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Suppose if there are a number of ICOs started for different coins by anonymous developers then how can we find that which one the legit ICO and which one is scam ICO?

You can't. Which is why ICOs are worse than gambling.

Like the other guy stated, we can't since we didn't know what will be the final phase of the project. But there are factors we can check to minimize our worries and the associated risk which some are; having an  active devs, funds being escrowed and continous development.

Investing in ICO is really a risky investment but if we will take the brighter side of the picture it will be profitable. So it's really worth to try than to try other risky investment out there.

Buy ICO coins.. if you profit then it's legit otherwise it's a scam.
It has nothing to do with how they work so don't pay any attention to that FUD.

You can have an assurance that an ICO will be legit enough. It is like or even more than gambling just like what bathrobehero said. Just look at their road map if they are planning to make their coin for a long term use then go for it. Read their ANN thread and together read the people's comment , that is important.

You can check http://icocountdown.com and http://coininterview.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOu5mkF_NczLQzICINvzr9w

The first is a website that shows all ICO's and does due diligence, the second is an interview site where we interview the developers.

You can always wait until it hit a major exchange.

when you ask the developers for information about themselves or the project and they won't be open, that is a sign of a scam

The first thing to do is are the faces of the developers visible and what is their antecedent in crypto space
Second, how visible is the technology or idea they are proposing
Third, A trusted Escrow must be used
Fourth, invest only after the project get traction.

All these are not guarantee but will help to help your decision making

Hey you better look at annoncement thread. I saw this ICO and looks very promising. Take a look at this ANN thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1738600. They got 3 escrows and these 3 escrows are highly trusted escrows in this forum(yahoo62278, Lauda, Miner jones). This is good for you since you are finding legit ico.

It is not possible to predict that Ico is successful until the final phase of the project, every thing looks like genuine but when they din't reach their definitely it will be bad ICO. Don't consider ICO without any escrow, escrow should be their so that escrow will hold you money until they need to finish those which are listed in RoadMaps.

It is just simple. Just avoid anonymous devs. Satoshi nakamoto tactics will not gonna work right now because scammer already aware and doing it. It impossible now for an ICO with anonymous devs to become successful. People have a natural greediness within us. So instead of choosing legit ICO with anon devs, just choose the safe project

Invest on ICO is such as placing a bet for some card on the board. You don't know which card is good but gamble on it is really interesting.
You can't predict which ICO will success on the progress, but support they coin will make a +1 for development.

It is very difficult, when you invest in ico you really bet like a blind man, never trust 100% the developer words, because so many of us got scammed, checking the site also is not going to increase your trust level, so i believe it is better to stay away from ico, eventhough sometimes the profit is huge but the risk is very big

I'll definitely look for existing project not empty promise where they can run when the dev received the funds,some of the legit ico I invested are BASH and Victoriouscoin,victoriouscoin is implementing an Ics and they have ready projects while holding their interactive coin sales.

How can i tell which PONZI Scheme is good ?
How will i know which one is gonna gimme mad ROI'z yo ?

THAT is what you all sound like.  ::)

change one letter and like magic you have a whole world of legit options. here they are - http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/

Find one with trusted escrow. A big community, and milestones to release the raised BTC. Every other way you are risking it big time a I have many times..

Can't remember I've read more stupid comment than this recently.

which part of it is incorrect? it all seems like it's in order to me.

Take a look at this... http://icorating.com (http://icorating.com) It is currently in BETA but quite an interesting project.



Their rating is scheme is straight forward. Take a look at a few of their reports for Past or Current ICOs.

You have 1 comment and your handing out trade advice ?
Where else on the web would that crap fly ? WOW  ::)
They need to reinstate the nooby jail i think.

Still we can't tell with surity that which altcoin ICO is legit and scam because reason is not only its price increase after some time but its publicity always matter a whole .
In my experience , that ICO ,is much better than other ,which have listed his coin in the top 10-15 altcoin list at trading site .
It is because the alcoin which can see by the trader will be comes in activity deal of buy/sell .
And secondly if any ICO which is advertising his altcoin through signature campaign by paying bitcoin( not his altcoin ) then that we go for profit and can be listed into better altcoin ICO .

Some of the people have provided some good points but some have provided that ask them for showing their faces while at here I am collecting points about anonymous ICOs to find about them. I want to make this thread as rich of knowledge about anonymous ICOs to find legit among them.

Investing in ICO is rather risky investment but it can be profitable. It's really worth to try than to try other risky investment out there.
We should look at what will be the final phase of the project. There are factors we can check to minimize our worries.
Also people who creates ICO. If they are known in crypto world, it can give some proof that it ll not be a scam.
But the main thing is final step of project and the main idea. And if it is possible to get back money and leave ICO or if you can do smth with tokens of it (if it's in tokens). It gives some proof and trust to people.

Wow...
Spoetnik.. you actually never fail to amaze me. I have been reading bitcointalk for years, and all I have read of late is you trash talking and getting people down. Posting in ICO threads poking fun of people. I register and make my first post just to share a source of information I have found.. and here you are within a matter of hours just to ridicule me.

I didn't provide any trade advice, I actually answered the OPs question of where to find some information on whether an ICO is credible or not. Which is considerably more than you have contributed to this thread, or to the entire forum over the past few weeks in fact.

I hope your trolling feeds whatever ego problems you have buddy. You just picked on a user with one post to his name, trying to help someone else out. Congratulations.

Your wasting your time.
You are getting the same old crap.
This same exact topic gets posted every few days by noobs who don't know how to use a forum search button.
They all will end up getting the same replies.

Trust me i know i have seen the same handful of cliche'd topics repeated endlessly here over the years.
It's odd too because any other forum on the web would delete them all..
This place is fucked right up though.. bump an old topic and they will bitch at you and deleted your reply.
Re-post the same tired old crap questions endlessly and you're in their good books.
See the underlying point ? Forum database waste ?
Seems kind of fucking retarded to me.  ::)

You said..
"I want to make this thread as rich of knowledge about anonymous ICOs to find legit among them"

So do you think the self-entitled little brats asking for personal 1 on 1 assistance will use the search button and find this topic ?
LOL of course not  :D
..they will simply re-ask the same tired old question.

How to find Legit ones ?
That is retarded.. there isn't any.

You showed up here OP to make money obviously...
So a legit one is one that makes you money and a scammy one is one you lose money on.
So start a new topic asking how do i get rich at Bitcointalk "investing" in ICO PONZI scheme's

So ?
Good luck i hope you get mad ROI'z yo !
Hope them ICO shitcoin investments make you sick rich bro !
Welcome to crypto and glad your here.. know any other "traders" that want to flog shitcoins for BTC ?

99% ICOs are not legit or simply not worth investing. You want to speculate, it is fine. Some good coins are not really doing ICOs. Many ICOs are for pump and dump.

Its very difficult to find but, you can minimize risk by checking some aspects. First read their ANN thread thoroughly so that you can get a clear idea. Know who are its founders. Most importnt, check whether all of its coins are premined or yet most coins to be mined after ICO. If all of its coins are premined, then you should be more cautious.

If you don't have any inside information ICOs are just gambling. And if you have inside information you are most likely part of the scam.

@OP
Are you asking which are LEGIT or are you asking which will make you profits ?
Because the two do not necessarily go hand & hand.. *IF* we were talking about "Mined" coins.

ICO's are scammy & crooked by design and should not be supported at all ever.
If you do then you are supporting Crypto-PONZI Schemes for Profit making scammers rich.
And taking a nasty rotten fat shit all over any and all *REAL* "Legit" coins.

If you are not helping the situation by condemning them you ARE the problem.

Many coins have different platform it is not possible to find which one legit because every thing seems to be more legit, some people will have an intention to make this coin more profitable to it's customers. But through signature campaign we can able to find them whether it is good one are not because dev's will be very active through this.

Choose the ico was using the trusted escrow, and so anytime, the ico will be turning into the scam ico and the escrow will return your money.
Simple.
It like an insurance or guarantee for testing about the ICO, is the legit ico or not.

This is really the indications and you could really answer that question by yourself.This is true that if you gain profit into an ICO then its legit if not then scam.No one could really know the situation if an ICO would go scam or succesful thats why its a wise thing to do is research about a particular ICO if you saw that devs are not hiding themselves and money is own escrowed then theres a possibility but theres no guarantee.

If you read the main post of me (the first/starting post of this thread) then you will find that what I am asking for. I only want to discuss about anonymous projects. Every person have their own point of view about these projects that how are they, I want to hear from them.

In the above post you said that there are a number of threads already about this topic. I request please read carefully my starting post and then provide one with rich comments. (with rich comments I mean that thread in which everyone have given their point of view about anonymous projects.

Thanks

How hard is it to fool people here ?
Does Bitcointalk have a rule forbidding posting scams ?
Escrow ?
I can build one up so i can use it for a big theft later can't i ?
Ident ? ......

All this can be defrauded easily  ::)

It is in fact NOT POSSIBLE to "use due diligence" when the game is rigged.

In my experience,almost ICO are trying to prove them this coin more profitable to it's customers seems to be more legit,there could be a good investment so most of time It's very hard to find out a legit ICO,It can be possible if you follow some good direction.Always read ANN thread of any ICO,Check out more information, reliable record etc..

I *could* put a dollar in your hand so i can smile at you and be extra friendly buddy pal as i have my hand in your pocket getting it all later..

Don't be low hanging-crypto fruit kids.

Just do your due diligence and determine for yourself if the ICO and company doing the offering are legitimate. Look around at their websites, research the history of the company and the people involved at the company.

invest in ICO is risky 50/50, but it can be profitable 

Depend on how they use their marketing way to promote their ICO
For example : if you see ASC presentation, I'm consider this project is promising and serious so it will able to compete other coin on the future

Just do not afford more than you can lose

I do not think it's possible to find a totally legitimate one. But it is possible to filter out those that are sure to be scam. If you have a reliable escrow, the devs you know in the community already gives you greater security. Nothing guaranteed. I recommend Google search the images they use in the ads, some use edited images of the ones that already exist on the internet  :D

well, I guess its not possible to find on which ico is legit. Perhaps, as long as the project continuously flow, and the developer together with the escrow is active in the campaign that ico can be consider as legitimate coins potential.

I think if you can find out infomation of development, CEO... and the real usefull of this project. It's real.

You can find legit ico. First you need to check there website. If it very constructive and they do more effort to it  its legit second you need to check there CEO and find the linkedin. Third you need to check there community if it is active or not including twitter,telegram,facebook,reddit,medium. If you find that all the ico is legit

I think ICO is regulated: meaning there is no third party protecting the funds you invest. If a company’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is legit can be a helpful skill to develop prior to deciding on your crypto-investment strategy. We are aiming to build Initial Coin Offerings website (https://www.icoclone.com) transparent, easy to realize and available for everyone.

start By checking whitepapaer , team, advisors . then you can see some ico review sites . one i like as it depend on many experts opinions "icoBench" .

I think you can find the white paper and the teammembers to see if they are reliable enough.

