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Hi, let me clear this uncertainty a few people said that all ICO is a trick however I don't trust them since I have put resources into some ICO and influence a favorable luck, to give me a chance to give you some piece of information to contribute.

1. When you need to contribute as a matter of first importance investigate about the specific ico you need to put resources into, endeavor to check their Whitepaper in light of the fact that some ICO duplicate content from another ICO white papers

2. Attempt to check their LinkedIn profile however that does'nt make any difference since some phony LinkedIn profile.

3.Try to know their genuine area despite the fact that some utilization VPN to shroud their area.

4.website expert issues a considerable measure since some don't know how to construct site and they are guaranteeing that they are in to Blockchain

5. Notwithstanding all this..involving in ICO is a major hazard   ::)

Those are most essential methods for discovering authenticity of the digital currency related undertakings that is an ICO.

Well no one is stating that every one of them are trick however experts information demonstrates that around 80% of the ICO that come into the market are genuine con artists. As indicated by my experience of abundance support I am certain that this reality is likewise valid.

Since out of 30-40 ICO's abundance that I went along with I will just get tokens for around 5-6 bounties. Presently you can envision that much trick proportion scares individuals a great deal. :-*

Which project has launched the product and succeeded in displacing competitors?
So far, I have not seen the project that held ICO successfully in marketing their products
I think this is the reason why China has banned its citizens from investing through ICOs

If you are new. You should not invest in this market right now. You should spend at least a month and learn at least 50 ICOs. At that point you will notice some signs to recognize the Scam project

It's good that there is a lot of bounty,there is a chance to earn tokens of interesting projects,without investments of own funds, and many projects have a very good idea,just such projects are not very many

By Josiah Wilmoth
Link : https://strategiccoin.com/3-ways-to-identify-an-ico-scam/

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) and token generation events (TGEs) offer token buyers a wide range of opportunities to engage in the crypto marketplace, but the growing popularity of ICOs and the often-technical nature of the blockchain ecosystem has led some token buyers to unwittingly contribute to ICO scams.

Below, this article explains three ways token buyers can identify an ICO scam so they can avoid them in the future and ensure they direct their funds toward truly-promising projects:

3 Ways to Identify an ICO Scam
1. The Developers Are Anonymous
The first and most blatant sign of an ICO scam is that the token’s developers are anonymous or otherwise-unknown. While it’s true that the creator of Bitcoin — a pseudonymous individual or group operating under the name Satoshi Nakamoto — did not reveal his true identity, he was able to this because he created a network that did not depend on the trustworthiness of a central authority. This is not the case with ICOs and TGEs. By holding an ICO, a startup is asking token buyers to trust that the developers will deliver a working product instead of running off with their money, so the team should be willing to back up its promises and claims with verifiable identities.

If a team is unwilling to identify itself, token buyers should be very cautious about contributing to the project. While there may be valid reasons to desire this privacy, it is far more likely that their purposes are nefarious. PlexCoin, for instance, declined to reveal the identities of its team members, obfuscating the fact that one of its organizers had run afoul of securities regulations in Quebec on several occasions, both before and during the PlexCoin ICO.

2. The Token Does Not Have a Clear Use Case
Another sign of an ICO scam is that the developers are unable to clearly articulate a valid use case for the token. The token should serve a key purpose in the startup’s platform. If it does not, the token will not sustain its value over the long-term. Related to this problem are tokens that advertise themselves merely as digital currencies without offering any real innovations or improvements upon existing cryptocurrency technology.

3. The Whitepaper Sets Unrealistic Goals
However, even if the token does have a clear use case, token buyers should be wary of startups that advertise overly-optimistic roadmaps. If the whitepaper sets an unrealistic development schedule, it either means the developers are using deceptive tactics to attract token buyers or they lack the necessary experience to give a sensible scope to the project. Either way, this does not bode well for the success of the project and its corresponding token.

To avoid falling prey to ICO scams, token buyers should educate themselves and conduct due diligence before deciding to contribute to a project. Strategic Coin offers numerous resources to assist token buyers with their research, including token analysis reports and exclusive interviews with startups conducting token generation events.

Strategic Coin is your go-to source for information about launching and participating in utility token ICOs. Whether you are a start-up or existing business that desires to enlist the help of a professional utility token ICO advisor or a token buyer who needs help navigating the blockchain space, Strategic Coin will provide you with the resources you need to take advantage of market opportunities within the crypto marketplace.

I suggest you pay more attention to GTIHUB's open source code.
Because you analyze the code, you can tell whether the project is worth the investment, which is the most direct way.

Not all ICOs are spam, but almost all ICOs are potentially scam lately. If you don't have experience with ICO, don't try to join in it. Learn first about the ICO you see, or multiply your knowledge about the ICO so that you avoid the scam ICO.

Sure not iCOs are the scam, I know very much really interesting projects, such as Origo Network, DXchain, Quadrant Protocol, NOS,  Quarkchain and etc.

each coin will die sooner or later.
that's why everyone should output tokens before it happens

Yes I believe that some ico's are not scam that is why I am still participating in bounty campaigns but I am just careful to check which ICO project is worth participating and promoting for. You should study their concepts and read also the whitepaper so that you will your effort will be paid off and its is not a waste of time.

of course not all ico are scam, but many ico have very cheap prices when entering the market and what I see is only 2% ico can provide many benefits to investors so for that we must remain cautious in determining ico

It not a matter of been SCAM or not, it's a matter of been real as much as possible to deliver, giving the right ETAs, no hype bullshit.
Most ICO fails not because they are scam, but because they were too good to be true or the team too lazy to deliver, that's why like 90% of the ICOs are doomed to failure sooner or later.

