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Hello guys, I've come across with this website. www.menlo.one

Everything seems usual, but what caught my attention is their guild based system, they so called "Expert Guild Network". Can this really be a good thing for new upcoming ICO's?

And could this system work?

Well, this says it all. https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/menlo-one-met-token/  Their site is best fit for ICO investors out there. We know ICO investing nowadays is too risky, but with this site I think its more safe now.

These days where almost every day a new ICO is launched, I think we really need this kind of platform menlo.one is offering.

I have looked into menlo's telegram group https://t.me/Menloone, and they have a huge member is this a good sign? I'm interested in joining their crowdsale I don't know if it is a good idea though. LOL

Menlo.one is just another review site. What's new? We already have icobench.com or icoratings.com for that. And why we would need a token for just a review site?

The thing is it is not just a review site. Its an all-in-one platform which I think new investors can really benefit with it. Lessening the risk of investment and automating it.

Menlo stops scammers because of their menlo guild system. Don't know much of this idea but this sounds great, one thing investors are worried about is those fake ICO's  and scams.

ICO token prices will rise if there is adoption and usage, have you ever thought about how much potential adoption and usage is on this platform? their target market is ICO communities that provide reviews, ICO investors, and ICO projects
I think it's not a big market and they have a lot of competitors such as ICOBench, TrackIco, IcoMarks, IcoCrunch, Etc. even their competitors provide free services for reviews, do you think ICO community wants to spend money to buy tokens and use it for an upvote, or downvote?

I get that Menlo One has a very useful system in helping investors determine the legitimacy of a certain project. That being said, if a project turns out to be really a scam, will Menlo have some sort of protection or insurance for those that got burned or penalty against the people behind the fraudulent project?

Actually its the other way around. Upcoming ICO projects would have to pay the ICO community to get a good honest review on their platform, and this could help the newbies lessening the risk on their investment.

To make life more effortless and easy. Menlo has created a market leading block chain for buying and selling digital tokens. Don't you know this? They will also offering a complete  block chain crowdsale which is a great solution in today's market. Wow! I can't wait for this. LOL

This seems far better than letting shady ICO's pay influencers to say shady things i rate....

But how would they do this? It is still possible to pay for an ICO to bribe a community with the right amount of money.

I have chatted through their telegram group and they seem to be legit. They have an 11,000 members on their telegram and I'm confident this would be a great project in the near future.

I think those who wish to upvote/downvote are the people who choose to do so in hopes to monetize their contribution to the community in the future once they have made it to a certain threshold. What's good about it is that people are actually incentivized to stay honest and not cheat or else they get their ranks (or reputation) down to zero.


I think they are aware that ICO investors is not a big market, but they do spend huge amounts on ICOs. What's more is that I don't think ICObench or any other "competitor" offers the same convenience and transparency.

I think this might answer your question. That said,  users within the Menlo platform who give false reviews will kiss their current reputation goodbye. This not only invalidates their efforts in building up their REP, but also informs the community by separating what's right and what's not.

Seems like this is a paid popularization about this newly ico huh?never heard about this one but looks like juniors and newnie come to learn this faster,well nothings new because this is the way how the advertising goes now i dont know why or just a cost cutting project.

Later i will take alook if this really new or another copy project from Icobench but indeed,goodluck to the dev and hope this is legit and reliable

It's possible, but I looked at their CEO's interview on YouTube and it really seemed like this guy new what he was doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1QBpBYE6o&t=427s

The sound quality wasn't ideal though.

LOL. Its a norm nowadays, anyway have you looked into it? I'd love to hear an input from old members about their site, because I'm a bit move about their concept.

What is that "guild based" system about? Never heard of it

It is like gathering professionals who really know the technology and building a community around it. Here's a more concrete explanation of how menlo's guild system work. https://medium.com/@menloone/menlo-one-expert-guilds-for-better-icos-cfc398320cce

The video was too long, but the audio was not that bad... I sorta understood why this project was created now since I agree and feel that joining ICOs isn't newbie friendly at all. I am a newbie and never joined a single ICO since I have no idea how.  ???

One of the best mission of menlo that people will really love is they make ICO a smooth and easy experience for eveyone. With this kind of system I think it is safe to say that we are in good hands.

I've had reasons to doubt it since "Menlo" wasn't familiar when its name surfaced, but I ended up liking its concept after checking out KoreanJew's interview with Menlo's founder. Now, there are 2 scenarios that come to mind; 1. A lot of people will flood in and embrace this unique platform and instantly change the way we approach all ICOs. 2. People remain skeptical since I heard being a contributor in their platform would mean spending some Eth to buy tokens and stuff.

Anyway, here's the video I watched for those who might be interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1QBpBYE6o&feature=youtu.be

As I understand it's just a cooperation of professionals from different companies, right?

Fom Medium's article, it says that a guild is composed of random group of people who are experts in blockchain technology. So, a startup who wants their ICO reviewed offers a bounty to get reviewed by a Guild and the review is done privately. What assurance does this give us that the review done by the guild is unbiased? Is there another group tasked to inspect their quality?

I would like to think that a guild is composed of people who may not know each other and are scattered in different places of the world. I'm just wondering if their names will be shown publicly or are they going to be anonymous? I think it's going to be a big deal and either way, being known or not will have its pros and cons.

Yeah, menlo is trying to create a community of experts and professionals of this kind of technology. It is not limited to companies, anyone can create their own guild as long as they know what blockchain technology is they can join. The catch is tehy will be paid for any valuable content they input on every upcoming ICO.

Sound's interesting.. I heard Menlo One is the top pick among upcoming ICOs for various ICO groups here in Bitcointalk and in telegram.  ::)

The corporeality is it is not upright a study place. Its an all-in-one program which I fancy modern investors real non-essential with it. Lessening the gamble of investment and automating it.

I'm not interested, there are many innovations present in the current ico framework. but from most of these innovations nothing really goes according to the idea and the technology. I just suggest, you should try to expand this discussion if you want to try to invest.

In the overview video that they have on the website they said that the guild system is a proof of reputation, meaning that it is where anyone can give his opinion about different transaction, process that he went through in their website whether it is good or not, i personally think that this is something that is in between, because review and what people say can be censored they have the ability to remove bad reviews, but if this is legit and they won't do that than i think it will be a great idea.

 from my own experience right now to be a successful ICO you need to develop something outstanding, something unique,  the things that even don't never came up to somebody's mind,

I dont really easily entrust with these kind of propositions i cant deny the idea is great and revolutionary but tendency of manipulation and censorship would be always there since we wont even know if there are certain informations had been censored out same as you said. Transparency would always be the issue or in short "Trust".
Im quite interested on how they would or the project do remove these doubts into its possible investors.

The idea is good, the main thing is that these experts can take responsibility when they say that this ICO is good, and this is bad. It is important to understand how they guarantee their activities. In General, I liked the idea.

 I agree, this is something unique and we need something unique, because all those similar ico's would never have any success on this downtrend market of our recent.

I do not think this project is promising. Most likely it is not a fraud (although I did not go into this issue, just looked superficially), but to invest in it or participate in their bounty, I would not.