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An intending cryptocurrency investors recently approached me for my input in an ICO he intend invest on. And one of my advised to him his to read through the whitepaper of the ICO to determined how credibly and successful the ICO will be.
He then, ask me how sure I am that a well written whitepaper will determined how credibly, trusted and successful an ICO will be.
I couldn't give a clear answer to the question, because I personal know that so many scam ICO have a good and well detail whitepaper.

What's your take on the ICO whitepaper, can the information therein be enough to determine how successful an ICO will be.

I personally think the team is more important than the whitepaper. A well-known professional team, packed with great advisors, is a must for me.

Of course, a good whitepaper is appealing for an investor and you should also consider it, especially if it is well-written (every explanation needed for the ICO is there). But don't think it ss the only source to decide whether you should invest in the projects or not. The whitepaper can be plagiarized, bought, copy-written and so on.

Whitepaper does not determine the credibility of an ico. It's just a blueprint of what the project is has achieved and what they are going to achieve in the future.

I don't think the white paper is that important.
I am more concerned about open source code, people should learn to use GTIHUB to search various projects for code development.

There's a ton of plagiarism in whitepapers lately. Let's be honest, only a handful of people really read those and even less of them understand what they're reading. Credibility is more based on the team, their niche and prospects on their future, although WP shouldn't be discarded...

The white paper can only be used as a way to refer to the ICO project. We can't just rely on the white paper to decide whether to invest, just like you see a person with a very high level of education, but you can't think he can't sin!

Absolutely, you can find all the thing about ICO in their whitepaper, their vision, mission, roadmap, team, milestone. etc. And when you find that an ICO has whitepaper that too similar to other ICO, it might indicate that the ICO is scam. Then you look for the team member, and search it in google, if you find something suspicious better left the ICO.

For me it doesn't, i will try to tell you about the truth and did you remember about what has already happened with iconomi and any other ico platform that changing the roadmap at the middle of development? Whitepaper just like a concept that has already created like a document and it's not a permanent concept and i think that will not give you a lot of things to determine how good the ico is.

Yes real projects with clear objectives and business plans always have a nicely written whitepaper and it does matter to get the clarity for small things on how the project is designed, planned and how everything will be implemented. Poorly written or copy pasted whitepaper is a big red flag for me.

Partly yes. For me, a well-written whitepaper shows how professional a team is. Surely a good whitepaper can't be just bought somewhere. It has to undergo several reviews / proofreading to make sure that every single details in it is explained clearly.
On the other hand, a well-written whitepaper can mean nothing if the team can not deliver what they had planned to do with their project.
I've seen ICOs which are at first, good and everything seem to go as what they had planned and according to their whitepaper, yet the date comes and months had passed, still nothing. Words written does not compare to a work well done.

Whitepaper cannot determine the credibility of the project. Many projects copied the whitepaper from others and did some little editions to make it real as if it was their original plan.

The reliability of the project depends on Teamdev and the investor. White paper is only to help you understand their project as well as their development path in the future. If Teamdev completes the roadmap then it is a reliable project

White paper explains all about the project. This will be the basis for all investors whether they support it or not. It really affects on how ICO will conclude and be accepted by market. All information including their team members, roadmap and others are stated. Just make time to read all of it before investing. Make research of team members if they are real and credible enough to implement their platform. Also make sure that the content is unique( not plagiarized) and attainable with their given time.

for Whitepaper, I admit it is very important because it contains ideas from the ICO, even though the whitepaper is easy to imitate. but still we cannot reject its existence. so we must have considerations other than the whitepaper, when we want to join the ICO. like Develop, Manager, technology, investors, softcaps ,hardcaps and Marketcap need to be considered

No, whitepaper alone wont be a guarantee that the project is going to succeed, whitepaper only one of the factor, the other important factor is the team developer, whitepaper is used to get information what is the goal of the project and how the team going to achieve it, whitepaper will give you basic information about project but it is not a guarantee that the project wont be scam

I agree with the mention that not so much whitepaper but staff of project determine its credibility.
Undoubtedly, well-formed whitepaper helps potential investors to get on track rapidly. More over from whitepaper you can understand the main goal of project and its attainability.

But recently many of ICO-makers make beautiful pages and stop at this stage. One should be careful.

White paper is all information that users needed to know about the project, meaning detail. Depend this information ( white paper ) you'll know how realistic they are and how the do the project progress. We must see from two things, first is white paper and second thing is support system, how good they finish users problems. See the project as one big picture don' split them.

I do not think Whitepaper will guarantee that you will not fall for the scammers. I have several times met projects in which a part of Whitepaper was copied from other projects. The big mistake lies in blind trust in the "white books". Investors rarely check the information described in WP and do not have the proper level of competence to check the open source of a project. This is enjoyed by a huge number of ICO organizers, who do not even bother to develop smart contracts that are stated in the technical documentation. You can not trust people, you need to trust the code

Not only that white paper determine the credibility
Of an ICO, it plays a major role in the project.
Which play vital role in the future of the project.
Whitepaper allows investors to know more about the project.

