You call it 'diamond hands.' I call it 'forgetting your wallet password.' Same energy.Satoshi Nakamoto (not really)
Forced holding and voluntary holding look identical on-chain. The vibes, however, are very different.
On December 18, 2013, a Bitcointalk forum user named GameKyuubi posted a drunken rant titled "I AM HODLING" (a typo of "holding"). The post, written during a market crash, argued that the best strategy was simply to hold rather than try to trade. The typo went viral and "HODL" became the defining mantra of Bitcoin culture — a rallying cry for long-term holders who refuse to sell regardless of price action.
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