Well you can read each campaign the whitepaper. Read it, +ere you can find out if it is legit or not.

Do a further readings and research and also don't just rely on a single reference, much better to use a lot of references like reddit, telegram and also here in bitcointalk. And also, check the ratings of the ICO if it is going to be good or bad. Understand their whitepaper if their ideas will surely give a lot of contributions in the near future.

my senior said, when pre sale is sold out and ICO sale reached 50 percent or more,,thats ICO have a good chance...

it may be difficult to determine the legitimate ICO and that is not because before investing in ICO we have to join the existing program of gift of ICO, and we must read white pepper to see the project, team and its development because now many ICO growing so many people say ICO it just a collect funds from investors who have joined

Most of the time you can study the ICO project from Switzerland.
Since Switzerland has legalized ICO, most ICO projects are legal and some excellent ICO projects.

Well, aside those things checking whitepaper and team advisor you can see this please click tje link https://tokenmarket.net here you can see legit ICO having on going and to be launch ICO. All the details are build in to select the best ICO being develop in the blockchain.

There are a lot of indicators. The most important thing is that the project would not look like a freebie and was not too much allocated for advertising. Such projects are usually quick to spin even faster and disappear with the savings.

All illegally appearing cryptographic currencies will become legal in a few months or years. will gradually be used in the shopping madness of the consumer society.  :-X

Take a look on some ICO-review websites/ blogs.
They have some factors to evaluate what is a good ICO project.
Here are some of those:
1- The main ideal
2- Whitepaper
3- Team DEV & advisors (team members should have linkedin)
4- Website & other social channels/ cummunity

Question, How to Find a Legit ICO?

What and Interesting Question But Its more Complicated to answer but in some Cases in other countries Like the U.S Doing and ICO or CrowdFunding is Already regulated by the Government Specifically Like S.E.C people behind those ICO's are real people and Not Hiding there Identity so in that case you can sure its legit But its different in other countries, Im just qouting U.S as and Example But not all Countries that hosting ICO's and Crowdfunding has a regulation laws or Maybe there is But They are still in Confusion of doing a regulation. BTW just be vigilant of Doing anything regarding this topic.

Look for proven businesses. Just like XYO.
I always invest in ongoing business ICOs. If there is no product i do not invest in that ICO
Super computers etc. all of them losers.

I think you can find the white paper, team and the roadmap. 

You have to pay attention on team of company, than on what people say about this ico project and listing  :)

In most countries, ICO has not yet been legalized. Every country's government has a relatively vague policy on ICO, and some countries are more exclusive, mainly because many of the ICO projects are too false to cheat money. Now, Japan and Russia are studying related policies to make ICO more standardized, which is good news for ICO. Of course, the government is doing this in order to make its economic order more secure and avoid many financial problems.

Hello!First do self investigation about project what u want to invest strong recomendate to look on team - Names,surnames,street adress where is projects base office registered and compare with google maps,advisers,roadmap,whitepaper and contracts what they have on time when they start ico!If u do this things correct then u have less% to get scamed!Good luck all!

I look at the project viability.

 Does it make sense for this project to achieve its goals?

Real team behind the project.


Never judge an ICO through ICO rating website. As these rating can be sponsored. I have seen few cases where top rating sites gave a rating of 5/5 and later they removed it from their website. There are chances that they have their share in ICO rating.

So the question comes how to choose best ICO?

If you have an ICO say XYZ then types in google "XYZ bounty" you will find a bitcointalk thread with ICO marketing details. Almost every ICO shares their contribution as bounty to get more contributors.

I have seen projects like TEZOS or RAIDEN NETWORK or ATONOMI or ENIGMA. These ICOs never offered any bounty or marketing advertisements still they reached hardcap.

There are many points like a team, whitepaper blablabla... already discussed in this thread. I always prefer to check the reputation of company and absence of bounty other than the concept, team, etc.

You should do research about the people who are behind the ICO. Also, check out their social media pages and see if they are getting interaction from others or not.

Really good tips)

This is the minimum. Look for on forum - you can find a lot tips for checking ICO.

In my own opinion there is no specific way how to determine if the ico you like is legit or not scam because we will only know it if the ico is already finished but i have my own way of  determining if i can trust the ico first is I'm  looking who is the bounty manager of that specific ico and i will search some information about that ico.

Even if you read Whitepaper thoroughly, and find it is really great, it will not guarantee you that the ICO is the project that will give you the greatest profit. I would rather pay more attention to the team.

finding out legitimate ICOs and Crypto project this year is very difficult due to scammers can even make good websites and make everything that are too good to be true.
I am a bounty hunter so I do have more experiences on joining scam and bogus ICOs and bounty campaigns and none of us noticed that ICO were actually scam unless the ICO is about to end.
scammers bagged the investors' money and ran away and that's the time we only know that the ICO are scam and it's kinda too late.

There are too many factors on how to check whether that ICO is legitimate of scam but for me, I can spot them just buying on their Telegram Channels because I do believe that good ICOs have a very strong social communities like Telegram, facebook, Twitter etc.
check the number of social participants like Telegram, they should have more than a thousand active members and admins are available at anytime of the day because good ICOs do have social managers and moderators.
otherwise, that ICO has a higher chance of being a scam or bogus.

Don't trust anonymous ICOs. If you don't know who runs it, just stay away man.
Tons of people were scammed that way.

They will invest and after a few weeks or months, nobody knows anything about that ICO.
Some will even close their website lol. Talking about some experience. I learned the hard way.

I used to invest quite a lot in ICO, but recently because of the scam and many projects that can not be realized so I stopped investing in ICO, and I started trading.

Learn about their white papers on the specific elaboration of their projects, and whether the project's technical staff and projects have a good application prospects. If you want to get a solid income, you must take certain risks, but you can greatly reduce this risk by investigating and researching yourself.

The definition of ico varies from country to country. Of course, choosing a legal ico is to know from many aspects, for example, you can be directly in the official.

Visit www.icoguide.com  - it is recently launched platform, I like it very much, it is easy to compare several ICOs, besides they have good ratings.

Very good web-page, hope to see there more ICO in the future. They are beginners, but have really good start.

lol I think you have a lot of experience and insight on this discussion issue. of course with the rank you have has made you very familiar in the crypto industry.
Unfortunately you look like a person who does not understand at all, I do not know what you have done so far in this forum.

If an anonymous team is behind the project and there is no way to get full information from open sources to analyze all the details of the project well, then I will not invest.

Only invest what you are willing to lose. Dont put your money all in one basket. Proper financial planning is important in every investment we make. Try looking in in SafeCrypt.io. A high security exchange that has high standards of quality and every piece of software is being tested multiple times before they make it publicly available.
I spent some time to study SafeCrypt ICO. I think this ICO could become one of the best this spring, because of several reason:
 1. This is cryptoexchange. And this cryproexchange has some advantages compare to existing ones: instant transactions, lowest fees, absolute anonimity, large select of crypto assts and others.
 2. They lead very good ICO policy.
 3. THey have Adequate and reasnable bonus rates.
read more here https://safecrypt.io/r566

Unfortunately, it is impossible to verify the legitimacy of the ICO, but it seems to me that over time the ICO will be legalized and this will be possible. Only when this happens and whether it is still so profitable in this case to invest in ICO is still very unclear. Now investing in ICO is very risky and very profitable, and you can not check whether it is legitimate ICO!!!!)))) But if you find a good project, you will be very satisfied. When choosing an ICO, I always check the team, look at the plan, the idea, of course it should be in demand, and preferably unique!!! And also see the documents, follow the project, read the news. And if you understand that there is no information on the project, a lot of incomprehensible and hidden boldly abandon it and do not invest! To date, I can recommend the Caratz project. Look at them very innovative idea: the Association of cryptocurrency and social networks, a good serious and experienced team, all information on the project is open. I have been following this project for a long time and consider it worthy of attention. Actually see it yourself on their website https://caratz.io

Although some investor are trust that ICO's are still true but some ICO's are hardly detect what is the real ICO or fake ICO? well based on my research i wonder  that before would you like to invest at ICO  do a lot of research regarding to thier token  and of course you must also know the background of the team, if we have any reputable reviews,adviser,and intended token distribution
 aside from that read also the white paper, check their linked,what is the purposed? if their something new? or if not ?what is apart from its competitors?  

Make a good research before joining the project ICO, make sure project have a good product or service to offer and the team is experienced with real people.

for me, you can find a good ico manager to find a legit ico.
a reputable manager team will manage real ico, not a scam one. otherwise their reputable will go down.

No! reputable manager cannot determine that your in a good ICO since sometimes the campaign managers are been blinded on the real score of there project hold, remember that there are so many ICO finish scam and doesn't deliver their coin on good exchange and left it without proper support. But there's one thing we can see if the project is good and legit, and those are devs transparency and escrows presence with their project.

Check all channels for reviews, comments..
- telegram
- reddit
- twitter
- facebook

- Check the Whitepaper (Yes read it!)
- check the team > Linkedin

- Why is this a good investment?
- check on icodrops

If it will be happening, we will not know which one is scam, and which is not- simply because we cannot even figure out that there are people, not bots who are just working on it. 

You should look at the project team, look at the experience of the team members in the industry in which the project is realized. You should look at the level of study of the project

you need to learn the project you will join, like a concept, a team, a whitepaper, hard cap, soft cap, and etc. the legit ICO is hard to find now.
Good luck~

A few things to note about ICO
1. Look for Projects whose ICO is not too long, so the time is more effective and efficient
2. Tokens are sold much in demand by investors
3.has an innovative concept incorporating all the services required by Trader Crypto and the usual Conditions that have not been familiar with Cryptocurrency
4. Have a partner who has no doubt
5. the website is not complicated, simple but convincing
quote from
https://medium.com/@long_distance/sedang-moving-project-ico-yang-bagus-baca-ini-9909cd593c0d

I thinks that's all about your personal experience and the research. You should't believe at first sight and rush to contribute and buy the coins. Study the project, the whitepaper and their strategy, find info about the team and their background. And then make up your decision

There are a lot of scammers, but if you carefully read the forums and other information on the network, you can discover them in advance. Study the question before investing your money there

it is very difficult to know because some ICO really has good plan but after crowdsales, they discover they can not continue with the project and at the same time don't want to lose the money they have invested then they end-up running away with investors money. however there are few ways you can know scam ICO. from experience most scam ICO do not have real whitepaper. most of them use to plagiarise other ICO whitepaper so you may know a scam ICO by using plagiarism software to check whether the whitepaper is plagiarised.

This is really a risk. But at the same time, ICO gives the maximum profitability. Therefore, you can take risks in several projects in order to diversify your portfolio

If you don't have any inside information ICOs are just gambling. And if you have inside information you are most likely part of the scam.

If the developers are not disclosing their identity then its probably a scam. A decent team will know that ICO investors look at the team's expertise to help them decide if they will participate or not, and so would be open about that information.