Good day. Mostly investors look at the whitepaper of the projects but in my opinion credibility can't be proven by what's written there alone. Some ICOs have fake team members. Some would just think of a convincing plan to entice investors to invest. It's more advisable to check social media activities, telegram channels where you can talk to the team members and check the events they are involved with.

Naturally the whitepaper is the most important document in an ICO it provides extensive details on a project - the short term goals, the long term ones, what is the aim, the project, things that a wise investor will always want to know before making a decision.

It does to an extent, but these days some projects are deceptive if only their whitepaper is considered. I believe questions that would challenge the project team on telegram will go a long way, as well as researching the team.

I actually figured the whitepaper is more about the concepts and ideas of a project; the way and manner to implement it and make it happen
The strategies to make it happen
The importance of the token of the project
And Much more

It doesn’t determine if it’s a good or bad ico

You see everywhere enthusiasts screaming out loud, great team!, great project!!. Little did they know they are kinda true actually. As some guy said here, the developing team, the advisors are a go-go to me. If there's a working MVP and/or is an open source code, then the whitepaper is kinda useless.

I prefer to search for the team behind the project to check the credibility of it, I think that if I find a good background of them I can trust them, after that I read the whitepaper to see if the project really fits what the society needs.

Whitepaper don't guarantee the success of a project. Whitepaper is to outline their vision, and  mission and how they are going to accomplish it, it's now on the credibility and professionalism of the  team to ensure the project comes out successful. So  the is more important than the whitepaper

I don't think that whitepapers determine the credibility of an ICO.  It takes more than just a whitepaper to gain the trust of an audience, most especially one that has found out they live in a scam environment, and the scam projects sometimes have even more convincing whitepapers. Whitepapers only help in giving an insight as to what the project is about and what one should expect with a project.

Whitepaper just gives the description of the project. It is the team that executes what is written in the whitepaper and brings the project to reality. So, the credibility should go to the team.

Whitepaper should not be your main basis when investing in ICO because everyone can create a meaningful WP. You should also look for the project and the team behind it and if they are really working according to their roadmap. Investing in ICO is not easy just like buying coins, you really need effort to know if that ICO is legit.

in my opinion the whitepaper really determines the quality of the ICO, all of the company's ideas are in the whitepaper, we also have to be careful and watch out for the ICO whitepaper, sometimes the ICO only copies whitepaper data from other ICOs, so there are many other aspects that we must be reviewed.

I don't think the white paper can fully determine the credibility of ico. It can only be used for reference. We also need to fully understand whether the team behind it is strong and excellent, and pay more attention to open source code.

A project managers, and a real product that will be the apogee of the project. Many now throw themselves headlong into any project for profit, but as a result either do not receive anything, or sell the received tokens.

Obviously NO. Whitepaper is created by the company. If they write gppd things in the paper but in reality they are scams there can be done nothing about it. Obviously you cant only rely on the whitepaper.

The white paper is a very important factor, but it's not all. There are some projects that they copy the white papers of successful projects. If you don't find them, you might think they are real.In addition to the white paper, you should pay more attention to the details of a project.

I answered this in another tread, however i hope i can be helpful here writing specifically for your doubt.

Inside a Whitepaper you can normally find a really good written tale for ICOs that are scam. It depends if they hired a good writer to take care of that while they were focused on another things. Then it's just releasing a bounty and the translators take care of the rest. So you could read one and not find anything and most of cases maybe you won't effectively find anything conclusive, since the writer is probably not aware of what they are planning to do.

A few more aspects exists you or anyone can analyze to successfully conclude depending on your perception if an ICO is an scam or not.

Those main aspects are:

• The team
• Unrealistic goals
• No code repository
• Compromised Escrow
• Fake Pictures

You can read more about it here: https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/guides/how-to-avoid-scam-icos/ (https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/guides/how-to-avoid-scam-icos/)

Just like every blind man will need a man to put him to direction, even if he had failed in many times, so is whitepaper. Have said it severally that the sermon of reading whitepaper as the main criterion of legit project should have been of the past. However, we still need to look through whitepaper as the second yard stick. If we are sure the team is legit, know their track record, then can consider the project itself. Everything about a project should be explanatory in a whitepaper.

It is not necessary to judge the project only then, nicely written white paper. In addition, there should be many other factors by which you can determine the quality of the project.
Let's say you come to the store to buy candy - you do not take candy just because they have a beautiful package so after all. Here and here as well, study well and then bring their money back if you don't want to lose them.

Unless you are technically proficient and you read many other whitepapers, this won't be a reliable way for you to separate the scams from the legit projects. The main reason is they could easily plagiarize from several different other projects to create a patchwork whitepaper that reads well but is just to help sell the con.

Whitepapers are certainly one of the core indicators of a strong vs a weak project. If the project looks to have the majority of the technical details nailed down, a very clear interpretation of the project and realistic method to generate a ROI, then these highlight the project as a strong candidate for investment. Though the Whitepaper should be taken as part of the whole picture, including community sentiment, activity and whether or there are big names/firms backing it.

