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Hello, i'm new here and i would like to understand what is Initial Coin Offering.
Why does it open and closes ? And what is it actually ?

Thanks a lot if someone can help me.  :)

It is just a method of coin distribution to fund development.

Crowdfunding is used to distribute the coins, instead of mining the coin initially.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining

And what is the ICO influence on coin prices ?

Generally the amount put into the crowdfund dictates the coin market cap. For example, if you put in 1BTC and the project collects 1BTC TOTAL all the coins will be worth 1BTC.

So 100,000 Xcoins will be worth 1BTC

if 2BTC is put in that puts 100,000 Xcoins at a 2BTC market cap.


Make sure you are careful with ICO's some of them are scams, there are a few good projects that are associated with ICO's - successful ICO's include projects like NXT and Ethereum.

My site lists ICO's on a time schedule: http://icocountdown.com

Check out my blog because I do research into them to see if they are scams or otherwise:

https://medium.com/@icocountdown/

Oh ok, but how can we make profit with ICOs ?
Because i found your website and i was wondering if i should invest on coins before the opening of there ICOs or before the end of there ICOs

I highly recommend you don't invest in an ICO until you feel confident that you understand some of the fundamental aspects of profiting from them. the ICOcountdown.com person has in fact done a good job of sussing out the scams and their blog probably is a good start. Beyond that it is a good idea to read, research, read more, research more and then invest only an amount that you can afford to lose.

You should not give developers money before the ICO opens, you will get scammed. Make sure you always use an escrow service or the ICO is using some sort of Escrow, there are a few exceptions where it is ok not to use an escrow but generally no escrow is a redflag.

The free market dictates the price, the ICO after it is released on the free market can go up or it can go down(when it's listed on exchanges). You have to use your own judgement as to whether it will go up or go down to make profits just like traditional trading on every market.

You have to look at the ICO terms and do mathematical calculations also, for example WAVES offered a 20% bonus the first day. You have to make sure you do research.

Also thanks for using my website :)

These are very good points, you have to really look at these markets and especially ICO's, I spend hours looking at the terms and doing research sometimes days, new information comes out regularly so you have to be on top of it.

You must do your own due dilligence.

ICO is always scam because those offering it buy into it themselves to fool you so you think there would be high demand - and when buying their own ico they get to keep the coins they buy from their own offering PLUS the bitcoin and they will dump those extra coins on you later too. 
Nobody can prove it did happen, that's why it happens. Also the one offering the ICO can never prove he did not buy into it himself.
So ico is complete scam normally. Don't be told otherwise by the scammers. The only legit way of distribution is mining - longterm mining, no flashmining.

You're welcome.

This doesn't make sense, what happens if you do not have the technical knowledge to mine or have the equipment? What if the developers want a lower cost energy coin using proof of stake? You cannot say all ICO's are scams, NXT and Ethereum are the 2 biggest successes in the market currently.

If you can't mine you buy from someone who can.

POS can have initial mining too, there is nothing that prevents a POS coin from having a fair distribution.

Yes, i said all ico. Only because it's pumped later doesn't mean the distribution wasn't fraudulent.

So someone who has a monopoly on mining equipment can own the supply? That is not a fair distribution. You cannot debate that this is a fairer distribution method than ICO distribution because you know the same problems happen in each one.

No coin has a fair distribution it is mathematically impossible.

The miner has high up-front costs and also electricity costs. He doesn't get the coins for free. Also you need to pay attention to the distribution of hashpower to know what's going on.
In minig at least it's transparent what's happening while ICO is a black box.

I'm going to respectfully disagree and say that each one has the exact same problems of distribution. In mining, power costs vary from geomeric locality. So it is higher cost for some and lower for others, some also have a big monopoly on mining power, you can see this problem is prevalent in Bitcoin right now. The same happens with ICO's with who has the highest Bitcoin supply to there disposal, it is essentially the same problem with all distribution methods.

But again it's personal preference.

I really like the conversation though, it is great to see a miners perspective on distribution methods. I think these sorts of conversations will educate people.

talk about selfbuy ...

I'm not a miner, i'm veteran investor.

Dear God that is a recipe for losing money--be very careful investing in shitcoins.  They are so volatile that you're going to need a barf bag for the price swings.

lol you wish.  You sound like a butt hurt miner.

looks like ad hominem to me

WOAH you got me!  ::)

@OP
Do you understand what ICO means now ?

We all started calling them IPO's here on the forum a couple years ago when they emerged.
But the guys making them started calling them ICO's instead or even ITO's (like the BlockNET dev said)
(Angel-Investing or Crowd-Funding would be similar names / meanings)

If you have questions then be aggressive and jump in and ask. (someone here will probably answer you)

I am not expert on ICO's but know enough about them..
I do -NOT- support them.. ever.

I myself think they are an unfair & shady / scammy initial distribution method for a CURRENCY.
Plenty of people think ICO's are scammy too ..not just me.

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at least your motive is transparent mr. "ICOcountdown.com"
but the only ICO expense is the cost of 'Hype'
whereas mining requires cost of the electricity/hardware

Idiot's Coin Owership plan.

Via:

Instant Corruption Obfuscation scheme.

Edit: Idiomatic Conundrum Oligarchy debacle.

Inimical Cartelized Organization

Iota Co-owners' Opulence

Both cost funds (i.e. Bitcoin) is my point, the person with the highest amount of funds always has a better chance than others and will own a higher amount of the supply. This is prevalent in mining and in ICO's. They both have the same problems. Fair distribution is a fallacy.

To see a good example check out Bitcoin and see if the distribution of Bitcoin is "fair".

Also I'm not really sure what "motive" you are referring to.

Here is what I want to know.

Does the term ICO relate to Premine?

