not selling their cryptocurrency no matter what happens in the crypto markets who started the term hodl the true identity is unknown of the person who inadvertently coined the term hodl the original misspelling of the word occurred in a post by the user gamekyuubi on the bitcointalk org online forum at 10 03 a m utc on dec 18 2013 