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In our opinion before investing in ICO projects, for the first you should concentrate your attention on the size of project. It has been proven that the average range should be from $2M to $10M, which means that the size of project is not too small and not too big.
So what do you think is this statement correct and where is a so-called “golden range”?

Now there are a lot of good projects on the market and it is very difficult to choose among all really good ones, as for me the best range is 2-5 million, you also need to look at what they say in social networks and what is their popularity.

Well no because somebody will a completely shitty idea could come out looking to get $2-$10 million. While that can help the crypto grow you gotta make sure the team is good, use case is there, and that there is good community. If all these three things are not checked then I am sorry your idea regardless of the raise size will most probably fall flat on its face.

I think the "size" of an ICO is not the most important indicator whether an ICO is going to succeed or not. You have to make sure that there is a strong advertisement team behind the ICO, for instance; because no matter how good their product is, if they can't create hype around their product, it's not going to take off. Other indicators like the management board, advisors, whether these people are ready to answer people's questions etc. are very important as well.

check how many tokens team will held for themselves , locking period .
project roadmap , team experience .
whitepaper observation .
price with respect to total supply / circulating supply .

these things are imp to select a right ico .

You should get confirmed that whether the team of that ICO is hard working or not and go through all the whitepapers so that you will be confirmed that you are not scammed. Make sure that the size of that ICO is big enough and always take an opinion fro the experience holders. 

There is no really an ideal project size,it is  depends on the developer's targeted fund to be raised which will be used to the project development and expenses.Choosing an ico would be more complicated thatn trading blindly,ICOs background should be done so you are able to calculate if an ICO woul achieve success or it wont have any potentials,Founders and Developers should be able to do whatever they need to do,credibility of their profiles does the ICO has a good working product/services?is the ICO has some partnership with the big companies?these are just the imporant things we need to check before joining any of these ICOs.

Eyup. I would agree with that. You can never take something so complicated and boil it down to one or two variables. It may help you catch lightning in a bottle once or twice, but i would consider that luck and NOT a system. I'm working for a crypto in ICO phase right now, and have learned that there are a LOT of factors to consider.There are about 200 things that may look small from the outside, but can easily destroy an ICO if not handled correctly... Unfortunately a lot of the success depends on the team and how they interact with each other which the public will never be able to really quantify...

This statement is relative, there are projects that have really started practically from scratch, as well as, there are projects with 50 million intial and continues struggling to gain space in the market, we should focus our attention on the objective and what will enhance, project functionality, there are several topics on this subject and with different points of view. We must not forget the strength of marketing, in my opinion we should take all of this into account.

There are many ICO in the market where most of them are just scam or made only to make money which won't be profitable for you.Well by researching about coins team,it's cap value,people's comments on the coins and also it's supply or even whitepaper and idea behind can give you a vague idea about ICO and you will know that whether it would be profitable or not to invest in that ICO.IMO there are very few ICO which are good and finding them is very hard.

There are many factors you should consider.

• As you've already realized, the project should be between $ 2 - $ 10 million.
• The development team should definitely have some experience with crypto. They should have already developed at early projects.
• How many tokens or coins will the team keep and how many will the team release?
• The advisors should also be known and good.
• The whitepaper should show potential immediately.
• The tokens or coins should not only be sold to whale investors.

To choose good ICO projects, you have to research on the net. There are a lot of websites and blogs about ICOs, by browsing these sites you can have a lot of necessary information about projects.

True, make your own research and trust your guts.

In my opinion, the most of the privacy coins are undervalued right now.

The best opportunity is to find a privacy-related project with a low total supply (less than 100M), that way the price will be increasing much faster.

I recently found one project called Ethereum Meta, it is related to anonymity and untraceable transaction. They have a very interesting project to build the Anonymous E-Market Place.

They are on Pre-ICO stage right now, you can check their website: http://ethermeta.com/
Or even better go through their Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2659058.0

this is absolute nonsense and it is very unfortunate if someone from novices reads the advice of the author of this topic, the project can be both large and small and it generally does not affect its quality at all!

It is very difficult. I would even say in this case you need more luck than knowledge. What conclusions can be drawn from the currency, for which there is practically no data, to statistics. I do not trust it.

You always have to do your own research (DYOR) because the team might hae a good project, but the developers are bad or mediocre project with good developers. It can be helpful to see what others are writing on the social networks and check the hype on telegram. Always look for something new disrupting, and if it has a working project, go for it. But always be careful, most ICO's are scam.

For me a good line of research is Whitepaper / team / github.

Is there a strong whitepaper describing a project with real merit.

Is the team legit and within the scope of their knowledge.

Are there regular github commits and visible progress being made.

Just my 2cents.

I really don't see how the dollar value of the ICO raise can be solely used to assess the viability of an investment.  

You need to look at the project itself - is it a viable project?  

Is there a need for it?  

Are the devs and the rest of the project team capable of achieving the goals laid out in the whitepaper and roadmap?  

What part of the world is the ICO based?  

The questions go on and on... There are just so many variables to consider.

In the end, you need to be comfortable enough with the project to invest.

I think it's different for all projects. That's the range I personally like to stick to, but Havven recently changed my mind. Since they're a decentralized payment network designed to enable everyday crypto transactions using a stable medium of exchange. Pretty cool stuff. Since they have to scale, then the higher supply is necessary. https://havven.io/

Personall, you have to checked for yourself first, you have to take a look at its project. This will tell you is this viable? Do you think you'll earn from it, in anyway, you can also help this ICO to be successful in investing into it. So win win situation if it became succesfull you'll earn from it too.

Yes your right and also, its better to make research for more idea and strategy on how to be got investor.

First look at their basic idea. Does it have much competition? Is it even possible? Then look at the team. are they capable? Do they have a good network? Have they proven themselves before? Then look at presale bonuses, can you get in? Will you get much less because others got better bonuses? Is this some ponzi like scheme?  Then look at hardcap and consider if it's too high or not.   

Also you can ask some smart people what they think of it.

it's up to you because that is our job because the risk of following ICO is to find a quality and can get an advantage in investing in the ICO select a team of experienced, clear roadmap and whitepaper and that is the key to getting a successful ICO

In my opinion, it is better to make your own research and trust your guts.

The most of the privacy coins are undervalued right now.

The best opportunity is to find a privacy-related project with a low total supply (less than 100M), that way the price will be increasing much faster.

I recently found one project called Ethereum Meta, it is related to anonymity and untraceable transaction. They have a very interesting project to build the Anonymous E-Market Place.

They are on Pre-ICO stage right now, you can check their website: https://ethermeta.com/
Or even better go through their Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2659058.0

It takes time and experience in choosing the right ICO to invest in. You must research, study and analyze before investing in an ICO because it's really hard to find a good one, many of the ICOs are just scam, most of them make promises that is unrealistic.

Competition isn't necessarily a bad thing. It can also be validation when a number of projects are vying for the space. In that case, the problem is almost certainly going to be solved and the 'gamble' of sorts is finding the right one.

The right ico of the time would the initial coin offering supported by the company that supports the technology that has future potential, for example, if there is a hypothetical coin that is working on making the cryptocurrency process dependent and regulated by artificial intelligence then I would definitely invest in that .