Or are they both completely different and do not relate?

I personally think IPO/ICO coins are pretty much a 100% premined coin.

I can sit at home with 1 CPU or GPU etc then mine 84 million coins by myself.
Then sell them to you all for any amount i want..

ICOs to me mean I Can't Offer Shit

we will be the leading ico  growth hacking site  :-\

http://icocoins.com (http://icocoins.com)

It's a method of coin distribution.

It's crypto for "give me your money" (real money that is)

i had no idea what ico was, i had to search it, and found this topic, i understood a litle bit, i ll have to keep researching for fully understanding of its meanings and implications and the relation of campaigns and ico, because i am starting with campaigns, and i like to understand what i do and its consequences

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/initial-coin-offering-ico.asp

Important things during ICO
ESCROW:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1745954.20

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=855778.0

but not every ico must be a startup.

more about ICOs pm me with email

I've been here in this industry for 6 months almost, but only this time I fully understand what ICO really means.  Although, every time there's an ico, I always participate their project and join their signature campaign too. But I don't know how they calculate the price. anyway, sir thank for the detail information, God bless.

I agree about what ICO is scam  =)

After coin going to stock, big investors just dump the price.

ICO or intial coin offering is an event where they sell parts of cryptocurrency tokens for exchange of money today. It also provide a way to raise money for those who create cryptocurrency projects  and their operations. Most of this ICO raised money in bitcoin.

ICO means by which funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency venture. It is used to bypass the regulated capital raising process required by banks , in the ICO campaign the percentage of cryptocurrency is sold to early backers of the project usually for bitcoins.

Right now, the majority of ICOs are not anymore focusing on a single coin. Yes, bitcoin for some but for most they are using ETH. Others are accepting two to three coins for their project's ICO. Waves, Ripple, LTC, ETC are all being used for ICOs right now.

We can make profit in ico by investing on it. When you buy tokens when pre ico the amount per token is much cheaper when you buy during the ico. So many are investing while pre ico and took the chance to male a huge profit. But we should analyzie first the whitepaper and its roadmap if its worth to invest.

It is a project that needs investors

ICO is the first stock offering aimed at attracting investors before they launch in the trading market, many bonuses and tokens they sell below the primary price to hook users and for token success. This is very effective in campaign and business promotion.

ICO's can make you a lot of money or leave you empty handed if it ends up being a scam.  I have been on the receiving end of both.  Be careful and do your research before investing. 

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is basically an unregulated means of crowdfunding via cryptocurrency. ICOs sell a right of ownership or royalties to a project.

According to Amy Wan, a partner at Trowbridge Sidoti LLP practicing crowdfunding and syndication law, “The coin in an ICO is a symbol of ownership interest in an enterprise—a digital stock certificate, if you will.”

I agree that you need to be careful. But I think that nowadays ICO is the best way to invest your money :)

ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is a form of capital mobilization from investors, a number of cryptocurrency is offered to investors to create a premise for the project as well as to evaluate the value of the project

As I see it, Initial Coin Offering is emphasizing the value of crypto investment. The ICO makes use of bitcoin or eth token to improve the quality of payment system. An example is Everex. You can read the reasons why Everex investment makes sense, goo.gl/E2NDF2 (http://goo.gl/E2NDF2) Everex is a Singaporean company who aims to build a quicker and safer remittance system worldwide. Alexi Lane and his team want every one to use an ethereum wallet app that transfers money anywhere and anytime.

all  ico are not scam like we can not totally agree or disagree with that we have to check there is good and bed too for everything so rather take totally negative check and if you feel than you can invest. whats wrong if company are good and they have good project than there is a scope to investment.

Icos are used for like crowdfunding where you cannot get big investors due to market hold or competition.
You can never expect free enerzy devices to get funding from oil wells.
Genuine icos and scams are big topic to be discussed.

I can define ICO as an event whereby a newly created cryptocurrency raise funds. The newly created coin should have their whitepaper to explain to their investors what the project is about, how much money is needed to undertake the venture and everything that is related to their projects should be mentioned there, this will include the bonuses, what type of currencies are accepted, and how long the ICO campaign will run for.

ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is an offer from owner of crypto currency before the launching of coin and to get the capital from the investors at low rate of the coin and after launching its price will go up.

ICO is the form of financial mobilization in the cryptocurrency and the Blockchain industries

Do you think ICO is a scam

a scam or a good profit

I think the ICO is a form of super-profitable investment you can learn it

Are you familiar with IPO (Initial Public Offering)? They are alike but this one is based on Crypto-Currency. 8)

initial coin offering is offering that you will help them to publish their business by using coin, ofcourse they have source and they have the ability to manage it well the participants their should contribute money so that they can manage it well, as a replacement of that they will give them an amount of token that they will sell on the market after the ico.

An ICO is similar to a conventional company listing its shares on a stock exchange for the first time. It needs money so sells the shares. Potential investors will look at the prospectus to see if the company is a worthwhile investment. ICO is same as share and whitepaper is the prospectus.

Not all ICO's are scams and not all ICO's are successful.  It's pretty much a high risk investment but you can eliminate some of the risk by researching carefully about the team and vision of the project. 

The problem with most people is that they don't do the very necessary due diligence and jump right into the flow without much thinking. At the end of the day, when everything fails, they start pointing fingers at everyone. ICO is never scam, the projects are. So do some serious digging before investing.

ICO the coin or Initial Coin Offerings?

Coin Offerings is like the new way of getting funding for a project. Most scams but we've gotten a lot of great projects out of ICO's.

so true. Do not until you regret in the future. This is an investment that has high risk. Nevertheless we can anticipate or minimize risk with research, carefulness and caution in making decisions.