Even if it adds a little credibility to the project, I don't think it's enough to validate reliability. The team can write what they want in the whitepaper without any problem.

Moreover a large number of scam had a WP, that didn't prevent them from leaving  :-\

I prefer to look first if the project is innovative with good communication from the team and good partners, I consider the WP as secondary

all who will be carried out a project, should have been described in the whitepaper. yeah, but I think that's just one point. the main point in the development of a project is a team that is very serious in developing its products, as well as professionalism of the team. that's what I think.

A lot of whitepapers often indicates that everything being stated in that document may not be true to some but is made carefully by the founders. We need to read those whitepapers because it adds up to the credibility of an ICO but it does not determine whether the ICO is legit. There are some whitepapers that are copied from other platforms but to do that, they have to at least change something in the whitepaper to make it their own. We can look for Alternate Coins with almost the same platform to determine which one is the original and which one is the copy.

many scam icos had an excellent whitepaper. but it was just paper. envion whitepaper ! and now ? pincoin whitepaper ! and now ? and many many more ! i don't read whitepapers anymore. I read on google and read in professional journals about the project and only trust my instinct

Of course it is not solely the 'Whitepaper' that could determine and guarantee that the ico or a tokensale will be successful. It will serve only as the detailed guide on what to expect with the project but it is the real progress of the project itself will be the best basis to determine if the tokensale and ico is successful. I also check on the team if they are active with their project.

The whitepaper helps you understand what the project is all about, their goals, their ways or achieving those goals, but the credibility of the ICO is really determined by the people behind the project, after all, they are the ones making all the decisions, so check them up before even reading the whitepaper.

Whitepaper only points out the mission, vision, goals of the ICO. It won’t add much credibility into the project rather the team will add more credibility if they are good. No matter how well a whitepaper is written, the only way a project will be successful will be because of the team’s hard work and dedication. Anybody can write an attractive whitepaper but few can make a project successful.

I think all investors always pay attention to the whitepaper before investing in an ICO, the whitepaper is crucial, because all ICO plans, visions and missions are there, whitepapers are very important for an ICO, I also do not deny that the whitepaper is not an ICO credibility guarantee, I think we need to do research and analysis on an ICO whitepaper before deciding to invest.

White paper only used as a way to refer  the ICO project. It doesn’t determine the credibility of an ICO. It won’t also guarantee that there will no scams! If there found any scam just Google and search for it. Look for the member of the team. And if it seemed doubtful then leave the project.

The whitepaper is just one aspect what you need to look into. Other aspects are a strong team, previous experience, advisors, media interest about project and investors interest in the pre-sale phase as well.

In my opinion its not possible to determine the credibility of an ICO by a whitepaper. It only contains their vision and their objectives. Another factors to know about an ICO is to know their background and old successful activities.

Whitepaper also is one of the assets of the project to determine its uses, but more important to determined credibility of the ICO or the project is the team behind it, because mostly of the scam ICO or project has a fake team, so you must be atleast gathering informations in the projects team.

Whitepaper can't present about credibility of an ICO. In usually, a good project have prepared everything particular - of course including Whitepaper. But, if somebody want to scam, they will use any humbug to fraud you. So, it's better to find more informations from experts or credible websites before investment.

Just wait until regualtions are in place and ico will stop giving vaporware tokens for money. I still expect dao bubble next year, when tokens represnt ownership.

For the most part speculators take a gander at the whitepaper of the activities yet as I would see it validity can't be demonstrated by what's composed there alone. Some ICOs have counterfeit colleagues. Some would simply think about a persuading plan to allure financial specialists to contribute. It's more fitting to check internet based life exercises, wire channels where you can converse with the colleagues and check the occasions they are included with. :)

i don't think so.

whitepaper is one of those things that can be a deal breaker but its existence is not determining anything.
in other words if an ICO has a shitty whitepaper with broken English and nothing to say as its content then obviously that ICO is not worth looking into.
but if the ICO has a well written Whitepaper that  doesn't have to mean it is a good ICO.

A whitepaper is necessary for every investor who is interested to invest his money into that particular project and i think you it really shows the value behind the project and it has necessary details which will attract investors.

 But whitepaper is not the only source you have, because there are ways by which whitepaper can be plagiarized or copywritten and so you should also look for many other things like their management team, their concept and the core values behind the project, how well the project is been shared and engaged in the social media websites, what are the future plans and upgrades expected in the project and many more.

Absolutely not, white paper will only analyse the content of the a particular project. It will show the roadmap, developers team, the sharing of token and when exchange. Even a fake project can come up with all these in the white paper. But one can get a good ico project by taking time to search about the profile's of the dev team, the advicers and so on.

actually most of the information about the project is already in whitepaper, including the public information of the team, their partner, any information about the coin, and anything you will be searching for.

