Have you ever heard the story behind the origin of the term HODL? It all started from the most influential typo in crypto history. So, the story goes, on December 18, 2013, someone made a post on the Bitcoin Forum titled "I AM HODLING" — but that was a typo of "holding." At that time, BTC had just surpassed $1,000 for the first time, but it immediately plummeted to $522 in a short period. Quite chaotic, right?

Well, the author knew there was a typo in the title, but he deliberately chose not to fix it. He explained that he was a bad trader, so he would never be able to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. His best strategy was simply to hold Bitcoin and not care about price fluctuations. That was the original philosophy of HODL.

Now, more than a decade later, HODL has become an integral part of Bitcoin culture and crypto in general. The term is not just about holding assets but more about a long-term mindset versus emotional trading. It’s quite interesting — when you see how someone writes or pronounces the word "hodler," it can be an indicator of how long they’ve been involved in the crypto world and how deep their understanding of cryptocurrency is. True hodlers are usually those who have gone through various market cycles and still stick to their holding strategy. So if you have friends who still mistakenly write "hold and holder," they might still be newbies here 😉