ICO is a good chance to get coins at discounted price. But it has a big risk. If it is a scam, you will lose your money. Before you invest on ICO, read their whitepaper and road map to understand their project and get trusted. If you are not satisfied, ignore it. Be careful, most are not getting success, their ICO s are only for getting funding for their projects.

It is also a way for an company to raised capital like  crowdfunding the project by selling tokens in return. Its new , unique and revolutionary that change the way in outsourcing funds. Though unregulated as of now and some are taking advantage of teh system, i hope fraud will be curb and addressed.

That's very true.  People tend to FOMO buy in almost every ICO there is out there without doing any research on the project or even knowing the purpose of the coin or token.  Sometimes you might get lucky but it's not a wise decision in my book.

The same here, I don't know how to calculate the final price per token. Your information above will help me a lot and getting things cleared in my mind now. ICO is the building a new innovative token with a certain budget in designated bounty.

ICO is a way to introduce a new project to the public, as well as attract investors to raise funds for the project to be done, sorry if I am wrong

ICO is initial coin offering where owners submit fthier concept or proof like white paper and website will ask for investment by creating smart contract in eth or waves or nem any platform then they will send to compatible wallets once they voollect fund they will keep that in exchanges mean time concept will be ready or existing concept add value to token people start to believe on token or coin it will gain more value be aware there is lots of scam ico .

There also ICOs that raise fund for already existing businesses, like FundCoind for example, with investments into Private Equity through a fund. They gave me a lot of info at their Telegram channel: https://t.me/FNDCoins

You can understand simple ico is mobilizing finance.

ICO is Initial Coin Offering that is most in demand right now and booming and most of it is using Ethereum as a investment platform and I used to joined in a several ICO right now. Just a piece of advice be safe in investing with ICO because not all of them are legit and will survive in the long term, use your research power and stalking power to get what you want from them and what is their future.

Here is an article that explains what an ICO is, a little bit of the history, why they have exploded and if you should invest in them.


https://medium.com/@crowdholding/what-is-an-ico-and-should-dive-in-f712ffdef9eb

Hope this helps

ICO is a plan or schedule intended to raise funds for a project to succeed. I think there are no projects without ICO.

You are new here so first you have to read and research so that you have knowledge, then find out an ico that you believe and hold a small amout and feeling how the market work.

Dear,
I think it's a platform there selling the altcoin first. Deduct rate, bonus offer, low price e.t.c .
But actually I don't know what is ICO or it's meaning.

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is used by startups to by pass the rigorous and regulated capital-raising process required by venture capitalists or banks. In an ICO campaign, a percentage of cryptocurrency is sold to early backers of the project in exchange for legal tender or other cryptocurrencies, but usually for bitcoin.
 

ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) have become a popular way to fund cryptocurrency projects. An ICO is an event in which a new cryptocurrency project sells part of its cryptocurrency tokens to early adopters and enthusiasts in exchange for money today. ICOs provide a way for cryptocurrency project creators to raise money for their operations. Most ICOs raise money in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.

The ICO usually takes place before the project is completed, and helps fund the expenses undertaken by the founding team until launch. For some of the larger projects, part of the ICO money goes into a foundation that provides ongoing support to the project. They also work as an initial distribution model for the cryptocurrency tokens, especially those with a proof of stake consensus algorithm.

The ICO participants are invested in the success of the project. They can help get the word out and raise awareness in the broader community. They also provide early liquidity for the cryptocurrency tokens when they start trading. The ICO participants are also usually motivated by a profit potential if the project takes off and the tokens become worth more than the ICO price.ecome worth more than the ICO price.

ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) is the way to fund for cryptocurrency. You need to know that coin clearly to invest in it to avoid scam

That right, ICO is very important for a project to be created because all businesses or projects will need sufficient funds. ;)

Ico like a life for a poject because with the success of ico will greatly provide benefits for the survival of a project. but it all depends on the readiness of dev and team to attract investors as much as possible.

 An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is used by startups to raise found for their projects or operations.  :) :) :)

There are dozens of ICOs that keep coming every time. I think the user must first do research on what ideas and advantages that dev deved to the audience because that's the important thing to determine the profit you'll get. When you choose and buy tokens or ICOs without doing any research first, maybe the risks you'll get are getting bigger because not necessarily the ICO you buy will have a price or a market

You can check my collection of meaningful documents about ICO & Whitepaper structures
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eix71s4x4rrbwsn/AADXWhPxtI-zHLygHiYFb0gaa?dl=0

An ICO is a fundraising tool that trades future cryptocoins in exchange for cryptocurrencies of immediate, liquid value. You give the ICO bitcoin or ethereum, and you get some of Billy’s New Super Great Coin or the infamous CrunchCoin.
In the simplest terms, an ICO is a fundraising means in which a company attracts investors looking for the next big crypto score by releasing its own digital currency in exchange, typically, for bitcoin.

Similar to stocks, but here you are offering a technology that is believed to a potential use of value.
And if join or believe with this you are buying part of that product.
And the cerficates of ownership is issued through coins.

i think ico is funding. ico is new project that created new altcoin and build aplications
and offerings token to investor,

Hi everybody, this latest ICO started its Pre-Order https://finles.capital/.
Do you know anything about their bounty or airdrop? I’ve asked in their Channel and am waiting for details https://t.me/FNDCoins

Why invest in ico?

Where are good stories about ico?
Did any of best altcoin nowadays had low price ico?

if in my opinion is a coin that can be accessed without using the data network and often closed the reason to reduce the existence of a big problem that can interfere with its performance eg there are people who often make trouble and like to give spicy comments.

People invest in ICO because to get maximum return on their investment but it is not always true the value of tokens after ICO may decrease when it hit exchanges. But now a days ICO are becoming more like gambling and new ICOs pops every day.

