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a subsidiary of google.com. namely youtube.com and blogger.com have started blocking videos and articles that contain elements of ICO, tokensale, and Altcoin. then how is your prediction for the future of altcoin?

it's true today I saw and heard some news about youtube channels and blogs that are blocked by youtube and google because the content in their videos and articles contains elements of crypto currency, and reportedly many will take the legal path for the incident

this is clearly a very bad situation. altcoin continues to fall, and media coverage is also getting worse. I'm afraid this will have a bad impact on boutny campaign. when fecbook, twitter, blog, and google start blocking ico ads, it is not impossible bounty campaign will also stop.

I think if the popular internet resources begin to actively ban users advertising cryptocurrency, crypto community will have to find other, more loyal resources to promotion. The Crypto currency will not disappear anywhere. However, for some time it will be remote from people outside the market. It seems now to be the goal, to limit the involvement of new people in the cryptoworld

I think their popularization will diminish and price too. ICO's which haven't big community must die without internet promotion.

You are all talking about Facebook, Twitter and Google (YouTube) blocking any channels and/or profiles "promoting" ICOs and anything crypto related. As far as I'm informed, they will only block paid ads, not posts/tweets/videos from users which are not paid. Where did you hear they are blocking that too? They can't block that, we can tweet and post whatever we want, otherwise it is a discrimination and it should be investigated and taken to courts through legal paths.

this is clearly a very bad situation. altcoin continues to fall, and media coverage is also getting worse. I'm afraid this will have a bad impact on boutny campaign. when fecbook, twitter, blog, and google start blocking ico ads, it is not impossible bounty campaign will also stop.

slowly slowly we are coming to know that all these so called big companies are in hands of powerful people ..
those people who want to kill cryptocurrency are doing it via proxy .
thats why decentralization is must ,
how you can ban anything which is not harming anyone or not breaking any ethics .
all of these people just want us to see what they want , want us to invest in what they want ..
for them dollar is more valuable than a fixed supply asset .

Google has bought youtube, and owner blogger at the same time google is also having some shares in the twitter company. I remember google company have bought some shares from the twitter but google inc was not interested in buying all of the shares from the twitter company. Considering the fact and that'd not be surprised if all of the things that owned by google are starting to ban the crypto advertisement.
But we will stand with our foot soon.

It is sad that the whole world is turning its back on Crypto. Probably during this time Altcoin prices continue to fall sharply. I think the whole of the Crypto market will be in a red color. Is this a sign that the market crash Crypto. They can not accept society. They will not be accepted by governments. At the moment we can not say anything about the Crypto market.

Worrying imo if they are really blocking content about altcoins, why would you even want that? And why would you block alts and not btc?
It's on a totally different level than blocking ico or ponzi scam ads.

I'm not talking about facebook and twitter. I'm just talking about youtube and blogger
not just listening, my colleague followed the bounty with the video and he added the ICO tags, and today his youtube channel is on the block.

thank you for the information, I just explained what happened to my colleague

I'm sorry, I meant in general for all social media. And maybe I exaggerated with taking this to the court and all, haha. Well, maybe some ICO companies probably will, who knows. Hm, yes I don't know, maybe there were some paid ads rolling out during his video and they blocked his account based on that. Not sure if they can do that, but you never know. There was nothing said officially that they would be blocking accounts based on sharing crypto related tags. For example, if I tweet about ICO project with #ICO hashtag, twitter will disable my account. Could be possible, but highly unlikely in my opinion. At least at the moment. It is however possible that they are doing it to some users unofficially and that users didn't come out yet. Maybe they will soon and we will know more about this matter for sure.

Just let that sink, there's plenty of already funded ICO that trying to compete against google and it's such a good thing. I don't know why it seems that people are relying too much on Youtube and other google companies aswell but let me make it clear.
There's so many video sharing site, and also another advertising platform. We can just all those services that come from our comunity and everything will be fine. Also it seems that by the blocking which done by youtube, marketing promotion through this forum is the most effective way.

The major social medium including facebook, twitter and YouTube are blocking the videos and articles that cotain elements of ICO, I think that will not affect much on the growing of crypto, and that will force the improvement of crypto technology.

I hear the ban you say, but why I still can see and watch on youtube, like riview ico, best alt and others. Has his ban not started yet? or just a plan?

I do not understand such a sharp rejection of ICO advertising.  I would like to gather all investors, bounties, traders and stop using these channels, like facebook, Youtube and others. For a long time already there are analogues on the blockchain

if that's true then it's a bad sign for ico,I think personally social media block ico it is because of the consequences of the many ico frauds so they do not want social media so bridge or engage ico fraud we all know too much ico scam it is very pity for ico future.

this is the result of the SCAMMER join the cryptocurrency
there should be an institution that regulates the certification of an ICO like the SEC that seeks to protect US citizens
google policy will certainly affect my personal blog

The future of crypto is bright. But for scammers and shady ICO trying to steal honest peoples money hopefully their future is counted. Google and Facebook are just trying to protect their users from obvious scams and money grabs.