If the scammers are not experienced, it is easy to determine the banal verification of all information. But also, many scammers simply make a copy of a successful ICO changing only the name, there is little that will help, because many are really similar to each other and equally successful.

A lot of research and reading their whitepaper in detail is the only way.

If you read enough whitepapers you'll be able to tell what makes a good project and what makes a bad one.

A lot of good points here but I would also add:

- Check if the project team are active at events.

- Does the project have a MVP? If so it's a strong sign that it's legitimate.

If you are new at crypto, then its best to research for a few weeks, and get help from experienced members. As you become wiser in the cryptoworld then you will discern what is a good ICO and what is a scam.

there is no way to tell if an ico is legit or scam, just take the risk, and find their public information if its legit or not, decide for yourself if you are satisfied for the information given.

There are so many ways you can simply find out if an ICO is legit or scam, the only thing you cannot find out is if the ICO is going to be successful or not, which for most ICOs with a great team, investors are normally refunded. Identifying a scam starts with the team and as long as you can identify a team that is ready to work pretty well, and there is a product to invest in, then you will not have a problem with your investment being a legit one or not based on what you eventually find out.

Nothing is easy which is the reason why proper and due diligence is needed to be able to survive the ICO space and for those lazy enough to do this due diligence, they are normally the ones that end up involved in a scam project.

Be sure you are investing in a project with a product and not just an empty promise, and you should also be ready to invest in a project with experienced and well vast team members and not just some young dudes looking for ways to get rich faster.

To find out the legal project iso - you need to know if they have documents confirming the opening of the company

when you ask developers for information about themselves or the project and they will not open, it is a sign of fraud and checking the site also will not increase your level of trust, so I believe it is better away from ico, although sometimes that is a big advantage but the risk is very large

Before you involve in ICO projects make it sure you read all  the details about what they produce and have a prior observation of the following. Also it's good to determined those who manage.

I always check the team experience on Linkedin, their blog articles, if it gives real value or just complete shill and when I find a project that looks legit, I dig into it on the technical level.

You cant tell if that ICO is 100% legit because even in some famous ICO sites there are still scam ICO, its just like gambling but when you gamble in the right project you can be rich in an instant.

Entering in ICO was very risky , we dont know if it is a scam or not . So we should be carefull in choosing where we can join in .. Always be active checking the status of it , and join some telegram account about that project so you can get ideas to others.

i think you should do your own research and then maybe you can filter out the scams pretty well

You just have to do a lot of research, no way of knowing for sure. Obviously ICOs are one of the riskiest possible investments that you can make.

Here people do not know how to find a good bounty project and here it is still more difficult because finding a good project for investing now is something very awful you can imagine what it is like to look for a nail in a garbage can, it's about the same.

If developers hide their data, then this is the first sign of fraud. Such projects should be avoided. In top projects, there are names and stories about the whole team, no one is hiding it.

I think we have the same experience and knowledge about the ICO project. with the rank you have, you should have had a lot of experience and insight about analysis for ico.
yes, the experience of making knowledge in terms of reviewing and studying various conclusions, especially in the project that was allegedly a scam.

Now, if I only rely on the ICO provider site, I think that is not something that can be used as the best way, I have experience in searching for ico, I think it influences how to determine ico that can grow optimally and not scam. the main factor is to be more selective in choosing ico and be careful.

experience is the main capital to be able to choose the right projects ico. By having experience, we will always learn in the face of various conditions and that will usually make us smarter in choosing projects. what I used to do was see the team behind the project, when these people had a good reputation, I would not hesitate to invest in those projects. Professional people will have excellent abilities in managing projects and that will determine the direction of success of the project in the future.

Well, as what you have said developer is anonymous. In that name ICO is not legit. All information of the ICO project should be visible and clearly stated in all social media. The platforms also of the ICO project you are going to invest must be original and not copied by any other existing ICO. That is just a basic things to know on how you can say that the ICO you are going to invest is legit.

i read the white paper and check their team but i think the other just check the ratings of their ico.

Nothing good comes very easy that suggest that there is need for any investor to always make a propare research before investing in any project. In most cases ICO that are back up with a  companies or a working products is the best to invest on . Example: "SportsFx ICO "  is own by a powerful sports industry. https://www.sportsfix.io.      https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4380637.0

The best strategy is to do your research about the entire Project and also  Famous Bounty Manager is also a good indicator because they are filtering Scam Project. One of the best ICO im investing the WPP Energy Project that is established in Switzerland one of the best Clean Energy Provider that is already implemented to its partnered Government to reduce the Energy Crisis with an affordable price !

This is quite easy, see at the moment there are many services that review ico projects and do their full technical analysis, also on these services there is information about the legality of the project, analysis of its technical documentation and much more

when you ask the developers for information about themselves or the project and they won't be open, that is a sign of a scam.  But If You want to save yourself from scam Then I Will recommend to check SciDex Protocol. The SciDex protocol sets out to unlock smart contracts for businesses. It starts by enabling the translation of written contracts to smart contracts and ascends the complexity chart by adding additional trusted, secured and proven layers.

I think if you do not have experience then it will be very difficult for you to find good ico projects that will definitely bring you profit.

I will not entrust my money to developers who do not have a genuine identity.
only a fool wants to do that because you don't know where your money is being transferred and who is responsible in the future if something happens to your money.

Study their whitepaper, look at the activity in social networks,what  people recomendation and thinking   about the project, what job they have already done and what else needs to be done,they have good ideas,regular news,good team and methods for realizing the goals for a successful project.

Research. Research and a bit of luck.

While you can take a hint on what ICO promises looking at their whitepaper, websites and history.
Over-emphasis on the rewards or things that sound too good to be true.
Always be skeptical about profiles that have managed to be active without any recommendations from anyone.

There's no sure way of doing this. But we can always play safe.

I think it's very difficult. and it makes no sense to compare two similar projects. because they will be the same and everyone will claim that he is real. look for one where there is no doubt. otherwise, you will spend a lot of your time

Luck is for the weak!

If you truly want to find a legitimate ICO, you have to be thorough in your research, and inevitably ROI will come!

1. Due diligence
Check previous ICO performance. If an ICO is in the crowdsale, you will be able to assess its past performance from private sale or pre-sale!
Assess if the people behind an ICO have sufficient experience to market, develop and launch their product / service exponentially.
Roadmap is the next big thing. Observe the dates and see if they respected each and every point mentioned in the roadmap
See how they marketed. Check sources such as listings, PRs, news, reviews, social media, forums, blog posts, etc.
Check their website, and make sure that it has all the necessary features:
a. WP
b. Roadmap
c. Token info
d. Token distribution
e. Vesting
f. Problem & Solution
g. Team & advisors
h. Vision
i. Ecosystem

2. ICO Stages (Private sale, pre-sale, crowdsale) - understand in which phase the ICO is currently in and understand the differences
3. KYC
4. Registration and purchase directly via their website
5. HODL or Trade

If you are looking for a detailed guide which will show you each and every step in-details, both practically and in theory, please visit: https://www.coinpoint.net/icoguides/ and triple your funds in no time.

Yeah, that's good. Always pay more attention mate. Do research and a further readings also don't just rely on a single reference, much better to use a lot of references like reddit, telegram and also here in bitcointalk. And also, check the ratings of the ICO if it is going to be good or bad. Understand their whitepaper if their ideas will surely give a lot of contributions in the near future.

with the increasingly high number of ICO. Indeed now quite difficult to find ICO are legit. Moreover, now also the greater number of ICO that scam. If I would pick the ICO project has indeed softcap only.

it's a little difficult we know that Ico is the best and responsible..
just by looking for info on the development of Ico itself by following all the official programs offered at Ico and knowing how the team will work in the future..

To find out a legit ICO is not easy,you have to research carefully about project on ICO rating website that you trust, research about members of team,roadmap,whitepaper are clear or not....

To be honest, it's quite easy. You can easily detect is the team of the project serious or not about the project. I mean, when you want to check is the ICO legit or not, check the website, whitepaper, the team and how active the telegram group. Like how fast they answer the question from the community and the investor. Check the linkendin profile for each team, check the photos too.

open ICO sales are also a great value for the project, rather than sales that are not published, it makes investors who join there become uncomfortable, and a lack of trust can also occur there

You can find out the great ICO and legit if they have a good manager and team and it has a website to check if legit or not.

we can recognize from the team that handles it. if the team is trusted and also good, then it's a good thing for a project. reading the whitepaper is also important because in it we can see the important information about the project. we can see the supply of tokens and the team that handles.

It is very difficult to find an ICO which has the potential and above all not a scam. Look for the whitepaper, idea of the project, teams specialties. But these things can not guarantee that ICO is legit. I personally recommend  you not to invest in ICO and buy the tokens when they are listed on a well known exchange.   

It's not that easy to trust some ICO's even they have a lot of whitepapers sometimes they are still the same as a scammers that will surely make your investments lose that's why it is better to stick to a good bounty manager that really choose a good ICO that are not gonna scam our investments and that's what I'm doing now to prevent from losing any of my money that I want to invest in any ICO's.

We should look carefully at every ICO that we will join. And one of the ways to know if an ICO is legit is transparency. There should be pictures of the founders admin and their events.

And of course there is a real product available to people!

current ICO project is indeed more and more. and thus, with increasingly difficult also found legit ICO. because the competition is getting tougher. many of the ICO that scam. my simple way, just look at the sales only. If indeed the softcap, then I dare to follow.

A good ICO would be hard to spot now in this sea of ico scams that we are seeing coming out of the market. You have to be willing to turn into some kind of crypto detective to find the good ones. Research, go on their websites, their social media, make sure that they are working on the things that they say they are working on. That is always a good indicator.

This is a good question to answer, I think in order to find and filter out which ICO is legit and which ICO is Scam, we should first be knowledgeable about their purpose. First, read their respective whitepapers and try to connect it to their bounty share. If you think their white paper is written in high quality content, believe that it is legit. But I don't assure you that, you can also see, how many members do their telegram group have.

to read the white paper and see the composition of the team involved is really needed too, but also to see a good team manager sometimes determines a project.

Unfortunately, this trend from last year has also led to a strict oversight from regulators which tend to overregulate as their understand how to adequate protect investors from scams and frauds.

If the developers are anonymos, so we can not find their background, can not contact them personally, then it is itself a "red flag". ICOs with good intention do not work anonymus IMO.

Good day all, I'm a few months old in crypto about 4 months old! I have looked at resources everywhere to find what can help me with my investment in crypto since I was introduced to it and ICOs recently by a friend! He suggested that I should join https://bitcointalk.org and I can get help with ICOs atleast the very reliable ones! Please how do I begin knowing which ICO is legit enough! thanks

Finding a legit ICO will entail a lot of things. First, you have to read through several ANN thread pages of this forum to get a first knowledge of different upcoming projects, afterwards, you need to research the competency of the ICO team.

To identify whether an ICO project is a scam, an in-depth investigation of the background of the team members is required.

