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Pretty new to cryptos, and I have bought ADA,XRP and NEO...

Reading a lot about ICO's but cannot really figure out what ICO's are...

Any anyone explain me the fundamentals ?

i also join in crypto currencies a few month :D :D

i find ICO(Initial Coin Offering) at this site https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/initial-coin-offering-ico.asp

I hope it can help you!

Simply talking ICO stands Initial Coin Offering. Where a team is introducing a new coin which is a project on crypto currencies they carry on a marketing campaign to aware the community about the new coin. When the coin is released, it has a initial value, as an example XYZ coin might have a value of 0.01 USD at the time of releasing. But the developers allow the community to purchase coins before they launch it for a lower rate or with bonus offerings. If you found a good project, you can get a profit simply buy selling those coin in a exchange or hold for higher profit. 

One liner for this: Initial Coin Offering.

It is a public or private offering of a new coin in which investors pay with fiat or an existing coin (normally Ethereum or Bitcoin) and receive a certain quantity of the new coin. For example, I am going to launch the "Rabbit Coin" and I make a public offer for anyone who wants to buy it at 1 BTC for 100 Rabbitcoins. (RBC)

Most of ICOs are really ITOs, Initial Token Offerings really.

ico is a means for us to invest in an altcoin or arguably a way to gain profits over time that spans quite a while.

ICO is a form of attracting investment in the form of a sale to investors for a fixed number of new units cryptocurrencies. Plain language is when you buy coins team, to IPO at a low price

ICO is a way to scam off a lot of money without delivering product.

ICO is an alternative way to fund startup and pilot projects transparently using a network of blockchain. The objective of ICO is to raise funds to develop the projects they develop. maybe that's what i know.

Not necessarily, you can go in and out and ICO in less than a week. It is just that the coin or token are new.

You are new in the world of crypto and you already bought coins that you just read on social site? Well its pretty risky for you and hope that you will keep on learning no matter what. ICO is a great way to make money for some businesses and people, to make it simple and short ICO is a way to introduce new project in this cryptoworld its a fund sourcing to fully operate the business. Be careful on joining ICO because not all ico's are good.

ICO Extension of Initial Coin Offering. Initial means the earliest, Coin means digital token / coin and Offering means bidding, when interpreted in its entirety means the earliest coin offerings before being launched into the free market.

Disadvantages of ICO
Behind the profits there must be disadvantages that come to him. Because ICO is investing in nature then we spend money and give to third parties and the money may not be used according to the agreement when the ICO is carried away without any explanation that is clear or more familiar with SCAM.
Several things become the problem of SCAM when the ICO is not clear project, the purpose of collecting funds made by developers and teams that are not clear or not plastered. Usually this will be explained in the whitepaper.

ICO = Initial Coin Offering. It is a synonym of TGE = Token Generating Event. It is just a process of issuing project tokens which are sold to the investors. Investors can hold tokens and hope that price will go to the moon, or use them when the product is released.

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is an unconventional method for raising funds for companies (mostly startups). It is basically a coin creation which the company is selling for a certain amount of time for a fixed price. As the method is considered profitable, many companies adopted this idea and started creating ICO's themselves for the sole purpose of capital accumulation. As more and more companies employed ICO's, so did the risk associated with them increased. Nevertheless, ICO's remain as an undeniably efficient method for fund raising. For example, I'm currently investing in the following ICO's:
1. LiveEdu - an ICO project learning platform where content creators teach learners how to build real products.
2. Swissborg - a wealthtech offering Swiss-made crypto investment solutions to the world
3. Restart Energy - An ICO project able to virtually store electrical energy.
I'm currently considering a substantial investment in the following:
1. Bountie - An ICO focusing on altering the future of the gaming industry in a positive manner
2. Cointed (CTD) - an ongoing ICO project formed by the alliance between Cointed, Nvidia, and TAS Group. It has something to do with Crypto ATMs all over Europe and Green Mining.
Any thoughts?

Icos are basically intended for raising funds for the startups, if you put your money in good ones you can make good money when they list on exchanges.