Answer:
  A "get into jail free membership card".

Details below:

Are Most Cryptocurrencies Doomed to Collapse — because they’re “ICO-issued”? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2145300)

For me i dont highly recommend for you to invest into a ico until you feel comfortable with it if you cannot understand a certain ico by the fundamental aspects by profiting them. On the ICOcountdown.com the person has made his joob done right by sussing out the scams for you abd also their blog is a good start.it is also good idead to read . Research and also read tons of it for you to have a realiable source for investing only an amount that you cab afford to lose

This has most likely been answered by the amount of posts but I'll quickly give you a short answer:

IPO - Initial Coin Offering

A lot like a IPO with stocks. It's when a new cryptocurrency is going public with there coin and is getting first wave of people to invest (purchase coin) at a low beginning price.

It's basically the start of the coin being released to the market for the first time and allows people to buy in first usually at a low price. The money made from the ICO usually goes back into the coin development but that does depend on what is stated it will be used for in each individual ICO

ICO stands for Initial Coin Offering or referred to as a crowdsale. It is basically a way to gather money or BTC, ETH, Waves, or LTC, etc. The resources gathered are then used to further develop their project, hire new members to the team, and generally for the improvement of whatever the project is about. The dates vary according to project.

ICO is Initial coin offering. They will sell some coins or tokens during the ICO so that they have money to develop the project. With those amount of money they collect from investors, they will use it and make the coin/token stronger. Investors will receive coin or tokens which can be value or not depend on the project of the team

A lot was said of what the ICO is about. More important is to understand where exactly to invest.

I don't think that the ICO is a lottery. It's possible to say whether the ICO will bring profit or it is just a simple scam or simply whether the idea simply has no future. Just look carefully before you give any money.

I think there is no need for me to repeat a Wikipedia explanation of what exactly ICO is. I just wanted to add that if you are willing to manage ICO campaign, you need to prepare a strong well-written white paper that will clearly explain the purpose of your project. Your white paper can either attract a whole bunch of potential investors or bury your project during the pre-launch phase - it is that crucial for you.

also in this days of high ico scams, it's important to have a whitepaper and a working project, before launching the amrketing campaing.

so our ico will be launch with a working version of the service


hopefully, we can get your support in this coming months.

teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8F1E__jnfc


Regards.

edgardo aguirre
VTOS

Are you willing to invest into ICO or launch one yourself?

Good point yout got there. Read, research, read more,  research more. The fact that not all ico are reasonable enough to invest and my put your money to waste.

An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is used by startups to bypass the rigorous and regulated capital-raising process required by venture capitalists or banks
If start-up would like to involve investors, it has to prepare a strong white-paper. It’s a visit card of the company. Strong white-paper – strong investors.

Investing in an ICO isn't just about making money though. Supporting the development team by giving them funds for them to work on stuff is a method to show that you are supporting the coin.

I regard that ICO is created to raise funds for the project and the product it represents itself, including development and promotional aspects. The more people are interested in the ICO, the more potential investors will be willing to be engaged into it and make investments into it as well.

This is a really great article, learned a lot from it, thanks @phoenixdowndee

Understanding What an ICO Is And Why Government Wants to Regulate It

It would appear that on planet crypto, ICOs are currently the flavor of the month, perhaps also of the season. With each passing day, a new ICO is announced and they have now become ubiquitous across all forms of media. Coinidol writers, for example, receive information on at least one new ICO every day. With so much variety to choose from, any investor would be right to ask how to go about picking a viable ICO, and avoid falling into the hands of the scammers who litter the crypto landscape. So how does one know which ICO to invest in? Before we can answer that question, we would benefit by understanding what ICOs are.

Read the full article: https://coinidol.com/understanding-what-ico-is/

Before engaging in ICO's check several rating websites, e.g. https://icodrops.com

Very informative thank you.

that's the main purpose, I could say that most of the ico investors were money oriented, they expect money but also expecting the project to grow up succesfully,.
by that,they won't miss a project that could be another huge company in the future, also, if the project becoming success, they'll get profit from it too.

Now I get how coins or tokens after ICO get their coin price.
But Sir, if they don't get to 1Btc as the amount put into the ICO till when their ICO ends, how does it affect them or it doesn't?

no, this does not affect their price.

But who knows the best way to check into the project?

ICO it is a project with own coins what is similar with "actions" . When you buy whis coins it means you bought 'actions' of this project, you invested in ICO. And if ICO will be succesful your coins will grow in price and you can sell it, or it can be scam and you lose everything. So it needs a lot of learning about ICO's

There are different ICOs. ICO high tech project means hope for funding,  I think.

ICO also known as Initial coin offering.

It's a crowd funding for the Token to gain more investors on the community.
But, some ICO don't hit their targer price for thier coin some are just failing and some are running. Always take caution when investing your money.

What is the difference between ICO and token sale?

"DEFINITION of 'Initial Coin Offering (ICO)'
An unregulated means by which funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency venture. An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is used by startups to bypass the rigorous and regulated capital-raising process required by venture capitalists or banks. In an ICO campaign, a percentage of the cryptocurrency is sold to early backers of the project in exchange for legal tender or other cryptocurrencies, but usually for Bitcoin.

Also called an Initial Public Coin Offering (IPCO).