The best way for you to find good icos is for you to look into the coins that you are interested  in, make sure that you familiarize yourself with the project and what they are all about. Make sure that you look at the roadmap for the project and the whitepaper for it. Make sure that you know what the money thtat they are raising is going towards, that will help you find out the good ones

so far I've seen it from the many reviews carried out by trusted ICO appraisers websites, such as https://www.trackico.io (https://www.trackico.io), https://topicolist.com (https://topicolist.com), https://icoholder.com (https://icoholder.com), etc. This helps to provide a lot of ICO information from all projects, and helps a little find a good bounty

This is indeed very difficult, because today there are practically no projects that would comply with the normal and correct legitimized rules that are issued by the SEC, so there are very few chances, just understand it and remember.

Get contact with the team and you will figure them out.
Ask them questions and see how they perform.
Before you should study your lessons about their projects technology and etc.
Don't waste their time with already answered and nonsense questions.

Sad to say but you cannot distinguished whos legit and scams though there are some thread that might help you lessen the chance of being victimized andi can give you some of those topics

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2896030.0

Heres some advices and tips about finding the right one

One thing to look for is the purpose and long term vision of the token. Some ICOs are opting for a token sale as a fast way to raise capitals but a traditional fund raising with VCs would be much more appropriated for their business model.

Here's 10 characteristics a utility token should have:

https://medium.com/@marc.couzic/make-utility-tokens-great-again-f236b64ee31b

It is not easy to find out the legit ICOs, as the scam ICOs are also using plenty of money for advertisement. They are also promoting their project like the legit ones, but if you research about the project well then you will have good idea about it.

There is no guaranteed way to find out is if its a scam. That is why a lot of scammers keeps on doing it. They are ruining the life of many investors and they are ruining the reputation of crypto. If this keeps happening, crypto will lose a lot of active investors and those who are planning to invest on crypto. A lot of people will hesitate to invest on ICO's and will just settle on established coins, the top ranking coins.

The most important thing - from which everyone should start to verify the ICO project - is to check the developers team.
Everyone should have a LinkedIn profile and a credible history and confirmed experience.
If you think that someone can run a project right after graduation, it's your decision whether you want to trust him.
But if dev team want to stay anonimous it is for me big red flag and righ away i'm out.

This forun is able to offer you such information because there are so many discussions. Moreover you can find them or rating sites and so on, I think you will find there necessary information.

Internet is full of the information about them. ICOsare so popular that they could be find everythere including this platform and other social sites.

There are a lot of factors, that you can investigate to find out if an ICO is legit or not. You just need to make a good research, to read the whitepaper, to check the community stats, to look at the projects development level. There are still some diamonds left on this market.

Be sure to look at the whitepaper of each project before deciding to invest in them. And most importantly, do not invest before you scrutinize the development team behind the project. Any project that does not have a credible, easy-to-authentic, and open-source team can project a lot of skepticism and turn into a living nightmare for all.
I think so!.

I think a legitimate ICO has certain sponsors that are closely related to the state , or the project is supported by the state.

It's really hard to find a legit ICO but you can cut down the list by doing due diligence. You do your research by starting with the team of developers and advisers including the company related to the ICO. Check them if they are for real. Aside from that evaluate the whitepaper and websites. You can start with these.

In general, I will search for valuable projects through the ICO evaluation website and make appropriate investments. Or through the forum to do signature rewards activities, and strive for tokens of valuable projects.

Well, actually most of the icos are legit. Scam ones really not that much.

But the problem is, even with the best intentions, most of the icos resulting crappy products or worthless tokens. It is hard to find the ico with a quality product because mostly there are just promises on the ico phase and you wait for them to deliver.

It's simple. You will determine this only thanks to white paper. White paper is the main document of any project and if you find inconsistencies there, then the whole project can be questioned, as well as investments in it

Nothing like how to find out legit ico again but only a prayer can sure you that a project is sure now with the level of scam going on in blockchain , it makes crypto look more like scam and more reason we human are just the most dangerous thing that has ever happen to the world, someone create this to solve problem of capitalism and some people are at one corner to spoil the good thing that should happen to human and bring freedom for all a bad name .
Even if they have their name and face all over social media it does not say they won't scam investors so the only thing needed now is prayer to stop all these bad eggs.

Do you know some ICO-rated websites, such as ratingico ... etc? Those sites have a lot of ICOs registered to be evaluated, so follow those indexes that select potential ICO projects for. only me. I'm also following that trend.

You can understand this simply by reading the documentation. Thanks to this, you can learn a lot of new information about the ICO you are interested in and also find out exactly whether the scammers created your project or not

You can find legit ICO in this forum and I also recommend ICO Drops for you. But regardless of what anyone may tell you, always do your own research about a project before investing your hard earned money into it because nothing is certain in this space.

Aside from Website existence. Look also for its Social Media accounts. See if the Team Members has LinkedIn account (know their background), search for feedbacks, reviews, what's their product. Read the whitepaper, look for youtube reviews, discord, reddit. Ask the community on Telegram, interact with them. Know whose their Advisor, partners and if promoted by wel-known people. it's a plus points that it's legit.

Know with either the team or management behind it. One of the most important success factors for ICO or cryptocurrency is the developer and administrative team behind the project. The cryptocurrency space is dominated by big names, with superstar developers like the founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, who are able to create new projects just by putting their names on the development team. Then check the document (whitepaper) A cryptocurrency or ICO whitepaper is the basic document for the project, and read carefully. Observe Token Sales, legitimate companies are trying to make a transparent system and the progress of sales of tokens is easy for potential investors to see. How Decent an ICO Project is, Many ICOs launched, even highly publicized ones, have simply evaporated after initial interest faded. Your best chance for a successful investment depends on the company that has a set of goals that are achievable and feasible. That is how we can find out whether it is a legitimate ICO or a scam.

It is highly suggested to do a proper research. Seeing the framework and such. Those people behind it or the teams. We all know that today more and more scammers are there. And also consider picking those ICO who uses top coins. It would probably be successful.

There are a couple of things you can look out for
You can check for the product that the project is offering the investors, when you see that the product is a sustainable one then you can invest in it
Always make sure that you are looking at the team members and have a way of following what they are working on, the best icos are always the ones that are transparent

No ICO is label legit, you just have to take your chance and invest and if it come out fine, then you are lucky but if it comes out otherwise , take your loss and move to the next one and try if it will meet your criteria!

Legitimate ICOs usually conduct closed ICOs, haven`t any bounty campaigns. But they don't need you, they are focused on large investors.

It will take 2-3 hours to investigate any project. Research this forum, rating website and for sure, the ICOs website. I always check the team members and developers, to see if they were copy pasted or not. Always read the whitepaper to understand for what the project stands.

There are may reason to find a good project with ICO, what I usually do is making sure that all the data that i got from the project is valid, including the progress of the selling.
Also never forget the team behind that project, cause that is one of many key to makes the project running.

Most of the time people Google it. The alternative way is to follow a specific site who list upcoming ICOs on daily basis. I follow not one but two websites that provide great ICO projects.

Coindelite: https://www.coindelite.com/ (https://www.coindelite.com/)

Coindelite is the most delightful media channel to get you the Latest Bitcoin News, Cryptocurrency News, and ICO Press Releases. Check updated ICO list, Live Cryptocurrency price charts, information Cryptocurrencies and real-time market data.

It is the only web platform that includes information regarding live cryptocurrency price charts, Bitcoin price trends, favourability and unfavorability of a trade, Complete list of ICOs, their scopes and functions, Rates of various cryptocurrencies according to distinguished crypto-exchange platforms, Real-time Market Data, Worldwide press releases, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ news, Blockchain and ICO Events, leading cryptocurrencies’ lists, and list of Top ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings), etc.

List Of ICO: https://www.listofico.com/ (https://www.listofico.com/)

List Of ICO is the best place to get comprehensive information on all the latest ICO listings across the globe. You can compare listings, specifications and price from a single, convenient location.

An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is an unregulated means through which a new cryptocurrency venture can raise funds. It is a method that startups in the cryptocurrency world can employ to sidestep the rigorous capital raising process which is usually required by venture capitalists and banks.

There is one website where you can find legit ICOs the website's name is List of ICO.

There has been a surge of new ICOs surfacing every day. There was an urgent need in the market for a place where users can discover all the latest and upcoming ICOs. list Of ICO also provides a dedicated blog section which will allow you to get all. the in-depth information about ICOs.

List of ICO is the best place to get comprehensive information on all the latest ICO listings across the globe. You can compare listings, specifications and price from a single, convenient location.

To know more visit: https://www.listofico.com/

It is not that easy to be %100 sure it is a scam or not. So my advice is to always check the team linkedin profiles plus the product behind any ico. Is this useful or not?!! It the product is good enough even in the preview stage, then it is a good sign. Also don't forget to check the roadmap. Is this realistic road?!! If yea, then, again, it is a good sign. For a sample check the ARROUND ico. This is good and suits the these factors.

You need to research the project first, read the whitepaper and identify the team of that project. Because there are many ICO nowadays with fake identities, like the team are fake, they are just stealing some personal identities of real team of some coin or crypto project.

When an ico promises so much and it feels like it is too good to be true then there is a 100% chance that ico is fake and a scam. Don't fall for false promises and fake insurances that guarantees you big profit for that is the most common tactics of scammers. It is better to look for an average looking ico but with an interesting goal.

we could not confirm the identity of this team was real.except they do kyc too from third party to avoid fake people.whitepaper could be good source for us identify their plan in future.

It is very difficult for us to identify the ICOS Campaign, but it is only possible to see the campaign information on the Whitepaper. The link between the founders and the team is too much. the promise to bring and the amount of tokens held clearly.

the problem is to find the new coin that can do a big % of price grow...we must look for coins that are not ico or bounty but people are too stupid for this....I regret I did not get bought coins like litecoin,vertcoin or viacoin when they were very very low in 2015...there is a good dose of luck of course, but you must always do your own researches...for example watch Elicoin in livecoinwatch , is not an ICO or bounty... it's a coin with low mc, low supply, PoW whit cpu, no premine, active dev...only trading it on CREX24 for now...do you own researches in the thread in bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3028302.0... people are too stupid for DYOR and got scammed by ICO or bounty...just my 2 cents...hope it helps...cheers

First read the whitepaper first, then check the team behind of the project if they are real a not a fake one, also if they are more on hyping the community and bestowing any promises for the people just for the sake the community need to buy the token, that's the time we need to think more than twice and don't easy to believe on the sweet words you are going to hear from them.

Personally, I do not even know.
I myself thought about it several times, but then I realized that we can determine the legality of the ISO only if the countries themselves legitimize their appearance.
Otherwise, we will not be able to determine how legitimate they are.

I think in white paper all details have been described and you can judge about that ICO by researching white paper but I am selecting ICO just like I am investing my hard earn money to right place. For that purpose I check also their social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Telegram,Reddit etc. I check How much followers of that project in this social media accounts, more followers mean more people interested in that project so its good. Other point is I check who managing that ICO mean I check about ICO manager's trust level. And last and important think is to check how much experience the developer team.also try some ICO rating site like ICO bench, ICO top. etc.