Speaking of ICOs, what site do you guys to track new and upcoming ICOs? Seems to me that there are so many sites that do the same thing that it's kinda hard to differentiate the good and bad ones? Any criteria to tell them apart?

whenever a new coin launched and come to the market they make an offer at a certain price of their coin through initial coin offering which is called ICO.

ICO is just a new way of starting up, instead of calling for funds online using real money, ICO use cryptocurrencies to ask for fund, they giving their project to the world, asking for funds from investors such as bitcoin, ethereum or Neo,.. in exchange they give the investors their tokens to use if the ICO success and appear on exchanges. so with this when the tokens can get to exchanges, the price will high so the investors can sell for profit or hold for long term rising.

ICO is an acronym for Initial Coin Offering.  It is a method on which funds are raised for new currency ventures.  It is also called coin creation or coin launching.  It is sold for investors who want to support the project in exchange of rights or legal tender of cryptocurrencies.   ICO are usually introduced into public together with the whitepaper explaining everything and all about a certain projects.  In ICO, tokens are offered in exchange to cryptocurrency such a bitcoin or ether or flat.  The fund gathered will be used for the implementation of the project.  In return, the tokens that was given to the investors will serve as their investment on the project where they can also sell it after the ICO if they want but the value is much higher compared to its value during ICO . From that concept, investors will sure earn from their investment.  

Ico is a program that is created to provide business opportunities for someone if you want to invest.moreover ico create various kinds of bounty programs that we can use to earn income but usually the time required to complete the duration of work long enough.

It’s the short of initial coin offering. Basically when a new project comes up , they are offering their coins from cheap pricess in return of supporting their project. It’s a great way of multiplying your money. If you find a good new project don’t hesitate to participate in its ico.

ICO - nerve offer monet, accommodation includes Monet, a form of attracting investment in the form of a sale by the investor of fixing the number of new units of the cryptocurrency received a one-time or emissions. There is also a form of "primary supply"sign.

Initial coin offering- ICO. It is usually used in cryptocurrency business or projects/program. It is an introduction of the token to the public. It is the first contact that an investor has with the crypto company or token/coin . Therefore, it is usually cheaper in price than acquiring it when it has been listed in an exchange.

Ico is just like when a company is selling her shares to the public.

ICO means Initial Coin Offering. It is an introduction of the new token to the public. It is sold for investors who want to support the project. If you found a good project try to purchase coins before they launch. it for a lower rate or with bonus offerings. When the coin is released, you can get a profit simply buy selling those coin in an exchange. If you hold it you can get higher profit.

there are other terminology such as ITO (initial Token offering), ICO (Initial community offering), ITS (Initial Token Sale) and the most common ICO (Inital Coin Offering). 

Bountie is really solid, and so is cointed. Please do a lot of research on their website before buying, but both are good investments.

Thanks guys,

Understanding the concepts now...so, it's unconventional way to rise funds for any startups....

Having said that, can we use this for our startup or for YouTube channels ?

ICO stands for Initial Coin Offering used to gather funds or raise money to finance a project also known as first token sale.  The new token issued in the ICO become functional currency if the ICO funding is met (hard cap) and the project launches.  The risk in ICO is somewhat high because the coin can either be non value or priced value.  Sometimes it is advisable to study carefully the white presented by the token developer in order to know the viability of the project that could mean a successful token sale.

ICO Extension of Initial Coin Offering its just a primary process of issuing new coin into the market

Why do you think so?

Investopedia says that it's an unregulated means by which funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency venture. An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is used by startups to bypass the rigorous and regulated capital-raising process required by venture capitalists or banks.

Very good resource. Almost everything that can be found about ICO on one site! Particularly like the section of the Financial Advisors. Thanks you!!

What is An Initial Coin Offering? Raising Millions In Seconds

The Initial Coin Offering gold rush – the future of fundraising or just another crypto scam?

Ethereum – The Initial Coin Offering?- ICO Crowdfunding Machine

And the answers was in here:
https://blockgeeks.com/guides/initial-coin-offering/

ICO is a Initial Coin Offering this the way to how raise your project hold. But a lot suffering becuase your own money and many scam will now.If improve your project buying coin and work cant enough.