BREAKING DOWN 'Initial Coin Offering (ICO)'
When a cryptocurrency startup firm wants to raise money through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), it usually creates a plan on a whitepaper which states what the project is about, what need(s) the project will fulfill upon completion, how much money is needed to undertake the venture, how much of the virtual tokens the pioneers of the project will keep for themselves, what type of money is accepted, and how long the ICO campaign will run for. During the ICO campaign, enthusiasts and supporters of the firm’s initiative buy some of the distributed cryptocoins with fiat or virtual currency. These coins are referred to as tokens and are similar to shares of a company sold to investors in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) transaction. If the money raised does not meet the minimum funds required by the firm, the money is returned to the backers and the ICO is deemed to be unsuccessful. If the funds requirements are met within the specified timeframe, the money raised is used to either initiate the new scheme or to complete it.

Early investors in the operation are usually motivated to buy the cryptocoins in the hope that the plan becomes successful after it launches which could translate to a higher cryptocoin value than what they purchased it for before the project was initiated. An example of a successful ICO project that was profitable to early investors is the smart contracts platform called Ethereum which has Ethers as its coin tokens. In 2014, the Ethereum project was announced and its ICO raised $18 million in Bitcoins or $0.40 per Ether. The project went live in 2015 and in 2016 had an ether value that went up as high as $14 with a market capitalization of over $1 billion.

ICOs are similar to IPOs and crowdfunding. Like IPOs, a stake of the startup or company is sold to raise money for the entity’s operations during an ICO operation. However, while IPOs deal with investors, ICOs deal with supporters that are keen to invest in a new project much like a crowdfunding event. But ICOs differ from crowdfunding in that the backers of the former are motivated by a prospective return in their investments, while the funds raised in the latter campaign are basically donations. For these reasons, ICOs are referred to as crowdsales.

Although there are successful ICO transactions on record and ICOs are poised to be disruptive innovative tools in the digital era, investors are cautioned to be wary as some ICO or crowdsale campaigns are actually fraudulent. Because these fund-raising operatives are not regulated by financial authorities such as the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), funds that are lost due to fraudulent initiatives may never be recovered.

In early September, 2017, the People's Bank of China officially banned ICOs, citing it as disruptive to economic and financial stability. The central bank said tokens cannot be used as currency on the market and banks cannot offer services relating to ICOs. As a result, both bitcoin and ethereum tumbled, and it was viewed as a sign that regulations of cryptocurrencies are coming. The ban also penalizes offerings already completed."

ICO, or Initial Coin Offering (the primary location of the tokens) is the issuance of any project coupons or tokens designed to pay for site services in the future - in the form of a crypto currency.

ICO is the crypto equivalent of an IPO on a traditional stock exchange.

Seems like this is the new way for companies to raise the funds they need to develop a project without all the red tape associated with the stock market.

Peronally I would not invest further in any new ICO, I have seen them all cheaper after the ICO finishes in the stage before the product launches. I think the ICO is a good time to research and get to know a company but for maximum value I would invest afterwards.

Ico is mainly one team fund raise foe their project. There are some stages that pre ico sale, ico sale.. You can get cheap coin value when contributing on ico.. Some coins have 10000  roi after ico..

Nowa days its better to invest with ico..,

campaigning for a good that new people or products are not familiar with but in this vein there is a way of marketing vertical money or engaging people in social media.
 ..

ICO, or Initial Coin Offering-the initial fundraising to fund a project (usually a start-up) by selling its tokens (project shares) to all willing investors.

ICO is a new hyped way to fundraise the money for projects, mostly there are connected with blockchain technology. Duration of ICO and money target is regulated by team of projects. All their step about implementing the projects we can see in road map and white paper.
Ppl who want to invest in projects buy company's tokens and then they can use it or sell it.

ICO is a form of capital mobilization of the starup. Currently ICO projects are being advertised a lot. Investment in ICO is a form of high profit. But study your ICO project carefully to avoid being fooled.

Initial Coin Offering ;D ;D ;D

the start of a coin

The ICO is a form of capital raising for Cryptocurrency through virtual currency. It controls and develops capital without the intervention of the government or the bank. Mainly, it is used as an ancient The part of established companies, which helps pay the Cryptocurrency percentage for investors, can convert projects into valuable contracts through a virtual currency called bitcoin.

ico is that we send valuable coins to the ico project team, then the team takes the funds to develop the project as well as sends the coins to us. Finally, the team will speculate on the price of the coins so that our investors can make money.

that is the sales made by the project and this will refer much to the long-established altcoin / bitcoin and this will also respond to the coin that has coin offering, but still running the sale and purchase transactions in the existing market.

Companies conduct ICO in order to attract investments to their project. During this ICO they introduce a fixed number of new units of crypto-currencies that are bought by investors at a reduced price

Its initial coin offering i suggest you stay away from ICOs because most of the ICOs nowadays are just scam projects,If you love your precious portfolio be warned.

You warned him to STAY AWAY from ICO. I guessed your investment in one of the ICO failed. ICO are trending nowadays this is another version of IPO in stocks. There are always risk whether ICO, IPO or an old coin. If we want to earn money we need to take the risk.

isn't the higher question.
who  is ico

In my opinion ICO is an extension of Initial Coin Offering, ie Initial is the same as Early or First, Coin here is defined as Token / Coin. And Offering has a Bid meaning. So it can be concluded the meaning of the word ICO is the First Coin Offer before the coin is published to a free market.

ICO was first performed in 2013, the first coin to use ICO method is coin MasterCoin (OMNI). A Cryptocurrency like bitcoin has a system like blockchain, which has garnered many tokens before the release of coin in July 2013 through the Bitcointalk.org Forum ...
And Ethereum (ETH) coin is the most successful using the ICO method to date, even the current price of Ethereum / BTC is 0.0545 BTC or in IDR worth approximately Rp 4,000,000.

ICO or Initial Coin Offering is way for start up to sell their token to the the investor, they collect money from the investor then they give their token. This start ups collected money for development of their project. But now too many ICO failed and the price of token drop after listing in exchange because some ICO does not have working product, only plan in the white paper that not sure can be reality. So important to make analysis and research before investing in any ICO.