Not even 1%, whitepaolper contain the information and detail idea on how was the plan of the team in the present and the future roadmap. Anyone can create a very best idea because people have wide knowledge. But doesnt mean it has credibility. Even a good whitepaper could be scam. The point is team is the basis for it

Yes a well-written whitepaper is able to create an appeal towards the investors. So whitepaper is quite important to be good. And every investor should also go through that properly before making investment.

Whitepaper is just one of the indices we use to measure a good ICO, however their are other factors to look at which include the team composition and the idea behind the project not just sweet English.

I think White-paper is good to know about the insights of the company . But its credibility cannot only be dependent on the whitepaper. One has to look at the website and blog to check more about the ICO.

white paper can be a factor of success or failure of ICO. but besides that a professional and active development team on social media is the most important factor.

I think only whitepaper is not adequate to determine an ICO. It plays an important role of an ICO but only with a whitepaper investors can learn more about the project but not their credibility.

Whitepaper can never be the only thing that can determine credibility of an ICO. However, NOTHING can be the only thing that determines the credibility of an ICO. You need to take a look at the whitepaper of course, it is one of the most important parts.

You should take a look at the team because the team also plays an important role, if you see a name that has been someone that really has been around for years in crypto space and has been a trustworthy individual and plays a key role in that team that is good too. You need to check what problem that coin tries to solve, you need to check if community is excited about the solution. You need to basically check bunch of different stuff to decide if an ICO is credible or not. Not just one.

Whitepaper is very important to consider to know how solid the project is,but the most import is the team behind this wp, The team should be verfied and real.

ive seen so many whitepapers promising the world and miss deadline after deadline or not even deliver at all, i dont believe in whitepapers to much these days.

A whitepaper is a face of any project and you get detailed information about the project and the roadmap of implementation but the main role in any project is the working on the team. If the developers of the project work actively then the coin will establish itself in the market automatically.

The whitepaper is a good thing to understand the project. I contained all the information about the project. But totally depending on whitepaper is not the good thing. It's the only thing to get informed about the project. there are many other things care about before investing in ICO. These days we have to confirm the whitepaper is a unique one or not. Because of the many Scam ICOs are copy the whitepapers from the projects. In my opinion Team and Roadmap are very important than the Whitepaper.

White paper does not determine credibility of a project in any it only determine how,  when, and what the project is all about. The focus should be on what effort the team want to put in place to ensure a project is good or not. There are some good project that couldn't make it soft cap and there are scam projects that reach hard cap sharply.

for me white paper is not something that can be used as a reference in the success of an IO or not. but in white paper only describes the details of a project.
in my opinion that can be a reference in ico is the establishment of a project team in carrying out the project.

Whitepaper is important but it's not the only thing that you should look for. Team is much more important than whitepaper along with marketing department and sponsors.

Whitepaper - one of the most important thing. Whitepaper should be understandable and should disclose all aspects of the project. Also, the project won`t be successful without experienced team.

The presence of white paper does not guarantee that the ICO will be successful. You need to carefully read the white paper! You should also pay attention to the developers and it is desirable that the project already had a finished product.

Good whitepaper is not the most important one. I agree with you that team is more important. Great team and experience is not enough because we look for the honest team. But its too difficult to judge whether the team is credible and honest or not. But when we try the best then we will not be worry about the result.

No i don't think so. A scam ICO can make a really good whitepaper to look like it is a legit ICO. You can't really until the end of the ICO when their site magically disappears.

no) some big projects like LTC never had a white paper and doing just fine 8). roadmap, white paper, ICO, pre-sale  --  scammer's best tools (for me its just another synonymous for scam now). for some reason people think that lie on the official-like paper has more weight

I think whitepaper does help to determine thw credibility of an ICO project but it is not really determined through white paper only. I think the transparency of the team and its concept do help a lot. So inorder to determin you need to do a research don't base it on white paper only.

whitepaper is not a good indicator to see if a project will succeed. in the last couple of months, ico investors lost so much money on icos, they got smarter and very careful about what they invest. even if the project has a nicely written whitepaper, it will not be easy to attract investors.

whitepaper is important for an ICO, but not only it. there are many other things that must be reviewed
that's why i am when choose an ICO not only depends on whitepaper,

good and clear white paper is the reason investors are interested in ICO. but not only that is the determining factor for the success of the ICO. You must examine more deeply the developer members, whether they are experienced and active on social media.

Whitepaper cannot determine credibility of any project. Projects pay people to write whitepaper for them just for investors to see that they have a whitepaper. It is only people who are new to cryptocurrency and think whitepaper is everything that will live by that. Real investors can never take whitepaper as a determinant factor for any project credibility.

In my opinion ICO’s credibility can’t measure only by a whitepaper because it only shows their concepts and an investors can only know their details by it. Its important to know the background and previous activities to trust them.

It is true that a well written white paper doesn’t guarantee the project credibility. There are other factors to consider such as the team members, claims on partnerships and etc.

How to find a good ICO in the future?
For myself, I see from their background, whether they are new in the world of crypto currency or whether they have long been in crypto currency. second, we see their partnership. third we see how many investors participated in the ICO, don't just invest by looking at the bonus given, we also have to see whether the coins / tokens will be in demand or not.