That is only a limited part of the possibilities of ICOs. They may be offering coins, tokens and sometimes it is for a new coin, but many times is to fund a new company or service. Profit long or short term are not really guaranteed ever.

ICO is the primary collection of money for a company.
That is, the company has an idea, but there is no money for its implementation.
Therefore, they collect money in return to give tokens, which, as far as the implementation of the project, can grow in value or in general they can be exchanged for a share of the company's shares.
You should not invest anywhere, then you will not lose your money.
Study in detail the white paper, the website, the manual, and only then decide

Yes, as mentioned by others, ICO is Initial Coin Offering. It is like IPO or Initial Public Offering for traditional companies. ICO is done in the coin o blockchain community. Instead of stocks or shares, coins is being offered as ownership with the company. So buy yourself a coin now :)

I think he was just joking but unfortunately that is the reality nowadays since most of ICOs are so scammy.

ICO is short form of INITIAL COIN OFFERING, whenever a new platform(COIN) hit the crypto market, they offer their coins to purchase in the market to collect initial investment from investors.

It is also termed as INTIAL COIN OFFERING where team will generate value for their project by selling their coins at low cost intially and it’s value will increase when it’s come to exchange

ICO is a means for us to invest in a new altcoin unit or can be called as a way to profit from the purchase of coins when the price is still low and sell it when the price goes up.

Easiest way to explain ICO
This company "Babahaha" has came up with an idea and the problem they face is money issue.
So they need to raise funds so they need people to contribute in return you get tokens to keep and those tokens has benefit for early contributors.
You can be
Long term investors - keeping the token knowing their benefit and stuff you study about the company.
Short term investors - knowing the surface and sell it when it hit the exchange
So always know what is the ICO about before paying or submitting your KYC if needed

ICO means Initial Coin Offering. It means collecting funds from public or private by offering coins for further business development.
Once the ICO is over, then it will be listed in exchanges. From exchanges anyone can participate to buy coins

I am also new at this, i may be not right, but ICO for me is new company witch offer coins, which are new to the community and are for the community. It is like a startup, you fund it  and hope that they will go to the market and realize the idea. They raise funds to develop the projects they develop. If i am wrong someone can explain me more, thank you.

ICO is the abbreviation of Initial Coin Offering. It means that someone offers investors some units of a new cryptocurrency or crypto-token in exchange against cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum. Since 2013 ICOs are often used to fund the development of new cryptocurrencies. The pre-created token can be easily sold and traded on all cryptocurrency exchanges if there is demand for them.

Hello, in my understanding ICO is like one of the ways of transparent financing of projects, launching projects using a block chain network. the very purpose of the ICO is to raise funds for the development of projects that they develop. I tried to describe it, as I understand it myself.

I basically agree with many statements, but only I understand that when you invest in ICO you do not just buy a coin of this company, but buy a part of the shares of this company.

ICO stands for initian coin offering. As it abbreviation. Is help to for the tock process. ICO is good opportunity for the tock project work. So you will know about ico you will check tha market place. Most of the coin in the Market places. So it will helpful to future improvement and tock investment.

Google is full of information on this subject. Why ask such questions? Really hard to devote ten minutes of your time and to find information in Google?

ICO stands Initial Coin Offering and also sometimes called ITO Initial Token Offering, is when coins or tokens of a project are put on sale, so it basically means the sale date of that coin or token

ico is the most reliable for currencies. During the ico period people hear and invest in the project. ico period is the period when patience people raise their money

ICO is, by and large, a fundraising process, thanks to this process, I think many people will be able to realize their ideas. And it will be hoped that these ideas will be of great benefit to humanity.

ICO is initial coin offering. It's when some team make up a start-up project that can be of use for a lot of people but need a lot of money to realize their plan. So they start to sell tokens - it's like stocks - that buyers will be able to use in the future to get some services of the project or just sell for bigger amount of money

Money Rasing Game.