Initial coin offering (ICO) is an unregulated and controversial means of crowdfunding via use of cryptocurrency which can be a source of capital for startup companies.

Initial coin offering (ICO) is an unregulated and controversial means of crowdfunding via use of cryptocurrency,[1] which can be a source of capital for startup companies.[2] In an ICO a percentage of the newly issued cryptocurrency is sold to investors in exchange for legal tender or other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

Early token sales were held by Mastercoin in July 2013 and Ethereum and Karmacoin in 2014, but "mainstream" ICOs began with messaging app developer Kik in September 2017. By November 2017 there were around 50 offerings a month. ICOs can be used for a wide range of activities, ranging from corporate finance to charitable fundraising to outright fraud.[22] The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned investors to beware of scammers using ICOs to execute "pump and dump" schemes, in which the scammer talks up the value of an ICO in order to generate interest and drive up the value of the coins, and then quickly "dumps" the coins for a profit.

https://www.tokenschedule.com/news/ico-what-exactly-is-it/ (https://www.tokenschedule.com/news/ico-what-exactly-is-it/)

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ICO or Initial Coin Offering is mean crowdsale where start ups collect money by sell their token, which similar with IPO (Initial Public Offering) in stock market, but different thing between ICO with IPO is ICO does not have regulation , then usually no minimum to participate, but in IPO usually there minimum amount and some big investor only can participate. Because no regulation that why too many ICO now.

According to wikipedia, "Initial coin offering (ICO) is an unregulated and controversial means of crowdfunding via the use of cryptocurrency, which can be a source of capital for startup companies. In an ICO a percentage of the newly issued cryptocurrency is sold to investors in exchange for legal tender or other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin".

As for ICO, it is not strong enough to stand as Altcoin, so it depends on Altcoin. Currently there are many ICOs that are the network of ETH. When a Cryptocurrency business starts making money through the ICO, they usually create a plan for a project-specific report, what the project needs to do after completion, how much money is needed. To make a joint venture, how much of the project's pioneers token will keep themselves, how much money is accepted, and how long the ICO will run the campaign. 8)

ICO means Initial Coin Offering. When anybody want to start a project, for that need huge capital. It is a method of funding for a project.

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ICO is a company which is holding many campaign to their coin and making it big company that collects many investors to trust to their coin and when you are in an ico you are instructed to follow their campaign so that you can get your bounty after

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The ico is the crowdfunding, and the team then takes your money to develop the blockchain project and then puts the COINS on the exchange where the COINS are in value, so that the ico can make money.

If I still rock in bitcoin what should I learn about ico laurels?
whether to understand ico has many rules?
Can newbie follow ico?

all is perspective

Ico is one of the coin developer company that making their own coin to make money but almost Ico is scam so, be careful if you want to invest ypur in many ico introducing here in the world of crypto currrncy to make money.

Make some research first before investing. Ico is making money or more money but be wise for many scamer.

ICO is the way the developers of the coins earning investors to push their developments or projects but beware these ICOs are being used by most greedy people to scam people you should do some serious research to prevent you from being scam.

when developer creates the coin or token it needs to promote first thats why they start putting a thread for the announcement of their project and discuss for what makes good to the project that they proposed. and after that they making another one thread for the ICO announcement. most of them they want bounties, airdrops, or an ico sale's that has big bonuses. that's only my thoughts.

In addition, An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is an unregulated means of crowdfunding using cryptocurrency, which is applied by cryptocurrency businesses as an alternative to the rigorous and regulated capital-raising process required by venture capitalists, banks, or stock exchanges. These function by selling off a created digital token which is somehow tied into the company, product, or service.

ICO Extension of Initial Coin Offering. Initial means the earliest, Coin means digital token / coin and Offering means bidding, when interpreted in its entirety means the earliest coin offerings before launch into the free market. This is usually offered by developers where their goal is to raise funds to develop their projects do in this case is a digital coin. They need funds to maximize the projects they are doing so they can quickly grow and can be quickly completed.

Wow, in 2016, you were asking about the concept of ICO last year, and you have made a lot of money and even realized the freedom of wealth this year. The ICO market is really hot this year.

it's initial coin offerings.

ICO (Initial coin/token offering) is a new crowdfunding mechanism for startups, allowing projects at an early stage to collect the necessary funds in a short period of time.

Today, ICO is Low-Cost Growth Funding and it is the most convenient tool for attracting investments, including due to the lack of legal regulation and supervision.

What is ICO shows here https://www.edutelly.com/courses/ico-blockchain-crowdfinding-token-crowdsale (https://www.edutelly.com/courses/ico-blockchain-crowdfinding-token-crowdsale)

which I hear ICO is a kind of stock IPO, so ico is one place or investment alt-coin investment

An Initial Coin Offering, also commonly referred to as an ICO, is a fundraising mechanism in which new projects sell their underlying crypto tokens in exchange for bitcoin and ether.
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In a nutshell, this is the initial placement of coins. The bottom line is that there is a company that wants to launch its own crypto-currency, which will be responsible for a certain task. But to launch the development, it is necessary to raise funds, basically this is the sum of the most popular crypto-currencies, such as ether or bitcoin, which the contributors list. In exchange, the company gives its coins, or tokens, which can then be exchanged for other crypto-currencies. That is, it is a kind of crowd-funding and bonds at the same time.
More about it you can see here ICO investment (https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/how-to-launch-an-ico--simple-explanation-of-its-principles-and-campaign-examples).

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ICO is an analog of IPO, only the crypto currency market. ICO - this is the distribution of tokens among investors of the project blockbuster. ICO allows developers to attract investments for their project, and investors to profit from the increase in the cost of tokens.