How do you invest in an ICO?
Let's see if the ICO sells their tokens with bitcoin / ethereum / waves. if they are based on ethereum, buy ethereum with your bitcoin and then send a number of ETH to the address provided by them.

Some Btt members here say yes but for me no because the real purpose of white paper is to show the intentions of the project which is what are the goals need to accomplish and etc.  So there's no way it can help us to determine the project if it's good or not 'cause white paper is more on testimonials and had reference that the project is realy legit.  

No, white paper doesn’t determine the credibility of an ICO. It just shows a guideline to you about the project. Also there is no guarantee that there will no scam! If any found, just Google it, or look for the team members. If it found to be suspicious then leave the project!

No white paper is not that important, because it doesn’t determine the credibility of an ICO. It can be used just as a way to refer to the ICO project. It will just help you to understand the project. But there is no guarantee that it won’t be a scam. And if you find it scam then search in Google, look for the team mates and if something seems doubtful better leave the project.

It should be a major factor in it but most folks tend to ignore it as it is just too tedious to dive into a WP with 60 or more pages. But yes, if you are seriously considering investing in an ICO, you should definitely take their WP into account.

To ensure the credibility of any ICO project there need a very good and supportive team with a proper and detailed whitepaper. To make any ico project successful the team almost works as driving force to profits.

Whitepaper  does not determine the credibility of an ICO, some of the Whitepaper are copy and paste, some projects do not even go up to there whitepaper

no white paper is meaningless i mean if you want to write a complicated and detailed white paper,

thats no problem for an engineer that studied on a university.

even less of a problem for mutliple engineers.

the success of an ico depends not just on the leadership but also on the support from the society. and the obtainability of ressources. as icos are in a zero sum game over obtainable and useable ressources.

The Whitepaper does not determine the credibility of an ICO, although it does in some projects, but no all,

First and foremost, every sucessful business deserves good marketing strategy in other to attract investors, on that note you have to employ every necessary marketing skills, techniques and style to make your product a center of attraction. Despite that, it is still gainsaid that not every well articulated and constructive whitepaper will determine the success of that particular coin more especially in this era where we have over one thousand alt coin in the crypto market. This is as a result of the fraudulent attitude of some persons in the cyber space who will package something beautiful just to deceive ICO investors to buy their coin and at the end of the day, they will make away with the funds raised.

All things being equal, no prudent investor can invest into a project where the whitepaper does not have a well articulated objective, a problem it has to solve, a well defined token sale and the means of token distribution etc. Therefore, the whitepaper determines the credibility of an ICO to an extend but not hundred percent as the case may be.

ICO project is promising or not that's  maximum time define on it's whitepaper many investor depends on whitepaper to choose their project.

There are many scam ICO and if a ICO has a clear view whitepaper that's mean this ICO is reliable and probably not a scam one.

Whitepaper is very important for ICO projects. It's really reflect the total projects and that's why it's help the investor to know about the project.

No, the white paper does not determine the credibility of the project. It only give some idea about the strategy or the blueprint of the project. The credibility of an ICO project mainly depends upon the team working behind it.

White paper for me serve as the brief history and description to any cryptocurrencies that's why I treat it as an important matter whenever I try to join in any campaigns. But it doesn't describe the credibility of the ICO that's why sometimes the content of the white paper is not the basis when we were going to judge an ICO.

It is the team that determines the credibility of an ICO rather than the ICO. Whitepaper just gives a description of the project whereas the team fulfills it.

For me the whitepaper is not enough, the project must be good and so as the team. I've read a lot of whitepapers and I've seen that their goals are the same with so many unknown team members.

the success of the ICO is, of course, determined not only by the whitepaper.at this stage of ICO development there are a lot of risks.I already on the intuitive level determine a good project or a fraudulent one.

In my opinion, the whitepaper does not determine the credibility of an ICO, Its give you the detailed information about the project only and not give the surety of success of the project. The success of any projects depends on its service or product and how much need of that kind of service or product in the community and it depends on the team and the developers too behind any project.

I think that defines Whitepaper the credibility of the ICO. Execution of the road map is just as important. Everything needs to be considered before investing in ICO.

Most of them are just consist of copy-paste these days but if they are explaining the project uniquely and seriously it definitely takes my attention.

In my opinion yes. If the team can not make decent whitepaper, then how they will create huge and complicated project?

A well written whitepaper is a good sign, but a whitepaper itself doesn't guarantee the developer team can deliver the product! when you're researching an ICO, make sure you look up the team members, are they legit? experienced? etc. I wrote a guide here with some more information: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3760625

Whitepaper alone can't vouched for the credibility of an ICO considering that there are a lot of scammers out there trying to fool investors with their copied whitepaper from another ICO. But if you find a legit ICO, i recommend to read their whitepaper because it would help you understand their project more.

Whitepaper, indeed, is one of the most important part of an ICO. However, these days with 90% of the ICO's are failed and/or scam, these whitepaper only serve as SWEET WORDS with no value. They only serve as convincing elements of ICO's. It is actually better to check the people behind them than the sweet words in the whitepaper.