I think google prohibits ICO because currently google can't filter of ICO. Google doesn't want to blame later on because they let ICO, tokensale, and Altcoin that lead to fraud (scam project), because more scam project popping cause the level of trust in google will decrease if they keep it
for future of altcoin is very difficult to predict now, we can only hope the crypto developers can find a solution and situation will return to normal

it may be true what you say I'm sure google does not want to intimidate its users if there is no good reason. they just want to protect their flatform users from money loss

hahaha they cannot stop evolution. really good teams will find a solution how to get money for their projects. Maybe ICO will change their mechanism or such dinosaurus as google, twitter etc. will lose their positions. we will see.

I think it's not good news that more and more social media are restricting the advertising of ICO and the money market.
Because the whole market is starting to be vulnerable, any bad news could lead to a big drop.

I do not believe in this news, because from last week there was news that a number of social media banned the ICO ads in its place and until now it has not happened yet, so I conclude here all the news about the ban on advertising on social media is HOAX.

I feel like this is probably hoax. I think that they cannot completely ban ico review videos as they are working also for youtube's revenue. Anyways ico ad bans aren't that bad if its about general ad put on site visually.

What ???

It is so bad news.
Social media like Facebook Twitter and other is blcoked ads.
Now, YouTube and Blog is block to.
What will happend to Cryptocurrency when is true.

If big companies like youtube and google blocked crypto-related materials, there is a great chance that  the price of Coins will keep on dropping and dropping. And it would be really hard for everyone of us to keep the price up , once social media advertisements are blocked.

This will not stop icos from advertising. Icos would have to be careful and truthful to their program and not be deceitful in whitepaper. In situations like this, the very best will shine and be recognized in the world of icos. Advertising might not be in these known social networks but telegrams, altcoin forums etc.

I also initially thought that this news was a false story, but some youtube channel accounts that advertised ICO have proven to be a du blocker, I was so scared about my channel which may also be blocked

Another reason to pissed off at BitConnect... it was fun to laugh at them for a while, but now they are probably a big part of why this is happening.  Many of those people who lost money are blaming the bloggers and youtubers instead of taking responsibility for themselves.

That may be one of the reasons why the market is down too, less advertisements because of the banning of ICO related ads throughout the Social Media. I’m not sure how they are able to promote their ICO’s anymore and for sure it will have a very big impact to the market too.

Maybe this is the main reason on why Bitcoin price was stock up between $8,000 to $11,000 that it wont accelerate to reach $12,000 that maybe many investors and holders are now afraid of what will be the impact if the advertising of Crypto currencies and ICO will be limited. How much more if the Twitter will join the group? i think it will create serious additional problem with the ICO especially the scam projects.

bad news for any upcoming ICO's i think its time to regulate any altcoin project to submit first thier true identity before them to allow conduct an ICO.

Yes, this is indeed a bad news, and I also believe that as time progresses, more and more countries will introduce some policies to monitor ico.
The cryptocurrencies encountered a bad time now.
But just hodl the coin you have had.

I think its time We quit the melodrama behind all these bans, for no one is against crypto, as someone just quoted, these are just norms and policies being put in place temporarily, getting a sense of a truer picture, and will all change with better clarity. Till then let us not add fuel to fire!

On one hand google is trying to ban ICOs ads in the name of fraud prevenetion (which is actually nt enough ) on the other hand there is news of google trying to build a blockchain based product. Hope this is not a concerted effort to drive the competitors out of market.

As for fraud revention, we surely need a decntralized authority for taking down such fraud projects. There are many off late and often investors are stuck with them . Hope credibility and sanity shall return soon.

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From a few days, when there is an issue that google banned ads crypto. I can still see the advertisements of ICOs on youtube.
is this really not banned?

Will,this information can make feel the community in panic situation, but when i open the you tube and blogs site now the advertisement of cryptocurrency is still there and always pop up, thats why  i conclude that maybe this  information is hoax and no relevant because until now  i can see many advertisement about the digital currency and any other kinds of ICO advertisement.

What about tokens that are true 'Utility Tokens' and not an 'Alt Coin' at all??  Meaning - The Token has actual
utility' and is not trying to be an alternative currency (Alt Coin) and is doing what Blockchain is all about??

its bad, I dont know what will happen if there is no other way to advertise a certain ICO, how would it reach other investors around the world if there is no news about it. I dont know what will happen to the crypto world after that.