ICO is a form of capital mobilization of an organization or individual based on the idea of ​​creating a token developed under blockchain technology!
The most famous ICO is the ETHEREUM that raised more than eighteen million dollars in 2014 and increased its total capitalization to over $ 1 billion by 2016.
ICO similar to IPO and Crowdfunding. Like an IPO, shares of start-up companies or companies are sold to raise funds for the organization's activities in an ICO operation. However, the IPO should deal with the law, while the ICO deals with the investor.

Although, there are many ICO projects dedicated to success and profitability for companies and investors. But it is still inevitable that many ICOs have only paper ideas, huge advertising, no potential and the community is not supportive. We also should not be good, select carefully and avoid such projects.
You need to carefully choose the mentor as well as learn how people develop before investing in the ICO, as they are all based on ideas and have not given specific products!

An initial coin offering is similar in concept to an initial public offering (IPO). ICO offers cryptocurrency in return for investment, more commonly known as a coin or token. A good ICO have the potential to make you rich in short term.

ICO it a form of attraction of the capital for Cryptocurrency through virtual currency. He controls and develops the capital without intervention of the government or bank. Generally he is used as an ancient part of the settled companies which helps to pay Cryptocurrency percent for investors, can convert projects into valuable contracts through virtual currency under the name bitcoin.

ICO is a brand new kind of industry in digital world which peoples will start crowdfunding to make a project to become implemented. This is a good thing for the industry to grow bigger.

ICO is a great way to multiply your investments, if you choose a quality project among many. Your investments here can multiply very, very significantly.

I think ICO is an extension of the initial coin offering so you can get a good deal to buy the coin you have and can get a lot of bonus from ICO and certainly can grow the assets you have.

ico is a way of funding a crypto startup, when you buy a good ico you can profit a lot, as its price will rise high in the market

ICO is an organization which is holding numerous crusade to their currency and becoming wildly successful organization that gathers numerous financial specialists to trust to their coin and when you are in an ico you are told to take after their battle with the goal that you can get your abundance after

 ICO - Initial Coin Offering is sometimes called IPCO - Initial Public  Coin Offering is a startup fund that aims to raise capital by  distributing some of the resources to people who have decided to support  it.
With  ICO we usually deal with before the project is completed, but funds can  also be used to provide technical support for an already operating  currency. The  additional advantage of ICO is that supporters who believe in success  will tell others about the new project by raising awareness in the  cryptanalyst community. This also ensures a more fluent currency.

ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is a means of crowdfunding a new cryptocurrency and an innovative idea that can be implemented on the blockchain technology (mostly, as of now). If you have heard about IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) in traditional stock market, you'll understand that ICO is a little similar, yet different, concept but for cryptocurrencies. When some bad-ass developers and entrepreneurs come into contact with each-other and generate a bad-ass idea, they offer tokens for new cryptocurrency to gather enough funding so that they can convert their idea into reality. The significant difference between ICOs and IPOs is that, when you invest, you get tokens of that new cryptocurrency which may get listed on the exchanges once the idea has been developed.

ICO: you give your money for them, they give their token for you. They success, you will have the profit. they fail or scam, you lost your money. It's simple.

ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is a popular form of calling for investment in Cryptocurrency projects. When a company or group issues their own cryptocurrency, they usually create a certain number of Token and sell the tokens to investors in different Crowdsale. Often, developers will accept payment by Bitcoin or Ethereum.

An ICO, or Initial Coin Offering, is a raising money battle by a digital currency venture where they offer their coins/tokens in return for cash (regularly in BitCoin, Ether, Litecoin etc...). This cash is later used to finance the improvement of the venture. The motivator for the financial specialists is that, evidently, the cost for the tokens will be worth endless supply of the task and along these lines speculators will make a benefit.

What is ICO?
ICO Extension of Initial Coin Offering. Initial means the earliest, Coin means digital token / coin and Offering means bidding, when interpreted in its entirety means the earliest coin offerings before being launched into the free market.
ICO is usually offered by the developers where their goal is to raise funds to develop the projects they do in this case is a digital coin. They need funds to maximize the projects they undertake to quickly develop and can be quickly completed.
For developers they will get funding to accelerate the projects they develop so that they can be enjoyed by many people. For investors will get a token or coin which later coin can be traded freely in the market exchangers.
The advantage for investors who follow ICO before the coin is launched to the free market is the price given will be cheaper. And usually when the coin is launched the price will jump up to more than 5x the price of ICO. This is what makes investors enjoy this ICO.

ICO is a relatively new form of investment, the emergence of which is associated with the development of crypto currency.

Think of them as IPOs, but the founders raise money using popular cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, litecoin and most popularly, Ethereum, instead of fiat currencies. In return for your investment, you get the ICO's proprietary cryptocurrency. The investments work pretty much like shares, which in most cases don't have voting rights. As the company grows, the value of your crypto grows. You can either hold or cash out for fiat or other mainstream cryptocurrencies.

It really depends on the ICO.

Some coins have intrinsic value, such as ETH which is required to be spent by any developers who want to use the Ethereum blockchain.

Others such as E4ROW are written into a smart contract that will pay the coin holders dividends (in ETH) based on how well the products produced by the E4ROW team are performing.

BAT has another model where the coin is spent by the consumer in order to customize their advert experience and by publishers in order to target their desired audience.

The value of other coins seem to be based purely on the speculation that there will be increased demand for them from others in the future which will drive the price up. Might want​ to be wary of those ones :-)

I think ICOs are a bit more like "heavily discounted vouchers" that may be redeeemed against future blockchain infrastructure (with risk) and/or might have future intrinsic value where they can be spent as a form of currency.