Yes, when a project is produced. First of all, there must be some ideas. And these ideas are included in the white paper. So let's see if a project is good or bad. I can read his white paper.

No not at all,but atleast investors and even bounty participants may have something to read and basis on how the project might go.if this one is legitimate or shady there will be comparisons to other active project or those past projects,because most of the scam whitepaper was copycat from the old and new ico or if not atleast almost the same

In my side i think whitepaper actually a tool to understand a project if it is going to b successful, if it is a good project and so on. Whitepaper determine the flexibility of the project and what can you get and what benefits can you gain in it.

White paper or no white paper, a scam project will still scam investors but for me I still belief a good project most have a well written white paper, that show the team knows what they are doing.

It is a definitely there in ICO because all about the projects, the product to develop, the road-map, how to reach the goal anything else, are stated in the whitepaper. It is for persuading the investor and to get much fund for the ICO, if the goal or fund target not reach, all will be returned to the investor. Therefore, whitepaper it the most important in the ICO.

actually if you want to read carefully, yes. all ico project reviews, it's on the whitepaper. but some people, are lazy to read it because it is very long. before investing in ico, reading whitepaper is very important. because of the explanation about the ico project, everything is on the whitepaper.

These days white paper is part of the prerequisite for qualifying a part but definitely not the most important. Don't invest in projects without close main net.

Whitepapers are not all things which determine how successful an ICO will be. We must see all results after activities of the manager team. From that we can predict about the projects. After that we can discuss with other investors about them before investing.

The white paper is important since you can get a lot of information out of it but a white paper is nothing more but the intentions of the developers, I have seen projects that look great on paper but without the abilities of a good CEO the project failed almost immediately, so you need to do a greater research than just reading the white paper before deciding if you invest in an ico or not.

Whitepaper is only a superficial guide for investors but it does not the represent the credibility of an ICO. There are alot of factors that is needed so that we can say that an ICO is credible.

One of my basis of learning about how good and reliable the ico project is by looking and checking the white paper and the road map,ofcourse the team behind this ione good factor also.

Many Scammers now are copying or leaning into other whitepaper to look their project valuable but we can compare this to original so we wont be misleading

So far i have joined and invested for more than 10 ICO since i joined cryptocurrency and God is good because i never become a victim of those damn illegal people here

I think for me it's an initial guide in determining if that ICO introduced a product which is suitable for the market demand its also a venue where you can read and know the team behind that support that project and if you decide in that ICO you can go deeper in your research.

It's important to identify the legitimacy of the team behind the White Paper. I think by far the safest option is to invest in an ICO that already has a functioning product. There is far too much uncertainty with ICO's solely based on a White Paper. When investing in a product, you already have proof of it's application and the ICO will enable the already successful company to expand and you can reap the benefits!

It's really wrong, the whitepaper is not a permanent concept and never try to be fooled by that. So many teams have changed their whitepaper and they are creating the product that really different from their whitepaper.
The team will determine the credibility of the ico but it's not the whitepaper that has ability to do that.

This is right, there are many times in which the project does not keep up with the road map or they change some of the stuff on the white paper after the fact and people get mad, as if they did not know that the whitepaper is just a reference of what the devs plan to do and if things change or they find an obstacle they will have to make adjustments to the plan.

In my experience, this does not, rather, is not always the case. Though, originally, whitepaper should help give the intending investor some assurance on the credibility of the project, but nowadays, whitepaper information is not enough to make me invest in an ico.

for me YES
because we know the white paper is all about the project and we also know how a project was formed. so it's important to know the white paper of a project to find out if it's a scam so always be careful.

I agree. I think the whitepaper is just a description, a document. It doesn't make the project successful or determines the potential. The whitepaper is an indicator of the team effort, but the team plays a more important role in assessment the project success.

Usually, whitepapers provide you with a general overview of what the project is and it goal and focus. It does not really determine credibility of an ICO. Although it provide detail information about the dev team behind the project.

Absolutely not! Anyone can just present a well written whitepaper, promote it and sell just about anything in the name of a token sale. Personally, I think credibility has to come from a team with a track record of sincerity, success and proven ideas. Also, the product presented and its use case or solution to a critical need is just as important. Any other thing can then come in as a bonus. Once there is a sincere face and a working product attached to a project, confidence comes in naturally.

Whitepaper is an important element of any project, having studied its investor will be able to find detailed information about the project and eventually make a choice. However, I believe at the moment that the most important thing in the project is the team, on which the success of the project will depend.

The ICO's reliability depends on the advisor and the Founder. The white paper of the ICO is for your reference and more information about that project. And if the project is good then it will follow the roadmap given in the white paper

The predict the credibility and successful endeavour of the ICO whitepaper is just one part of the steps. Whitepaper is the introduction of the project between investors and the project like their concept and what problem they are solving or what new technology they are bringing in cryptospace and how much time line they will complete as they are commenting. If you like this first step than go for the 2nd step team and advisors, than social media profile of the ICO specialy check bitcointalk forum ANN because here they can get tough questions from the forum members and how they answer. 3rd step is very very important now a days that is backing from venture capital and institutional leaders. With all this steps if you get satisfied than you can take call whether to invest in ICO or not easily.

