Glossary / Meme & Culture

HODL

Holding a position through volatility, popularized by a 2013 Bitcoin forum typo ("I AM HODLING") that stuck.

HODL means keeping a token through drawdowns and pumps alike. Meme coin HODL culture rewards conviction — but only when the underlying trust hygiene is real. HODLing a rug is not conviction, it is denial.

Before you HODL, ship a Launch Score check. If the token has active authorities and unburned LP, "HODL" turns into "hope."

Try it on-chain

The fastest way to internalize a term is to see it live on a Solana token you know. Paste any mint below to run a public Launch Score.

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