It is necessary to study each company in more detail, analyze their past, and carefully look at their promises. For this, there are forums where people can share their opinions and ask for advice.

That is hard to find. If you are not a dev understanding a whitepaper is really hard issue. If your language is not native english it can be harder than before. Also you can look their team but maybe they can create fake linkedin profiles and you can not call these guys with their cellphone so in my opinion the best way of that investors. If you can see some legit investors in that ico. At least you can be sure that ico is not scam.

You should just do a deep research about the project and the team that is developing the project. Read through their whitepaper and check the team's profile. I think that is the only way to check whether an ICO is legitimate or not. If an ICO has an anonymous developer, it all depends on your intuition whether if you will trust what is written on the whitepaper, since there are projects that has an anonymous team, but still successful.

A lot of research work already done by the venture capital companies, sometimes the best idea is to follow them. these guys don't like to invest in shitty startups.

Well, usually legitimate projects have a good team that you can see, and meet in person, as I noticed that there is a project kyc, it helps to determine

Its not so easy to fin legit ICO but you have many basis and reference which the reason to make you guidance on how perfectly you can choose an ICO that its legit.Try also for telegram channel communication and the background of the team.

Why would you trust anonymous developers in the first place? It is not really advisable to believe almost everything that we see in the market. Not all are real and many are scam. We should be responsible first in ourself and learn techniques to figure out these scam ICOS.

I do not take part in ICOs without a real person standing behind the project. A Legit ICO should have a well written whitepaper, real team, experienced developers and in my opinion at least an MVP.

It should have a written timeframe and its whitepaper stating their objectives along with their plans of movements. They should be transparent about their records and movements since it builds trust just by doing that. I think its a matter of perspective in how we tackle this thing

Read the whitepaper and you will be able to see what ICO is legit and what is not. You do not need to be a crypto expert to see if an ICO is aiming to collect 100M USD, and the whitepaper contains 10 pages, it is a scam.

Search for an ICOs that have a working product, because I quitted investing in regular projects, that are offering only the idea and nothing else. As the praxis shows, such projects are the least profitable.

Check the appearance of the website and must have a very good look. And surely there will be a wallet address for investors. And you have to check whether it's an original investor or not. Checking is very important and you also have to read the Whitepaper.

Honestly, no one can say if an ICO will be successful or not because there are a lot of ICO projects lately that has a good whitepaper, good team and experience developer but some of them achieve a successful project.

There is no guarantee with anonymous devs  that an ICO is legit . By studying the WP, roadmap and what they doing
at Github we can minimize the risk  to avoid taking part in a scam project.

legit projects always offer solutions to other people's problems to make it easy, besides that you have to see their team whether they are a great team or not and if they are a great team then invest there. Also pay attention to the project whether it was ever done a roadshow or never because most of the shitproject teams never showed themselves

You can find potential ico on social networks or through friends who will let you know about potential ico information so you can invest in or participate in bounty programs.

There are many ways to find out a legit ICO are as following:---
1) Read White paper
2) Study Road Map
3) With the help of friends & Social Media also.

Look for the ones with interviews or working products to find ICOs that will succeed or at the very least won't exit scam. For example, EVOAI has a working product in beta which normal community members beta test which works exactly like they advertised. You can buy their tokens at http://evoai.network.
They also have interviews which you can watch on youtube or on their telegram channel t.me/evoai

I think what we can do is just tried as best as we could to find a good project with ICO by doing some research on the project that we wish to join. And the rest just let the time decide whether its good or not.

If it's scam ICO, stay far away from it. Most of (if not all) ICOs having anonymous dev turned out to be a scam.

You can find tons of guides on how to identify an ICO worth investing. But in truth, it is very hard or near to impossible to get a 100% confidence in an ICO. If you are tech-savvy, then you can dive deep into their code or try to learn more about them, but in the end, ICOs are all about risk and reward system. The more the risk, the better the rewards. I hope that you can hit the jackpot soon! Best of luck!

it won't be that easy you need a lot of time to analyze the project by reading the white paper and some other information. look at and compare the information on the site with the whitepaper to ensure purity

Investing In an ico now is just like betting or gambling. Many scam ICo's out there. However, as we invest in new opportunities while risky, there could be huge ROI if we choose the right one. To avoid fake ICo's, here are some warning signs: Poorly Implemented Website and Whitepaper, The Team Lacks Credibility and Expertise, Lack of Roadmap or underdeveloped or unclear Product Roadmap and Empty repositories for open-source projects. Also, Is there a great Underlying Product Behind the ICO? We need to check out all this before investing in ICo's to limit being scammed.

please check the bounty platform, there are lots of legit bounties. there is also a bountyhive that you can visit. good ico is based on the site that released the latest news about the ico.

There are many websites that display reviews about Ico. Like cryptocompare, icobench, etc. But it is quite difficult to determine which projects are legit, valuations are sometimes not accurate, after all, market acceptance cannot be predicted.

You can find a legit ICO by reading their whitepaper, visiting their website, and checking or looking at the team if they are an experience developer. But sometimes even they have all of this good standards some of them are scam.

ICO is not legal. The legal one should be STO. However, STO is still not mature. It is now uncertain whether STO will create a new wave of coins in 2019, so it is more reasonable to abandon ICO investment. It is now worse than gambling.

Many investor always looking for legit and success ICO investment, but they don't know about how to know and invest at the best ICO, always check how many investor have participated at their ICO before your make investment.

It must be admitted that at present there are too many ICO scams that make investors worry, I also feel that way, even the high rating of the ICO rating site but that does not guarantee that the ICO is successful.

difficult, because every concept made by ico is almost similar and meets the category. eg the whitepaper, road map, and also the development team. all ico's explanations are the same, but we don't know how ico will run in the middle of the period and at the end of the period.

It was such a long time discovering how to identify a legit ICO. Well, if you are asking if it not a scam or not, my only answer is if it was not found out a scam ICO then it is a legit one. Even legit one can become an unsuccessful project or a scam one, can be a successful one. It is on how it will be implemented and develop. If the team decided to continue with the development, it is legit but if not, it is a scam. Be careful in choosing and supporting a project. Make sure that it will really help everyone and not only those who have participated in it.

If the project turns failed and or scam that means it is not legit. Legit project is a project that have really high chance of success instead of failed.
People are not calling random investment as long as the devs identities are known to be legit. It doesnt work that way.

I am fully convinced that you always need to be thorough in choosing an appropriate ICO project in order to minimize your risks. Among the prerequisites of a suitable choice is the availability of sufficient information about the project. You need to be able to find information about the developers, strategy, product and plans for further development.

If the anonymous developer then avoids from having to take on more risk. This certainly was a better decision that must be signed but not trust with what is running. This is the same as like gambling which the ICO legit results and not be visible at the end of this time and even be a hoax then not realize it and even late.

ICO with a good composition of teams and unique business ideas, is the idol of all investors
but this only applies when 2017 is in accordance with this post you made,
for now, there is no ICO that can guarantee the success of investors, even the majority of the ICO is a SCAM, which we all must be able to forget about ICO as an investment mode that is no longer well done now

Read, read, and read some more.  Scan the internet.  Preferably find candidates with real people who are actively communicating.  A lot of ICOs are now governed by regulatory agencies so that should make fact finding about various businesses that choose to use an ICO as funding/contract vehicle.  

Legitimate ICO the majority do not use anonymous. Because that is one of the notes and criteria for investors and also participants in choosing ICO. They will tend to choose ICO with a clear identity from the developer. By knowing who the developer is, they can track references and biodata from the developer, whether they have the ability or not.

Of course it is difficult to find a decent ICO project for investment. I choose the project that is already being traded on some exchanges and has real work experience in its particular field. You can invest in such projects with the least risks and possible good earnings.

If you really want to be certain that an ICO is legit, go only for ICO-s by companies that are already profitable, popular and with an established business - unlike scammers, these have a ton to lose.
The list is too short though, so if you want to expand it you'll need to read a lot of whitepapers and do a ton of background research on the creators, so get ready for a party if that's the case
 ;D

I think that at the moment it is impossible to find out reliably, but you can distinguish more good ICO, from fraudulent, but it still can not be 100 percent sure.

Currently, to be sure that an ICO project is legitimate, you can make a choice in favor of those who have already proven themselves to be reliable, profitable with a stable strategy, you need to have information, facts, and analysis.

 I always look at team strength - are there industry experts, legal advisers, people with past success, marketers, and of course developers, then technolog. Is a security plan outlined? have previous bugs/problems been resolved? And for sure check code open source with activity in GitHub or not. and of course solution. Ask myself: is the problem real and the solution feasible?"

If ISO has a high place on the rating site, then this is a 99% fraudulent project. Because all ratings are sold and they are bought by fraudsters.

In principle, this is not difficult, the main thing is to conduct a detailed analysis of the ICO, project, team and documents!

At that moment, you can rely on the design and look of all the advertising platform that those ICO's are using such as website, telegram, bitcointalk announcement, etc. Through that, you can see which ICO's is somehow giving their effort and might be legit.

its nearly impossible to find a legit/trusted ICO in my opinion.
But you can go an take some free Airdrop Tokens from some new ICOs thats what i done .


regards

It is enough to find detailed information about the project. Legitimate ICOs are generally registered in countries with a favorable legislative system.
Do not participate in projects registered offshore.

Real talk, there are 95% of all ICO's that are not legit and will end up scamming or running after reaching their target/goal.
Then 5% of it will remain as legit and will end up continuing their goal or project until the end.

So let's say if there are 100 ICO's therefore there are only 5 ICO's who are legit. Therefore the best answer to your question is, no professional individual that can tell that it is a good ICO and legit.
You will be lucky if you can join the right ICO, thought there are few means that you can hold on to found a semi legit ICO. Research their team, project, origin of the project, business registration number, roadmap, whitepaper and review from other forum members.

I continue to believe in the huge potential and real benefits of the development of the modern ICO market. But at the same time, I have to admit that recently the number of ICOs has become too huge. Scammers and unsuccessful projects undermine investor confidence, so you need to carefully consider the choice - examine information about developers, development plans and the finished product.

I think it is really hard to find out a legit ICO because even I always careful in participating some ICO I still ended up participating scam ICO because as I read and research their projects and teams they also have the same purpose in their target success in the future that's why I couldn't say that I always participated a legit ICO in the past year.

Although there is no foolproof way of finding a legit ICO, you can always look for a few things to maximize your chances of making the right investment. Check out the website and development team behind the ICO in question, see if the project has attained VC funding, consider the level of community support that the project has, examine their whitepaper, find out if they have a smart contract, and get all the information related to their token sale.

No matter how hard you try today. You still will not be able to do it so that you get a really correct result. You understand that all possible options are nothing more than just a chance and everything. There probably always is a risk.

For now we cannot determine which ICO is scam or not, because there are no clear regulations for the ICO project. But you can see the rating of the ICO project from several rating provider sites such as ICO bench, ICO Marks, Find ICO, etc. If the ICO project has a good rating, it will minimize fraud.

