Glossary / Meme & Culture
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."
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.