why do they say hodl instead of hold 
hodl was a typo in a forum post title that quickly caught as a term that means hold on in the early cryptocurrency community the bottom linehodl is used in the crypto community to refer to a strategy of holding onto bitcoin holdings through its various price fluctuations and volatility the acronym is a misspelling of the word holding by a user on an online forum typically used by bitcoin maximalists a hodling strategy is similar to the conventional buy and hold investing strategy hodl is also the name and symbol of a token on cryptocurrency exchange binance s smart chain the comments opinions and analyses expressed on investopedia are for informational purposes only read our warranty and liability disclaimer for more info 