Now it's increasingly difficult to find good ico. and in my opinion at this time indeed we must be careful in investing. especially on ico because many are scam

There is no surefire way to determine if an ICO is legit, but as an investor or marketer, there are several things you could look out for that could point you in the right direction.

You could start by doing your research on the team members and the type of partnerships they're into. Identifying a scam often starts with the team and as long as you can identify a team that is ready to work pretty well, and there is a product to invest in, then there is a big chance the ICO  is legit.

I think if ICOs with 4 start from reputable reviwer must be a good and legit ICOs. Many reviwer website on ICOs and i think we can use it to find a good project. But i think the most important thing is that ICOs should have working product or useful for our daily life

The most detailed study of the project ICO on the Internet. Starting with all sorts of ratings, reviews, social networks, blogs and advertising capacity. Detailed study of the white paper to determine a good founder. You also need to check the development team, whether there is a successful experience, well-known partners and other favorable factors.

I think it is possible. If there is a prototype. If the project already has a ready solution and it can be tested. Then such a project inspires confidence. Yes, there is every 2 project frauds and no matter an open team or anonymous.

I don't know any country where ICOs are completely legit.  Maybe countries like, Singapore or Korea. But in other countries it's not forbidden and not allowed. The same situation in my country too.

The high number of scam ICOs have made it quite relevant for people to do a whole lot of research into projects before either investing or helping in bounty campaign. Well it is better to know the team behind the project and also look at the problem that they seek to address whether it is feasible or not.

Well, I think you can only find out if you meet by the developers themselves , and to see the documents and so I would not believe everything that they throw at the Internet !

Now it is very difficult to find a good ICO project. I think this industry is going through very difficult times. I would not risk investing in ICO now.

As for me they are less legit ico right now to find at this days we can't see other good project to let our self to in. Just waiting for a good ico that have a possibility to earn.

The more you know about the project and the ICO itself, the more you can avoid being scammed. Check if the promise of the project, the platform and earning are realistic and feasible. The credibility of the team and how they handle their community is also important. Scam projects are getting very sophisticated lately that they can imitate and make themselves very legitimate. so know deeply who you invest your assets.

If you want to find out a legit ICO you should do your own research about the project and check the team members.

You know that we do not have options that would really help us with this. The choice is only after analyzing projects that today have a little more perspectives and ready-made products than everyone else on the market.

To find out the legitimate ICO certainly needs checking. Throughout 2018 many frauds occurred and they used the ICO project. You can check through the website, read the White Paper and see the team. Have an experienced team and active telegram in providing the latest information.

Finding a legit ICO right now is very difficult. Take a look at the team behind the project, check out their roadmap, social media platforms, if you are confused about it being legit. Go ahead to invest in it, if otherwise back off.

Guys first and the basic thing is just think or research about the concept of the ICO . Also think will that idea be practical to implement.
I have seen so many ICOs boasting many things which are impossible to implement like asteroid mining. So just use common sense . Second thing is the geninuity and the experience in that particular field of the team. These two are the main things one should consider before investing in any ICO.

For me i  saw very legit site but it came out to be scam also i think now a days its very hard to look for an ICO that is legit, I think everything is a Gamble now ;)

For this you need to do your research, but this does not mean that the project you choose will be completely successful!

The only way you can mitigate the risks when taking part in an ICO is to thoroughly check the backgrounds of the people heading up the project and to make sure that their website, whitepaper, social media profiles and experience all match up to what you would expect. Pick projects where the people already have relevant experience in that field, and that the project seems feasible on paper to begin with.

no one can establish with certainty what ico is legit and which is scam, personally to choose a ico i rely on the site icobench that i consider quite valid

I think it's very difficult to find legit ICO. Many ICO failed and there are some successful ICOs, but when their tokens are listed on the exchange then the price of the token will also fall depend market situation.

Not exactly, just try to look deeper and feel free to check the development team-write a message to the CEO and project partners.
Every project has partners. Through its partners is to begin the ICO check. Do companies really cooperate with a startup and so on.

The best way to find out legit icos  www.icoratings.com and tokenmarket.net these ico listing sites give us all the data of ico programs which we can follow

Piece of advise from my experience: Don't ever invest in any ICO where lead person is anonymous, in 99% cases it will turn out to be a scam.

I don't know if there are legal ico, but some countries are very involved. But by regulating the laws in their country, they can be ICO regulators.

Some countries already require permission from an ico. but some are still unclear and in my opinion every country should provide rules to avoid fraud in ico

Not sure you can find one, those who claim to be legit these days are the scam. All I can observe about ico is that they are not here with good thoughts i mean initially they are all here to scam only those who made enough through the ico try to continue and some also get listed continue their scam.

investing in ico is the hardest part of the risk level. but I think there are many resource persons who share their knowledge above my posts.
maybe I will just add research to research that I often do, for example finding out about teams, developers and of course ideas and technology. the rest like other friends say, gambling

The first step carefully read  whitepaper and you will be able to see what ICO is legit and what is not. Also find out information about each member team and no hesitation ask questions about project.

It is already difficult to find a legit ICO within a few minutes. You need to invest some more time to analyze everything. First I check the purpose of the project and the team behind the company. Also their website, whitepaper, social media like facebook, twitter and telegram.

yes, we do have to be extra careful in choosing ICO because it is difficult to distinguish between legal and illegal ICOs. hence knowledge is very necessary in choosing ICO so that we will be more able to consider all possibilities that exist because even the ICO that looks very good is fraud.

Without a doubt, the owner of the company, the founder and other high-ranking positions should be public people, because it is necessary to hold webinars/conferences/AMA questions/interviews/presentations and other events. If you see an ICO project where owners/development team do not have real photos and accounts in social media - 99.999999% - scam!

By finding a legit ICO is quiet so difficult to see. Because there are ICO's that good from the beginning, you think that it was good, but at the end it declares or not getting the minimum range of the bounty program. My advice for this is by reading carefully and thoroughly about the comments and also by knowing or joining the famous and popular bounty managers.

Reading whitepapers was the best way to avoid scam projects. If the whitepaper is great, move on to the product developments status and the team itself. As the last step, I would check the social media communities.

Its hard to find a legit ICO. I have came across many such ICOs which look good in the beginning, their team works actively, website is well updated, every query is properly answered and one fine day everyone disappears after they collect a good amount of funds. Personally I think there should be some regulations which needs to be followed before launching an ICO, a big forum like this could work on it.

It reduces the risk of meeting a bad project, but there's no 100% guarantee. So many times there were cases when people had said the project had been good but it turned out it was a scam. It becomes difficult to distinguish a real project from a scam cause fraudsters are very tricky today

First of all, I used to check the opinions of the professional reviewers on this market - and then I make the decision to invest or not in this project.

We can not find accurate information, because the scammers are quite clever and they make every effort that you could not distinguish a fraudulent ICO from the present. So you can watch so many tips about not investing in an ICO.

Well i read some thread at Bitcointalk about like how to check a scam ICO. You can using that thread to find a legit ICO. If iam not wrong that thread on a Scam Board. Its really helping for us to make the ICO was Legit.

Legit icos can be discovered by hard work. I prefer to check people behind team and working product is what i am looking for. ICOs are not profitable anymore and investors already don't care about ICO.

It's a fairy tale about the popular and famous bounty Manager. I was repeatedly a member of the bounty from popular managers, where eventually the project refused to pay and ran away with the money of the investors. Bounty Manager is not an indicator - better read the message above from @pcfli

Legit ICO must have a good team behind the project and those people have a good background in running an ICO , also there must have a good whitepaper and a roadmap to their project . And a giid community to adveetise and make updates about what is hapoening in the project to make more investors  , invests to their projects.

If you want to find out if the ico is legit always look to the team member if they provide their identity to the public it will be a great indicator that the project will not run after the ico.

I myself always find out everything about the ICO project before I invest, for example, I open the project's website, then I will look for the project's social media account, then I check one by one, if on social media it is always active and has many followers , I will be sure that the project is legitimate.

I think that was not enough, it is really simple to make a face account on social media so I think scam ICO has the capacity to make a social media account with many followers. In my part I will always look for the team history and thier experience on building a sucessful ico before. If the team has already a good reputation and very transparent that will surely take an advantages to investors.

I think we just able to minimize on getting scammed by those scam ICO.
That is by looking as many information as possible while making sure that all the information is real.
I believe information is the best friend in crypto world.

I agree on that we really need to check the background history of the team who handle the ICO, because if we don't make a research about the CEO or maybe on team member of the people who handle ICO we are maybe really prone on the scam ico and we can surely become a victim's and loss in the end. So then o believe that good ICO comes with the great and active team with a good background history.

The legitimate ICO process is very difficult for us to get now. And until now I personally often get a failed ICO. Many people say that to know the legitimate ICO by conducting research from various aspects. But this is often done, but the results remain the same.

This is rather difficult although not impossible  in my opinion. most times even when the team claim to meet soft cap and hard  cab they still exit scam at last.
Although you may consider checking out for the team's  activeness on social media, the white paper and find out if what the have there is feasible.
Also, check the use case of their token  try to check if they are following their road map.

Although some of them write all sorts of convincing plans on their white paper yet still exit scam at last . But a thorough research might help a bit.

I would always check out the team carefully.

Google their names, check LinkedIn profile, what were their previous jobs, how much man power, any competitors etc.

Now scammers can create all this information about themselves and you can never figure it out in such way.

For example, most of the projects Amazix is running are pretty legit, but not all of them for sure. You must check them still.
I would consider security tokens, and as an example, Neufund platform (the only licensed one in EU) is running such, and they are about to bring 10 new projects.

I doubt legit projects would care themselves about making own bounties and all that hustle with answering day to day the same questions.

Finding a legit ICO is one hell of a task now. Even with all the research and findings, one still fall prey to useless projects. The one you see to be legit today might turn out to be shit afterwards.

Finding a legitimate ICO depends on some factors depending on your search preferences. I first consider the team behind the project whether they are real or not. Secondly i also consider investing into projects that have already developed some product into the crypto community other than just investing projects with hypothetical solutions.

I begin to suspect that this cannot be done in any way, because today there is a very large percentage of projects that do not really want to do anything. Probably today it can be useful only in case of serious investments. But in any case we need to change the scheme.

I think, if for example it might be 50% legitimate / fraud or even 100% legitimate / fraud depends on luck and better looking for another ico

I guess team, partnerships and project development are some of the criteria. For example, I am investing even in bear market in such projects like MPCX, OpuLabs, TAPCoin, Bitozz and many more!

Well, I think you need to invest very minimal, because for six months I have not seen a decent project that would even go on the stock exchange , I think it's too risky

Originally, there is no legal ICO. The beauty of ICO is that anyone who has an idea can try to raise money for it. This is what scammers use. No regulation yet. Therefore, maybe a thorough analysis + intuition?

