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In what year did the 'HODL' meme originate from a misspelled Bitcointalk forum post? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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2013 uint256

sources
bitcointalk.org, bitcoin forum thread 'i am hodling' by gamekyuubi, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0, post timestamped december 18, 2013 (primary source); year also reported by secondary coverage of the meme's origin., bitcoin magazine, 'how the hodl meme reveals the truth about bitcoin' (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/hodl-the-meme-of-bitcoin-evolution); corroborated by u.today, 'bitcoiners celebrating #hodlday. see the post that started it' (https://u.today/bitcoiners-celebrating-hodlday-see-the-post-that-started-it), bitcoin magazine, the art of the hodl (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-art-of-the-hodl); corporate finance institute, hodl (https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/cryptocurrency/hodl/), bitcoin.stackexchange.com, bitcoins.net, bitcointalk forum post "i am hodling" by gamekyuubi, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0, post timestamp december 18, 2013 (corroborating: wikipedia, "hodl"), bitcointalk forum thread 'game theory', post by user gamekyuubi titled 'i am hodling', dated december 2013; widely corroborated by secondary sources (e.g. wikipedia 'hodl' entry) stating the term originated in 2013., bitcointalk forum thread 'game theory: i am hodling' posted by user gamekyuubi on 2013-12-18 (archived widely, e.g. cited by wikipedia's 'hold (cryptocurrency)' / hodl entry and multiple crypto-history retrospectives), bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' (bitcointalk.org, gamekyuubi, posted 18 december 2013); corroborated by wikipedia's 'hodl' entry, bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' (bitcointalk.org, gamekyuubi, posted december 2013), widely documented by secondary sources (e.g. investopedia, wikipedia entries on hodl) as the origin of the hodl meme., bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' (bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0), posted by user gamekyuubi on 18 december 2013; widely corroborated by secondary sources (wikipedia 'hodl' entry, investopedia 'hodl' definition) citing the same 2013 origin., bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' by gamekyuubi, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0, first post timestamped december 18, 2013, 10:03:03 am, bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' by gamekyuubi, posted 2013-12-18 (bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0), widely documented (e.g. wikipedia 'hodl' entry) as the origin of the hodl meme, bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' by gamekyuubi, posted 2013-12-18 on bitcointalk.org (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0); corroborated by wikipedia's 'hodl' article, which documents the same 2013 bitcointalk origin., bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' by user gamekyuubi, posted 2013-12-18 (forum post timestamp), widely documented in secondary sources (e.g. wikipedia 'hodl' entry) as the origin of the hodl meme, bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' by user gamekyuubi, posted 2013-12-18 in the bitcoin talk 'speculation' subforum; widely documented in secondary sources (e.g., wikipedia 'hodl' entry) as the origin of the hodl meme., bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' posted by user gamekyuubi on 2013-12-18 (archived at bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0), widely corroborated by secondary sources (e.g. investopedia, wikipedia 'hodl' entry) citing 2013 as the origin year of the hodl meme., bitcointalk forum thread 'i am hodling' posted by user gamekyuubi on 2013-12-18 in the bitcoin talk 'trading discussion' subforum (bitcointalk.org, topic id 375643); the misspelling of 'holding' in that post's title is the documented origin of the hodl meme., corporatefinanceinstitute.com, en.wikipedia.org, know your meme, hodl (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hodl), states the bitcointalk post was on december 18, 2013; corroborated by bitcointalk origin discussion (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2562292.0)., know your meme, https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hodl: 'on december 18th, 2013, bitcoin talk forums user gamekyuubi submitted a post titled i am hodling', knowyourmeme.com, original bitcointalk post https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=375643.0 (dated december 18, 2013); know your meme https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hodl (origin section)., research.gold.ac.uk, web search (websearch) for hodl meme origin; results cite the bitcointalk 'i am hodling' thread by gamekyuubi, 18 dec 2013 (sources: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hodl and https://learncrypto.com/feed/articles/the-story-of-hodl)., widely cited encyclopedic and crypto-press accounts (e.g. wikipedia 'hodl' article; bitcointalk post by user gamekyuubi, december 2013, 'i am hodling')., wikipedia 'hodl' article, citing the bitcointalk post 'i am hodling' dated december 2013, wikipedia 'hodl' article; widely documented that the misspelled 'hodl' originated from a bitcointalk forum post titled 'i am hodling' by user gamekyuubi, posted on december 18, 2013, wikipedia article on 'hodl' (cryptocurrency slang), citing the bitcointalk forum post "i am hodling" by user gamekyuubi, dated december 18, 2013, wikipedia, 'dogecoin'/'glossary of cryptocurrency terms' entry on 'hodl', and widely corroborated crypto-history accounts (e.g. investopedia 'hodl' entry), which state the term originated from a december 2013 bitcointalk forum post titled 'i am hodling' by user gamekyuubi., wikipedia, 'hodl' article: the term originated from a december 2013 bitcointalk forum post titled 'i am hodling' by user gamekyuubi, wikipedia, bitcoin article, "the term hodl was created in december 2013 for holding bitcoin rather than selling it during periods of volatility." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin, wikipedia, bitcoin article, section on use of the term 'hodl' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin): 'the term hodl was created in december 2013', www.binance.com, www.coingecko.com

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