And much better to do some research before you grab that opportunity because there's so many ICO's project now was become a scam they didn't fulfill their promises about the project, yes that kind of opportunity is good when it comes to gain a profit but like i said doing some research is crucial.

By the way, like everyone siad, the meaning of "ICO" is ( Inital Coin Offering ) and they also called "Initial Public Coin Offering" or IPCO in short.

ico is the new way to fund money. from ico people can fund money and realize their project. its short of investment to new business that wanted to using blockchain technology in their businesses. 
here article that might help you understand about ico https://blockgeeks.com/guides/initial-coin-offering/

ICO means initial coin offering where in stock market it is IPO or initial public offering. ICO is offered  by individuals to raise funds for a new cryptocurrency venture. Usually it is ideal to invest in ICO because this is the time when its price is starting to go up.

ICO means Initial Coin Offer, a form of capital raising so that companies with blockchain and cryptocurrency based projects can carry out their projects.
It is similar to an Initial Public Offer (IPO) which is the initial way that the companies of the stock market use to enter the market. Obviously, the rules, regulations and restrictions of ICOs are not uniform and practically do not exist when compared to IPOs

Initial Coin Offering or ICO is the starting companies way to resource funds for them to start the development of a certain project. There's public and private sale in which you can participate, but to be able to eligible in these sales you need to be whitelited first and comply in their KYC (know your customer) phase. KYC is the part where a participating applicant needs to send a Picture, Government IDs or any proof of identification and address confirmation also. ICO's is one of the many ways to earn in the cryptoverse. Do your own research before investing in one, alot of scams are there right now.

good choice, the coin you have chosen is a coin that has good growth. ICO is a method to raise funds aimed at developing a crypto project, and ICO is offered by developers to contributors to develop projects and complete complete.

An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is used by startups to bypass the rigorous and regulated capital-raising process required by venture capitalists or banks. In an ICO campaign, a percentage of the cryptocurrency is sold to early backers of the project in exchange

ICO (initial coin offering) is the phase where the developed coin is being offered to the investors,most of the time if the ICO hits the softcap the project would have a clear path in the future,but hitting hardcap would be better as the developers would have a lot of funds to be use in the development of the coin,most of the ICOs nowaways are being created because of the money,so we need to be careful of picking these ICOs.

It's a way of raising funds to fund the development and design of a certain cryptocurrency. Investors can invest on the ICO which in return, gets cryptocurrency equivalent to the money invested by the investors + bonus if they invest on an early stage of token sale.

ICO is a new investment which gives us an opportunity to invest and benefit from the investment. because investing in ICO is easier and gives us investors bigger profit than other investing (I think  ;D).

I search and take a look on your question and I found out all answer in the link that I provide. Please take a look.

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

ICO is the abbreviation of Initial Coin Offering. It means that someone offers investors some units of a new cryptocurrency or crypto-token in exchange against cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum. If i say simply before launching the project they issue some token percentage to the market in a lower amounts with additional bonus. There are two types of ICO's that is private sale and public sale. But you have to be very careful about scam ICO's and but majority of them are real.  Before investing any ICO's we should properly go through their white paper and then we can get the clear idea about the project. These days there is a good ICO called "Arcblock" and their public sale will start on Feb 3rd, 2018, 7pm CST.

ICO is Initial Coin Offering from the word IPO (Initial Public Offering) so meaning is same overall. The start up company want to publish "The Coin" with the business plan for the long term.
The company build a projects and have developer, advisors and investor of course to starting the business. When "The Coin" released it has a initial value and will be launch in crypto market

For the example, Arcblock has a good prospect and I want to buy "The Coin" named ABT before launch so I can buy with lower rate and bonus offering from the company. When ICO release in market then the price will be going up.

its means Initial Coin offer,  its an avenue to invest in new cryptocurrency before being launched in exchanges to the general crypto world.  check out one very good ICO in its third stage of ICO called e-chat,  check it out at https://ico.echat.io

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

ICO in short form called initial coin offering, it is set to offer there coin at low rate by participating in there program and after a limited months or days it  closed. So you can purchase or invest in any at a low rate and returns with Higher profits.