I think too that white paper yet not a guarantee of reliability of the project is well written. Swindlers have very great opportunities. Sometimes it seems to me even that they sometimes too strongly try. Projects which had defects, not a really beautiful and detailed web the website as a result appeared in a top. And at what everything was beautifully painted were closed after sale of tokens.

No I don't think all the grammar in a project whitepaper determines how good the project will be...

Ehm, not really, an scam project can have a really good whitepaper, but you will end up loosing your investment or something else once you get into them.

The whitepaper is indeed important, but there are even more important that the team is working on the project. This is very important, if the team is already professional then the project will run smoothly and of course the project they make is very good.

Not at all, white paper,  will only show the project plan and how a project will be execute, the team member and their profile, the purpose for the project creation. And all this can also be put in place by a fake project also. But it can determine the creditbility of a good project. It wil really such project of it is not a scam project.,

It is not just about whitepaper alone, it is about studying other areas. Personally, i focus more on the telegram, where i can have access to the team directly and ask questions and be rest assured of the investment.

Although we must remember that whitepapers are man-made thing, and therefore it may be that the information there is not completely true, or at least distorted to benefit ICO, that's why we see many whitepapers that use buzzwords like "revolutionary technology" or "instant win" all of them usually don't end well, because what they want is to create hype instead of focusing on the product.

my thought that whitepaper has its place to be one of most important part in ICO, so investors can understand what exactly developer team will build and how to make it run with every detail explanation of the project. But,it will not determine enough the credibility of an ICO, you have to do research with developer team behind tha project with their track record. we can say the team are man behind the wheel, it doesnt matter how good are the project will be, but it is matter who is team behind the project.

No way is a white paper a gauge for the product.  The team is the most important aspect.  You can usually tell by videos and AMA's with the team.  I rely on my personal feelings on the team than I do on the white paper. 

I always follow the white paper very closely and use it as a key strategy for my coin picking.  A well written paper is a way to look into the project team and see what their attention to detail is like.  This combined with social media is the combined method I use to pick ICO credibility. 

actually, whitepaper helps us to understand the project that we will follow. by reading the whitepaper, then we can find out the team that handles, the supply of tokens, and also the duration of ico. it will help the investors and bounty hunters to find out more clearly about the project. therefore, it's important to read the whitepaper before following a bounty.

The White Paper is very important but the team and the marketing campaign are of great importance too. Personally, I only invest in ICO's that already have a product. This means upon fundraising it is a very quick process to coin profitability, especially when that ICO is for a cryptoexchange  ;)

Yes, I think the white paper determines the credibility of the ICO. I think the white paper shows the professionalism of the team. The white paper can help us understand their team development path more clearly.

It can’t be said with confidence. White paper gives some information about the company. This is not enough information for investors. With this, the company team should be good too, due to which they can invest their money and get good profits.

Not always, see Whitepaper is a technical analysis of the project, but this does not mean that the project can not change, the information is constantly updated and of course the project can simply be fraudulent because no one is immune to it

Nowadays not all whitepapers are legit and reliable. The proliferation of scam icos would attest to that.  The thing is we should  exhaust all our efforts in researching for us to know the legit whitepapers.

Whitepaper is like the book you use for the subject at collage days. It serves as a guideline. Ico instead depend on the team

Whitepaper is like the book you use for the subject at collage days. It serves as a guideline. Ico instead depend on the team

If an ICO will turn out to be scam, the whitepaper is not enough to determine or make it credible, the scammers are becoming so smart that they make everything so good and perfect, even at times it seems too good to be true.....  One just have to be careful and trust your instincts when choosing ICOs after doing background check for the team and the projects business track record

In determining the credibility of an ICO goes beyond the whitepaper. I have seen some well crafted whitepapers for projects that ended up being scam, so whitepaper is never the sole determinant of how successful a project will be.

It will never become a good thing to determine or give a rating about how good that ico is. as you can see that whitepaper is just a concept that can be changed anytime without need any approve by investors.
The whitepaper is a marketing trick and i will never care or take it seriously. The whitepaper is just a temporary thing and it can't define how good that ico is.

No. Making quality white paper is a $1K deal can be a bit more. If you're a real idiot, you can pay 10 times more. To my mind.

Sorry to those who think that a whitepaper actually goes as far as determining the credibility or success of an ICO, because it doesn't. While it is an integral part of a project, and one that cannot be overlooked, it still doesn't determine whether or not the ICo is credible. It just goes as far as giving insight to those who are interested about the project.

Whitepapers are important in any ICO. It reveals what the team is trying to build to the general public. However, it does not 100% guarantee that the credibility of the projects. It only informs us what of the plans the team is involving. How active the team is in accordance with their roadmap really matter to me.