First of all.. do not participate in any project that has a anonymous developers... That's the first way to detect a crypto scam... not everyone is as honest as satoshi nakamoto

Personally, i cannot go for an ICO, whose team is using an anonymous identity. Most of the ICOs of such nature, that i have into, ended up being scam.
Although, that might not be so common when blockchain projects were still new, but seem now to be used by scam projects.
Revealing identity is nit also a guarantee of genuineness, because they might be using fake identity.

but even so somehow I don't want to leave crypto and I'm sure you too, because even though there are a lot of bad ICOs that end in scam but I believe that one day everything will be tightened and the ICO will become profitable again

Why would I want to invest in a project with anonymous team?  Even the ones with a well known team still end up being scam, so investing in a project with anonymous team is suicidal because you don't know the persons in charge and their abilities to lead the project to success. I would rather invest my money in existing projects that have being confirmed legit.

Well look and find out whether the team behind the project are real human beings and also they real in the sense that the team members are not some sort of avatars that have been displayed on the website. Or sometimes some scammers use people who are not even related to the project. Don't forget to also do a little bit of research in to the project and know how useful it is.

There are many factors that you need to check when researching for an ICO but one thing that remains consistent is the team, if they are very visible diluting the ICO stage, then chances are they would stick around after the ICO.

I wouldn't have contacted projects that have developer names hidden. I think anonymity is the first step to scam.

It's very hard to find a legit ICO, governments and banks can't control cryptocurrency, that's why we can't find it easily, if there's a rule about them, that will be easier, I think we have to rely on our own experience

In opinion we can find it out by whom who manage the project.
We know that the project should be handled by the manager. I guess by that we can have an idea which is the real and fake project. In fact most of the time scam project are manage by unknown person and the legit one handled by the popular and trusted manager. Even the project is anonymous but through manager we can have a little assurance of reliability.

You can check good ico if that ico have:
- Website age up to 4 month
- Whitepaper and their social media
- Roadmap
-Token info
You can see rating ico in topicolist,coingecko,icobench and etc

If any ico come without any strong project and product then there is very less chance to stable in the crypto market And these type of ico collect the Eth from the investors and run out from the market. Now in future, SEC of USA is making a regulation towards the ico launching and without sec permission no ico will come in the market.

I think both these projects are a scam. Because the developers don't have to hide their identity. Investors should understand where they invest their money. I believe that if the team is not ready to provide objective information they are also not ready to distribute their coin.

If the developers are anonymous, then it seems to me to participate in this ICO is not a good idea!

Go to 5 top-rated ICO sites and compare the projects that are there, those that match everywhere can be viewed in more detail to make sure that they are worthwhile.

In order to choose any legal normal project you need to start a very big deal. You need to prepare very seriously for investing and decide that the money invested may be lost. Be sure to think about it always.

Knowing if an ICO is legit or not is like a trial and error. There are also things that you have to consider upon joining. You should do a series of research to make sure if the plans that they have for the future is possible for them to reach. You should also check the activeness of the developers that they have.

 :D I think it will not be so easy to find a good project. Probably need to look for a live team and high-quality documents. Then you need to look at the final product and the prototype. The presence of all this makes the project alive and interesting.

I believe that there is not so many people keep believing ICO's. To many scamming situation took our beliefs away. More than %75 ICO's turned scam in 2018 and it is terrible ratio. I would never invest a ICO project again. Daily trading is safer than investing projects. But if you want to make research about ICO's just go to ICO marks website, they are quite good at their reviews. https://icomarks.com/icos

There is many ICO information site which you can find many ICO and their information in those sites. Like icobench icorating and many more. But I will suggest you to follow icoanalytic this is one of the best site where you will find some really good icos. But still some of them are not good maybe scam or failed icos . So best thing is to do some research on your own. And learn how to analysis the ICOs. At this moment mostly no am not in icos but if you will able to find one I would say go for it and invest in that.

in looking for ico, I used to see and consider who the team was led by the project. Likewise, I found out who the supporters of the new project were. I saw that in the future this ico would be made in the future

No certain procedure to  determine legit ICO, you can only make some effort by making your analysis before investing in any ICO in order not to be victim.

I have to admit that it is not the easiest of jobs trying to vet and an ICO for legitimacy. Personally, the first place I will start will be the whitepaper. I actually do carry out a critical examination of what the project has to offer or if the project is actually feasible. What I do admire most is when the team already has a working product independent of the ICO. The next in line for me is often the profile of the team members and then social media presence. I consider the amount of people following the project and how committed the team is to positive public opinion through regular updates.

Just read the whitepaper and check the team members profile and after this thing, you will get an idea about the project.

Nowadays it's very hard to find legit ICO because every single day many ICO have launch. So it is not the easy thing to find a good project. We have to make research on it before making any investment.

To save time searching for legitimate and highly profitable ICOs that are evaluated by a team of experts in this industry. I think Binance Launchpad is something you should care about, they have just succeeded with BTT project and some other projects in the future.

very difficult, not enough just by looking at the road map website and others. I use my own analysis, I will not ask other people where I have to invest, I invest with ICO that I trust the most.

Supposedly hardess to find legit ICO's and yes exactly gambling is rosky games investment but today's investing in icos is more than risky than to gambling.

I think is mostly do your research and hope for the best and also if you dont see value on your investments on these ico The best thing to do is sale those coins before they become your disappointment trophies Dont just HODL at lost It does make sense

There are so many ICOs out there and this has made it very difficult to sometimes spot the good ones. Basically, i look at the team spearheading the project and follow up on their linkedin profiles to ensure that they are real and have the needed experience to actually make this project a successful one. You might also want to look at the vision and mission of the project and the use case behind it.

This is a long process that can take you a very long time, especially recently, when you can see who the owner of the host is and even find out something at a law firm. You can search for a long time, but there are no guarantees

There is no specific way to find legit ICO. All you need to do before investing in any of the the ICO is that you have to make proper findings about the project and this can be done by knowing some particular things about the project like;
1.Number of their telegram group member
2.The mature of the project
3.softcap and hardcap
4.Team member  and
5. Total supply.

1. The number of people who believed in the project does not mean that the project is successful. For example, the project Spokzzz. For fraudsters is not a problem to unleash a group. So I would not be operating on this item at all.

2. Softcap and hardcap
This is also not a guarantee. If you look at the company's website, this information is easy to fake. So this is also not credible. Of course, this is a good symbol, but you should not rely only on the cap.

To find a legit project is very easy if you know the techniques first look for the project and for the team og ico, and try to look at there website and make a review. and check if theh reached the softcap because it means  they have a lot of investments and the project is good.

it won't be that easy. because if you only see a few parts of the information notified in the whitepaper, you might be subject to manipulation. I personally always look at all parts and read the whitepaper slowly to find the purity of an ICO. and it's bad if you do not read at all about the whitepaper but only on some websites it will make you more easily fooled

It looks like a lottery. You can see the faces of the developers. The project may have  technology or idea. But this will only increase your chances but will not give a 100% guarantee.

 : )I never learned to distinguish between scammers and good projects. The fact is that fraudsters are developing every day. Their sites are getting better. They invest in pumping their telegram channels, and make good documents. I can say one thing is no way to heal the project.

And that's just the reason why I think that, there's no particular way of identifying if an ico is legit or not, you find a lot of projects with anonymous organizers being a successful one, even heard that no one knows the founder of bitcoin and is team at first but they succeed. So I think it more like luck these days you only predict.

to find a good project might be difficult but if you differentiate the original project from the scammer project there are still several ways you can do it. as you are talking about, scam projects may offer excessive promotions more often to attract investors and deceive them

Determining a legitimate ICO is extremely difficult, fraudsters are activated on a professional level. It would be good to recommend ICO from reliable partners, for example, having the corresponding reputation of developers from positive past experience.

It seems to me that the scammers have really gone to a whole new level, that it is very difficult to distinguish them among all new projects. And the market of ico companies continues to suffer even more problems due to fraudsters and I believe that this is the basis, Why investors leave the market of ico companies for trading exchanges.

I think the answer is very simple. At the moment it is impossible to determine. We can only assume and hope that we choose the right legit ICO. Until this problem is solved, I hope in the future it will be solved.

First of all, decide in what field of ICO you are interested in, what should be the project, which projects are the most successful, as far as I know, this is finance and infrastructure. Next, go to the ICOs aggregator  site and filter the ones that interest you. Examine them.

There is no instant way to find out a legit ICO ,you can only minimize your risk like investigate teams ,white paper, location etc,just be sure they ICO is a working project with working product

I ask my colleagues on how they look for a legit ICO. They told me that I should read their whitepaper. If that ICO has a well-documented business plan, it only means that they really have cared for their business. Lastly, if the ICO reveals their Smart Contract code.

You can find some legit ico by doing some research of the project as well as the team members.

Find legit ICO its difficult. No special symbol that can say you its legit. But you can see something that can help you such as whitepaper, roadmap, Devs activity.

Many good project not reach the target because bear market. Investor prefer waiting and see market condition and its affecting on ICOs. Hard to find a good ICOs but i think we read review in many website that dedicated for it. Developers team is holding the key of good and legit ICOs

There is no guaranteed way yet, but there a a level of confidence one can have on a project, depending on how much you have researched about the. Some scam projects did not quit after ICO, some of them listed on exchange and dumped their tokens on investors. This is why i am always concerned about so many factors, including the total supply and the amount the team is holding. If they have so much in their possession, then you need to be careful.

There are much less ICOs in 2019, I am an ICO marketing manager, and several of my partners canceled their ICO plan...

If you want to know which is legit, I would suggest to search for project that are already going on and never done any ICO nor they have any premine, instamine or founder taxes. This way the funds are not pre-allocated to certain sum.

In addition, these projects are already in development and are much less likely to be a scam.

1. BitTorrent (https://www.bittorrent.com/) (Though somebod will not agree and said it is too hyped project)
2. Marconi Protocol (https://marconi.org/)
3. StarkWare (https://www.starkware.co/)
4. Historia (http://historia.network/)
5. Oasis Labs (https://www.oasislabs.com/)

This is a difficult question though. Finding a legit ICO isn't easy because there's no guaranteed way of doing that however, you can have a little trust or confidence in a project based on the team and other features based on the information you have had through research or consultation.

As a result of too many scam ico's, it's very hard to differentiate which is legit or fake, i don't think there is any specific guide to identify which ico will tuned out to be legit, but it's always adviceable to do due diligent before making any investment, there are legit ico's but they are few, scam ico's are growing in size, proper background check of team is also required, although not a 100% guarantee.

Finding a legit ICO presently, is very rare as there are a lot of scam project out there, while only a few are legit. Take a look at the team behind the project, what problem is the project aim at solving and alao the social media platforms

This is not enough to indicate that it is a scam or not. Projects can scamming people even after being listed in exchange. Now the scammers are developing. lol.  Lately, investors think the solution of this problem is STOs.

exactly! so i don't think there is a sure way to tell if project will turn out to be a scam or not, doing research or background check on the team and the overall project it's just a part of the process, that dosent really guarantee the authenticity of the project, i see a project that did not hold an ico, only did airdrop to supporters, already list on exchange and cmc but still turned out to be scam,  through ico is not the only way to scam people.