ICO is an Initial Coin Offering. New way of crowd sale that uses new companies to raise enough fund for their projects.

In addition, ICO for fundraising, to run the project. That's what I know.
By getting involved in ICO, there are some benefits that can be gained.

An Initial Coin Offering, also commonly referred to as an ICO, is a fundraising mechanism in which new projects sell their underlying crypto tokens in exchange for bitcoin and ether. It’s somewhat similar to an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in which investors purchase shares of a company.
ICO is a form of token that the coin developers give to every that campaigned for the launching of the coin. After the campaign, a percentage of the coin is distributed to all  who campaigned. Someone can sell it off or keep it.

ICO is the abbreviation of Initial Coin Offering. It means that someone offers investors some units of a new cryptocurrency or crypto-token in exchange against cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum. Since 2013 ICOs are often used to fund the development of new cryptocurrencies

ICO is stands for Initial Coin Offering. In the name itself we can guess what ICO is. If we invest in public at first time, ICO is offered us to buy a coin in exchange for funds. Hence, they up the token sale and expecting market cap value should be reach soon. As it is sold in the period of time for token sale. We can consider that concern ICO project will get suceeded.

ico stand for initial coin offering, this is the stage when one wants to startup and build the capital they need for their platform and development of products. there are stages for ICO, usually ICO last from 2 to 4 months depends on how early they reach their target hardcap.
they also allocate amounts to people who help them advertise their platform, more like introducing.

ICO is a place to make money in the modern era, because we only invest in ICO and wait until ICO we invest in exchange and the price increases and we sell to get a big profit, compared we invest in elsewhere.

ICO stands for Initial Coin Offering. It means that if we will invest in public for the first time, it offers us to buy a coin to change it for funds. It means someone offers investors some unit of new cryptocurrency or crypto-token for in exchange against cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or an Ethereum. They sell their crypto for an exchange of ethereum or bitcoin.

Initial Coin Offering

ICO, It basically means Initial Coin Offering. ICO is a fund raising to raise a new cryptocurrency coin. The funds collected in the ICOs are used for capitals in commencing companies in crypto currency.

ICO means Initial Coin Offering.The developer of the new project will conduct ICO for funding their projects.In this case you will see on how the project will success,from the support of the investors and how the staff work for it.This is also a chance for investors to buy or to invest in project for a very low price.For sure if the project became successful its a big profit for all the one who join the ICO.

ICO  is the way for coins to raise funding for their projects by setting target of the funds they can raise (soft and hardcap). It is also a way for coins to have an initial feel and knows the reception of their coins in the market.

ICO or Initial Coin Offering is one way a company raise money or capital for their project. They sell or offer investors some units of their new cryptocurrency or token at a discount in exchange for Bitcoin, Ethereum or fiat. This is often used to fund the development of new cryptocurrency. If that cryptocurrency succeeds, investors will make a profit. If the ICO goal is met, the project launches and the token will become functional units of currency.

What is ICO? ICO is a token or coin prize project which is obtained free of charge after we follow and execute his orders made by certain parties to promote his business.

Technically, it can be in exchange for anything, as you can send fiat to many of the ICOs. I would only use ether because at least you have a smart contract.

Hi!Ico is when project comes out and they need money for growing they whole idea,project and pay to exchanges whr they need to distribute tokens,but now loot of icos is scam but in near future i think this problem need to get away with  legal permission system.

ICO means initial coin offering by which, a new company launch its project for purchase for their coins at a price fixed by a company.Companies offers some special bonuses to their investors in pre ICO.

I'm also new to this. I just read somewhere that ICO is when a cryptocurrency startup firm wants to raise money through this, it usually creates a plan on a whitepaper which states what the project is about, what need(s) the project will fulfill upon completion, how much money is needed to undertake the venture, how much of the virtual tokens the pioneers of the project will keep for themselves, what type of money is accepted, and how long the ICO campaign will run for. The fundamentals are pretty much about this. I hope this helps!