According to me, WP is just a roadmap but then for me, the most important thing is the team behind the project and the community. I can write all hyped stuff in WhitePaper but then if I do not have a team to deliver and community to support it, its all waste. Many a time a lot of projects write all impressive things on their WP to attract investors but then the reality is something different.

Have a nice day.

 

Sometimes yes sometimes not, we still need other reason. Roadmap,dev team and how project will struggle in the future. Good ICO will have good team good roadmap and have good inovation to attract investor.

For me, we can use white paper of one project to know their plan and how their project will work to be one of the successful project in the future, but yes its not enough to conclude that those project will be successful in the future, for me we need to include the ICOs rating and other things a like.

The best whitepaper does not guarantee you of a successful ICO, and neither does it guarantee you of the credibility of the ICO in question. Infact, scammers design the best whitepapers that wont make you suspicious of their plans.

For me, white paper will be an addition to the credibility of any ICO!
Together with their team members and website, this will stand a good grounds for their project ICO.
Everyone will look for it, this will show the community what is their plan and project in the near future.

White Paper it is just result of job of people which have created this document. Sometimes this people have not connection with the ICO team, because their job is just creation of White Papers.

Hi there,

Whitepaper would not be alone to understand if the project is credible or not but, it lets you know if the idea would be profitable or not. Besides, you would be able to see the business model offered. It needs to make sense too. You would find information regarding team and roadmap in the whitepaper too. It is an important tool to determine if the ICO is profitable or not.

Kind regards,

I don't think that the white paper can prove the credibility of an ICO. Some people in the market are selling white papers, and marking clearly the prices of the whitepaper .

Whitepaper is just the plan of the project and it's not a guarantee that the team will follow what is written in the WP and it's too easy to fabricate a impressive white paper just to lure investors money. It's not that easy to find a good project because it will depends on the core of the team, product and the support of the community.

you can find all the thing about ICO in their whitepaper, their vision, mission, roadmap, team, milestone. etc. And when you find that an ICO has whitepaper that too similar to other ICO, it might indicate that the ICO is scam. Then you look for the team member, and search it in google, if you find something suspicious better left the ICO.

This problem cannot be established. Some white papers are very good, but their project side is the fraud team. Or if the funds are not enough, ICO will fail.

Unfortunately the way it is, on one forum I found the service for writing a whitepaper. And this service costs from $ 100.

It is important to have a good whitepaper but it means nothing just a good whitepaper.

I saw good whitepapers in scam icos.

Some times it may be true and some time its fack.because there are some scam and fack projects are also included...its gives all information about and projects.and some people are making changes in projects which are not real.

Hello! Of course Whitepaper matters when reviewing the ICO. But this is not an indication that we will not be deceived. All this can be flawless. But if the creators want to deceive, then he will do it. I already had such a case. :(

read an article long ago that the Chinese can make an excellent white paper and a technical document. so I would not 100% trust them

In my honest opinion, I do not think that the whitepaper plays a role in determining the credibility of ICOs. Yes, it might be an important part of an ICO, but it does not go as far as telling if an ICO is credible or not. We have seen even more convincing and really good whitepapers from projects that turned out to be scams.

A good white paper say all about the teams Vision at the stage we read it, but when it comes to utility tokens, it should not be taken as a gaurentee of anything. White paper is a good place to start, but not main piece of the due diligence process.

I agree with you, because with the Driving Team, the ICO will be successful in the market.
Experience is the most valuable point and the Whitepaper was created by the development team.

A careful investors will read whitepaper. It is very important. When ico developers plagiarize a whitepaper. The ico is indicated scamm only sloppy investors not read the whitepaper.in whitepaper stated all aspects from roadmap to team.

Whitepaper giving an overview of patterns and ICO will run. When it has a system with good then certainly can at least make the ICO will sure thrive. However, it would be different if it was simply a whitepaper without clarity or thus only contains text that has no clear meaning. indeed does not make guarantees but at least whitepaper will give confidence in selecting the ICO

The White Paper is a very important thing too present from an ICO. This includes the information about the project. Yes, I think that whitepaper really determine the credibility of an ICO. We can also get the exact information of the tokens from the whitepaper. But, there are also still some terms that will increase the credibility of the ICO.

See that you understand what Whitepaper is, the document in which the full operation of the project is described, its capabilities and much more its availability does not guarantee the success of the project, it can be one id of constituents, and if it is not separately

not all projects are also shown with whaitepaper. but the ico project can indeed be depicted on their whitepaper. all picture and plan projet will we know if reading the whitepaper, but that all doesn't make the ico will be successful. investors must think of the project can be developed for real or just in the concept. If a project makes sense I suppose the project deserves to get investment.

White paper can not mean any certainty. Scammers copy everything, anything and describe their fraudulent project very nicely. However, this does not mean anything. Opybeennaya, reliability will be only when the ICO projects will be fully regulated by government agencies. I mean the process of organizing and conducting ICO, and not its technical side. Until that time, we will all suffer losses from scammers.