Do you research and ask as many questions as you can to the development team. Also check out the team members to see what skills they have

For a fact it's very difficult to know which ICO is actually legit or scam, but there are some parameters to look out for. Firstly, do a thorough background check on the team members and also try to know whether they are capable. Look out for their partners and maybe find out from them if truly they partnered with the project or if it's false. Another aspect is if they have a working product or an MVP, does the product solve the said problem and is it in line with the project vision?.  Also the token economics, the amount of tokens reserved for the team is it too large? The price per token is it high or low with respect to the total supply? What's the lock period for team and private investors tokens/coins ? . These are some of the things to note but not limited to these.

There are a lot of legitimate ICOs with legitimate intention to create a product and provide services. The problem is, the bear-market is making it difficult for the team to get the amount they need to develop their project, thus, making it difficult for them to finish their product on time. Try to read thru the white paper and check the team's eligibility to check whether it is legitimate or not.

Nowadays it is really hard to find a legit ICO compare to those of previous years. It is also hard for the project to reach their target as investors also are in doubt and don't want to loss their money because the market also is not good. You can find a legit ICO just by studying the  white paper and the roadmap.

We cannot know because there is no institution that does the rules regarding ico and also the authorization of ico is feasible or not. so anyone can make ico as long as they have a concept, a team and also money for capital

As far as I have observed, scam ICO has more flowery and more promising statements on their white paper. So I suppose those with difficult and hard to realize platforms are legitimate.

it's hard to distinguish legit ico with an scam ico. because scam ico try to differentiate as a whole so that investors believe. I often see Iico that I consider very legit but ends up being a scam. ico scams i think they are indeed professional in deceiving investors and I think they don't work alone to cheat investor but team work.

That's big true because before When i invested to the ICO most of the ICO that I invested is successful and I earn a lot of money but after few years ago the ICO who are legit is being less and most of the ICO now are releasing now is scam so Im getting tired to invest to ICO. Right now it's hard to find what ICO is legit because mostly the ICO is scam are launching ICO now .

I am looking at the rating websites to see a general rating of each project. Than I am reading the whitepaper and looking at the product development level. The last step is to check the community numbers and to talk with admins.

There is no way how to recognize it.
It is always risk, read the terms and you will know that ICO does not guarantee anything and if you send them money it is something a gift for them.
There were many ICOs that scammed people and noone is arrested until now.

Agree. Some ICOs are promising in the first phase but after not reaching their goal, they run from people without refunding them. That's why it is really hard nowadays to invest in ICO, even participating in bounty campaigns have become so hard as all of them are scams and will just waste your hard work.

Yes we never know how to recognize it.
If you want to be safe, just wait until the coin sale start.
If the result is good then it's a good ICO, because many investors buy the coins.

It is very difficult to find legit ICO these days because most of the ones we have are scam,some people coming together just to take advantage of people to get themselves rich.But if you can join the group of different project and get community feedback,that will surely help and there are some channel just to analyse ICO,you can also join that.

A good and legitimate ICO is a living strong team with real-world experience, where developers are transparent and open to dialogue. The technical document must be of high quality and understandable. Pay attention to the work of the project in social networks, media and advertising.

if developers team held AMA session in their roadmap , it could positive point for this projects.only serious developers will live AMA in their social media account, and perhaps it could reduce investors worry about fake team.

Now some exchanges such as Binans and Exmo have started conducting ICO projects on the back of their own sites. This ensures that the projects they launch are verified and are likely not fraudulent. I will participate in them.

I would try to avoid projects whose developers do not disclose their identities. Among the fraudulent ICO, most projects differ in that they do not disclose the identity of the developers, or use someone else's data. Therefore, try to choose ICOS whose team is open to the community and does not hide their faces.

Now on the exchanges they sell the IEO instead of the ICO will not have a scam situation because it is protected and verified and typically like the Binance floor.

I always see from several sources namely this forum, ICO rank and telegram group discussions, and I am always vigilant even though an ICO has a high rank but the telegram group is not active.

there are several ways to see whether an ICO is legit or not, the answer is:
1. Look at the results of reviews of expert ICO reviews such as trackico, coingecho, iconow etc.
2. Look at famous newspapers that have posted news about the project such as Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News
3. Looking at partnerships on the project
4. History of the project team
5. Look at the project's objectives and roadmap
I think by analyzing the above points it will help many people to choose legit ICO

for now i just follow binary launchpad, because i don't trust ico apart from binary launchpad.
I think a lot of people agree with this and also I think it would be better if we don't follow again at this time there are too many projects that make us rekt.

Kinda hard nowadays since there are so many icos have turned into an exit scam and there are so many icos have been created.

It's not difficult but it's very difficult. Determine a real project or do not require detailed inspection. The team becomes the first indicator to be examined, then continues to the partnership, after which it checks the news about the project in trusted media, then to another thing that can identify the truth.

If in the near future the situation with IEO will become more and more trusted, I am sure that they will still be able to really make a very big and huge plus in favor of investing in the cryptocurrency industry. You understand this, if not, you must understand.

Legit ICO is difficult to know this days. Though, if you look closer, you will see signs that will show you that the ICO will be successful. Being successful is another thing while have good value in the market is another. I have done so many successful bounties but the value is in market is something else.

As a smart investor you wont really just rely only on one source yet there are really lots of shills out there about a certain ICO.
They can claim it as a good one by giving up a medium which do have lots of people on it but on the other side it isnt really active or doesnt
really have any people at all. About ICO ranking sites, i dont usually trust them yet those sites can be paid up just to hype a certain ICO.

Everything what is listed on Binance launchpad showed a good progress. Today I wanted to buy Celer, but I clicked too late (around 15 sec after the sale? - because there was a tehchnical problem due to overload), so I missed this big opportunity (Only 4m hard cap)  ::)

well, actually I don't really understand the IEO, but I know that is the progress of the ICO, and it works with the exchanger. well, this makes investor confidence higher, because sometimes one of ICO's targets is to work with a popular exchanger.

Just avoid to investing in anonymous ICO team, better safe than sorry my friend.
Deep research about the ICO company is required to know if they are real or scam.
So, the important thing is about the time, you must have enough time to analyze the ICO to avoid fraud projects.

even with a complete ico team and developers and plans that are fairly mature, not necessarily 100% gives us confidence for profit. It is a pity that more and more Ico scams and that is obviously very detrimental.

Because celer has raised 30 million on its crowdsale before binance listed it into the launch pad platform. I guess you can see that through icodrop. So many big whales will get a lot of money instantly from this one dude.

to determine which Ico is legit and a difficult Scam.
for me it's like gambling.
but we in this forum are the biggest crypto community and here a lot of new ICOs are emerging.
I personally choose very selectively.
I read in which many forum members were great at discussing.
I also see the development of the Exchange in the future.
the point is I studied first.

it is true that the existence of this forum provides a lot of benefits for all of us to be more careful and careful in choosing ICO so that we are not wrong in choosing and scam, hopefully the future of crypto will be more advanced and there will be no ICO scam.

To determine if a project is scam or legit is quite very difficult to be precise. The projects that was tagged scam, turned out to be the best project and the ones they said was authentic scammed.  So in a nutshell, it is quite very difficult as I stated earlier

Indeed, its like speculation. Rating website is just an opinion from website market or analysis. Right now, its more better join in IEO, its more legits and exchanger already make research about the project. I think IEO will disrupt ICO in near future

You better stop investing in ICO because it's not clear and now I recommend investing in IEO which is better than Iico, yesterday's success in doing it, it didn't even take long and was very fast.

Many ICOs now looks like legit but it is a scam so we have to be more careful of founding the good ICOs they must have complete documents like website, whitepaper,roadmap, smart contract and the team should be visible and they have more on experience.

Its hard to find a legit ICO and thats why i am prefer buying when already landed in exchanger. Sometimes buying in exchanger more cheaper than buying when ICO because many hunters dump the token

Choose an ICO with an existing product, check everyone in the team as much as possible, pay attention to their previous experience. Conduct a study of the product: whether it is in demand, and whether it can overcome the difficulties of an unfavorable market.

it hard to find legit ico now
better if u join exchanger launchpad IOE , with big name like binance surely the ico will be success

ico is legitimate or looks very convincing, what happens is the opposite, if I personally see the market in bad conditions like now, I prefer ico whose tokens already have this exchange is good to follow, so there's no need to wait for the exchange again when ico is finished.

- Ico's ranking sites are always unreliable, lots of evidence that they have linked with the project developers, they help advertise and appreciate the project, developers will pay them some fees, trusting these sites will be a mistake, a wise investor will never believe in others. There are many different sources and factors for a person to evaluate an ico but want to affirm that it is legal is impossible, everything just stops at relative, however, we can start looking for legitimate projects recently when the IEO is becoming a symbol for that

As without serious and very tough control? I think that there will not be without analysis, which we will simply need. I am sure that before choosing a project you need to do a lot of work and you will understand what is happening and begin to understand the market again.

Everything is very, very not simple, and you should immediately understand that you can never be sure and even if someone guarantees you that you can really invest and you don’t need to believe these people. I'm sure you already understood that.

You said Anonymous Dev, so why will we be interested to invest like those project. Maybe I could wrong but I think we need to know the guys behind the project before investing. To get some review from Top Experts we can follow cryptodiffer web site.

Well before you invest in an ICO, it's best to do your research. Ask around especially on thier telegram group, watch their engagement with the public. That way u will be able to make a less risky investment in an ICO.

developers identity  very important for us to trusting anyone with our money.if they didnt provide their identity how could we trust them, isn't if very risky if suddenly they gone?

it's easy to find the legit of ico just looking at icobench this is the best way to find out if ico is legit but it does not end to know ico if it's legit or can not just look at their website if it's legit admins or copies on another website and the last one is to look at the token sale if they have been raised and how many members in their group know how to find out if ico is legit or scam because that ico scam and their claims are investors so it's too hard to join ico because of the size of the risky so you just have the courage to get the ico to earn but there are also ways to earn like in the bounty and in trading.

I am starting with its whitepaper and the roadmap. If I find that they goals seems to be realistic, I am doing a further investigation of their team members and the product development level. The last step is to ensure that they have a legit community.

A few things to consider to know if an ICO is legitimate. First, team strength - are there industry experts, legal advisers, people with past success, marketers, and of course developers? Are team members transparent and with a social media presence? Second, token strength - is the ecosystem created with multiple uses for the token? Is there an escrow mechanism in place? Then check its technology - is a security plan outlined? have previous bugs/problems been resolved? Is code open source with activity in GitHub? Is there a prototype and how is that going? Lastly, their solution - What solution does the project solve? Is the problem real and the solution feasible? Now, with all of these considered, I'd recommend you to invest in Bitrus (BTRS), award-winning trading platform with a lot of benefits and new features.