Now this situation is that the media gave the public the information about which you do not really know. People are afraid of uncertainty. I think the world will be the situation in China. Will block until then, until I found out what it is.

one by one social media blocking crypto advertisement, ICO-ICO will lack of container for promotion

In the same process, both facebook and google were found. because there is a very serious pressure on the crypto currency. they see it as an uncontrollable force.  ::)

Campaigns with bonuses can not stop. ICO projects will exist as long as this forum exists, which is capable of promoting and promoting good ICO projects.
The prohibition of advertising ICO in social networks of great damage for the crypto currency and its rate will not bring, these restrictions are aimed at cleaning up social networks from fraudulent advertising. If only it did not go further and did not prohibit any information related to the crypto currency.

Serious pressure? Are you kidding? Bitcoin has faced serious pressure from world governments and has always come out on top. Do you really think social media companies like Facebook, Google etc will stop the crypto market and Bitcoin from advancing? The current bear market is applying pressure on investors causing them to spread baseless FUD which is something that I do not appreciate. I tend to ignore such FUD and simply enjoy my time HODLING all my coins until the next big rally starts which might happen in the near future. Don't fall for the FUD.

It's not a good sign for altcoin. I think with time they will realize that not all icos are scam and there will be certain conditions icos must meet before its ads can be played on their platform.  It's very certain google will develop it's crypto in the near fear which will be used to pay for ads on their platform.

This really sucks and I don't understand why these big corporations are waging war on this new technology. Haven't they made enough money from all of us and the Internet? I am thinking of closing my Facebook account in protest but I can't shut myself off of Youtube as well as that would limit my work possibilities. I hope us bounty peeps channel's don't get shut down as well, that would be so bad if we are banned from posting ICO videos. I think this is so stupid. They allow violence and porn on video but not ICOS, so stupid if you ask me.

Exciting time is ahead as far as cryptocurrency is concern. There will be definitely substitute for you tube , and every other platform that are rejecting altcoin and this a good development because many competitors will rise and snatch the market from these internet leaders.

no problem as all community sill believe with crypto,,
search engine not only google,
and this is really perfect time to build a project just like google,
for search engine i think a project like Bitclave will be a good choice for this community

well, some new news from russian blockchain, korea and china are preparing to lift what's going on into court. yes, this is news to the contrary. I think. so let's follow the progress. I hope there is a good chance for crypto growth.

The truth remains that social media sites blocking ICO adverts should be a welcome development, at least for now until the mess inherent in ICOs are cleansed. However, we should start getting worried once Telegram and the BTT join the ban bandwagon.  I have never come across any ICO on Twitter (don't even own an account), YouTube or even Google. All ICOs that I participated in have come through Telegram and this forum. I guess this is same for some here too.


The ban is a two edge sword. As it affects the crypto industry, it also reduces traffic and capital flow to the banning sites. Already we see Facebook and Google revenues going down. They are also casualties as much as the altcoins.

What is this dude saying?

And this?

They blocked money in ads i dont care.

Youtube and blogger have personal and business opinion about ICO ads and unfortunately we can't do nothing about that, their home their rules. I believe ICO developer will find another way to keep their ICO ads running, maybe this moment they start to search another platform to replace their ICO ads with block. As bounty hunter we only need to wait and see what happen. Just keep create valuable content and follow the rules and we get pay, simple like that.

Personally, I don't really care about this banning situation. We as a crypto community should ignore that issue. We have own world, 
and own currency and I think this is the right time to build our own advertising platform to promote ICO or Cryptocurrency.

News that spreads the panic around ICO projects provide an opportunity to see how vulnerable the world of crypto currency. Perhaps it's time to really switch to independent cryptotechnology, where the government not can put a strict ban. I think that the flexible world of crypto currency will find a way out of this situation and go further, beyond social networks.

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency don't need social media for advertising because it can last even without them

There are other venues where icos and crypto can use for advertisement. It will affect ICO and its progress but I do not think that it will cripple it. Facebook, twitter, youtube, google can ban crypto advertisement but it will still survive.

I think its no big deal as steemit already replaced blogger in cryptocurrency articles. So this is good that it may create whole new youtube about blockchain and we may start using. We should stand strong against tyrants.

Unfortunately it will affect the very bad side. The main popularization of the crypt and the new ICO was conducted through advertising on these resources. How will they raise funds now?               

Yes, this is a very negative trend. Almost all large internet resources began to block the advertising of the crypt. Probably they want to isolate the market and run their own projects...

if it continues in the block and no more tolerance, it is not possible altcoin will increasingly disappear. because of bounty campaign, mostly from social media like youtube, blog, and also facebook. if all that is blocked, bounty campaign will be difficult and it will make altcoin is in a difficult situation because etherum is the platform of most bounty.

So what are you using these advertisement to promote an ICO? no,because only those ICOs will be affected by this not the bounty hunters! The only way that these people are getting investors are thru bitcointalk hunters because there are no one who will see ads from google facebook and twitter not with the help the bounty hunters.