To a significant extent, network effects drive the value of the coins plus the utility of the related blockchain infrastructure, where as more people provide/use the infrastructure (mining pools / nodes) and as more people hold coins, the probable future value increases.

All of this drives bubble behaviour and attracts scam artists as well as genuine visionary technologists. Money can be made in bubbles but highly volatile currencies must be considered as high risk.

Think of them as IPOs, but the founders raise money using popular cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, litecoin and most popularly, Ethereum, instead of fiat currencies. In return for your investment, you get the ICO's proprietary cryptocurrency. The investments work pretty much like shares, which in most cases don't have voting rights. As the company grows, the value of your crypto grows. You can either hold or cash out for fiat or other mainstream cryptocurrencies.

I think ICOs are a bit more like "heavily discounted vouchers" that may be redeeemed against future blockchain infrastructure (with risk) and/or might have future intrinsic value where they can be spent as a form of currency.

To a significant extent, network effects drive the value of the coins plus the utility of the related blockchain infrastructure, where as more people provide/use the infrastructure (mining pools / nodes) and as more people hold coins, the probable future value increases.

All of this drives bubble behaviour and attracts scam artists as well as genuine visionary technologists. Money can be made in bubbles but highly volatile currencies must be considered as high risk.

I.c.o this means in full the initial coin offering, this is the new coin advertise and give them self-publicity this way prospective investors are able to be aware of what the coin has to offer and know the idea behind the coin and also the if satisfied make investment

Moreover, An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is an unregulated methods for crowdfunding utilizing digital currency, which is connected by cryptographic money organizations as an other option to the thorough and directed capital-raising procedure required by financial speculators, banks, or stock trades. These capacity by auctioning off a made advanced token which is some way or another integrated with the organization, item, or administration.

ICO is the abbreviation of Initial Coin Offering. It means that someone offers investors some units of a new cryptocurrency or crypto-token in exchange against cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum.

Here's a good example of an ICO https://vlux.io/

I am also new to join so it does not help you. I'm sorry
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ICO is the time to sell coins from companies initial Coin Offering is a program as an opportunity to buy tokens on projects in blockchain ecosystems through crowdfunding.
Supporters and investors buy project tokens and can operate commercially with tokens purchased according to lists on different platforms.
The ICO is intended as an aid to the realization of the project and for the need for temporary costs because there has been no capital turnover.
ICO will also be used to improve international business and build teams well.

I do not like icos and this position is with me for so long time, ICOs liek programs for getting money for projects are too inreliable and dangerous from the side of possible losses and it is very annoying and disappointing things. I prefer buying crypto currencies more than ICOs so much.

It mean Initial coin offering , it's a mechanism used for raising funds and the project issue tokens in exchange for your investment

In my view, the ICO is the process of producing a coded coin, or tokens, coin (which is like printing money), and sells these tokens to investors. . But it can be said that 90% of current ICO projects are scam or not worth

ICO - initial placement of coins. In other words, a new project wants to earn money for your business and produces their coin, which supported this project. At ICO price of the coin is lower than on the stock exchange, as there sells it to you the project itself, but in practice the price of the stock exchange very often drops sharply down after the end of ICO.

ICO is the crypto equivalent of an IPO on a traditional stock exchange.

Seems like this is the new way for companies to raise the funds they need to develop a project without all the red tape associated with the stock market.

Peronally I would not invest further in any new ICO, I have seen them all cheaper after the ICO finishes in the stage before the product launches. I think the ICO is a good time to research and get to know a company but for maximum value I would invest afterwards.

ICO or initial coin offering is the process in which a certain company is selling their cryptocurrency/tokens to investors to outsource fund for their project. Once the ICO is successful, token holders have the opportunity to sell their tokens at a good price or use them to which the token may serve them best.

Here's an interesting article explaining the difference between an ICO and IPO:

https://coincodex.com/article/2283/the-differences-between-an-ico-and-an-ipo/

The influence on the ICO is from the total supply of coins.
If the ICO price is high then the total supply of tokens is a little, so the more the total coins, the cheaper the price will be.

ICO is the large and great project that can help to get money for the particular aim and other people can support this idea and invest their money in you doing as well.

In a simple sentence, ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is an offering/ a selling of the coin/token in a new project. The team of the project will use the result of the token sale to finance the project then. You can know about the project in detail by reading a whitepaper from them. If the project is being a successful project, you will get a profit. But, if the project doesn't run well, just be patient because you will lose your money.

To best of my understanding, ico simply means initial coin offering. A token sold out at different stages with bonuses attached to it for early adopters and investors as a whole.

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is an event where new and upcoming cryptocurrency (blockchain) project raise fund for their projects. At this stage, the coin is not yet know and not listed on any exchange yet, but investors can only buy from the developers of the project. After this stage according to their road map and white paper, it will now be available to the public.

ICO stands for initial coin offering and refers to the creation and sale of digital tokens. In an ICO, a project creates a certain amount of a digital token and sells it to the public, usually in exchange for other cryptocurrencies.

This is an opportunity for beginners to get good tokens, which can become an ideal coin, after entering the stock exchange. But it is also a danger not to get anything. So many proposed ideas are just fiction or idiocy.

ICO is a method of raising money for a project, its full meaning is initial coin offering. As we have IPO (Initial Public Offering) in conventional business world, so we have ICO in blockchain business model. The notable difference among both is that it is only a fully established business that can sell IPO to the public but ICO is being done by a new blockchain startup with no any form of prior success.

The earliest coin offerings before being launched into the free market offered by developers to investors with the aim of raising funds to develop the projects they do in this case are digital coin. They need funds to make the project develope quickly and can be quickly completed.

something liked crowd funding, nowadays too many scam project.. pls do more research before invest :)