Scam or No scam, the market right now, need proper studying, don't just invest, take your time to study the market and be at alert, also have it at the back of your mind that anything can happen and the market is not stable right now.

Of course, not all projects that launch ICO are scammers, sometimes they are in fact just not successful projects!

Obviously, some ICOs are not scam in Crypto but many peoples are wrongly understand ICO investment. My suggestion is good traders are easily identify the potential projects so they are all earn good profit in future.
 This year too many new projects are comes in the market so many of the projects are comes in the market it will affect the other projects.

not all ICOs are fraudulent but most ICOs commit fraud, very few ICOs do not commit fraud, you can see and observe that, we have heard a lot of suggestions about how to choose a good ICO, everyone in this forum has advised that, after you know all these things, you only need confidence in choosing an ICO.

In these year we too many skam like preapered very good. We believe too many good icos but where are they now ? Really this year , icos are bored.

these days nobody really cares about ICOs being scam or not. they all know it is a gamble and the only thing they want in return is a bigger profit. so even if it is a ponzi scheme with obvious signs they would still invest in it if there were a chance for making a profit.
in the end what is scam? is it not a token that has no usefulness? is it not a developer that received money for doing practically nothing?

These all trick mate. This year we saw a lot of good ICOs but they are really have bad consequences. For this year , I lost all trust to ICOs. Maybe next year , think about that.

If you afraid to invest on ICOs better too invest in coins that already in the market. If you invest on an ICO better to investigate the project and gather some idea if the project has a lot of potential to success

At present, the Bitcoin investment trend is developing, there are many ways to invest virtual currency but ICO is one of the most bitcoin investment type of venture. Of course, the riskiest thing is to make the most money. But if not clear, the risk is very high. I never wanted to invest in an ICO.

Scams are definitely everywhere, not only in ICO. notwithstanding, there are lots of legit ICOs with good tech. At least, i  have participated in so many ICOs that have succeeded and have proven to be authentic.

The problem with whitepapers is that they can be easily copied, and with the number of ICOs being released these days it would take a sharp investor to recognise that a whitepaper has been copied from an old project. The best way to identify real projects is to ensure there is a strong media presence i.e. youtube videos, and also photos from blockchain events

Some are not but it really needs so good research to determine those and those should also meet the investment criteria.

Although I agree with you that not every ICO should be throwed in the same bag, we can be sure that the vast majority are scams, some of the tools I use to see if an ICO is even worth investigating are websites like icoreview, although those pages are still manipulable and can give good scores if they pay enough, at least we can see an overview and from there we can start to do our own research, we have to be more cautious, because the ICOs that are scams are looking more and more legitimate, I think we have to unite as a community and spread the word when we see something suspicious.

Though not ICOs are scam, we have few genuine ICOs out there with committed team keeping their words according to their roadmap but it is obvious there are bundles of ICOs that are fake from beginning to end. It's very important to be sure of project you're investing in for you not to get burnt

Thanks to the author for such a detailed explanation. Long ago there were no such informative posts. Everyone is talking about the ICO study before joining the bounty, but no one is talking about specific actions. You first, thanks for the help! It will be useful to many.

That is why investigation and evaluation is important to verify if these ICOs are worth putting your money into. I would also suggest for a potential investors to do their bounty too as they can see if the ICO project will be a success, a flop or a scam as you can tell by how they manage their social media accounts, telegram and bounties. Also this move can get you in touch with the managers and you can get feedback to them much more quickly. If any of what you think will be a red flag then oppose to invest into the project.

including U.S citizen's mostly they don't participate in many of all this project.

Yes not all ICO's are scams. but still, investments in ICO are very risky.

Currently, market statistics show that ICO scam rates are very high, more than 80%, and still have the remaining 20% are the potential ICO. Therefore choosing the ICO for investment is the most important step, deciding whether you are losing money or making a big profit, so be calm and patient in selecting an ICO project.

Well some list could help and so not all Ico's are scam. Some Ico's become scam due to lack of enchancement on their project and cannot provide good shows on their page to attract investors. Hence, our responsibility to verify if the project is worth investing.

Of course truly correct because i experience came from the icos bounty campaign i get good earnings from tthe project specially the project are very successful and the dev's made the promose from the investors and participants benefits.

I fully agree with you. it is necessary to understand and be sure that the project is not a fraud. I only trust proven teams. Krypital professionally engaged in projects I believe them

Me neither, but I am support 1 ICO until now amd that's ALAX. I'd been waiting for their release of the new gaming platform, admins are still in touch to every member on the telegram and I suppose this will be a success project. Their tokens now is already in the market and several holders are not actually use them for trading they want to see how will it go when it is used to the platform.

I wish, some ICOs are also like this, until now there so many SCAM ICOs here and they just cause some spam bots to migrate into their ANN or some spammed threads.

Yes Some ICo are scam but be confident enough that there's succesful project around the road and it's bigger than any other old coins in crypto market. You should do you analysis and read white paper so you won't be left behind on this thing.

The OP makes sense and I think it's pretty obvious what he pointed out.
If you are an intelligent or smart investor, you need those basic points for your own gain.
You should do your own due diligence. It's your responsibility to do your own homework.
I've invested in some ICOs, pretty legit but the marketing is not good enough.
You need to look how the team can stick with their plans. Are they really capable of delivering what they promised?
Do they have enough resources to continue their developments, and not be a hindrance to fulfil their mission?
Just few questions to think about before investing your money to an unknown project.

For me ICO is very risky for our investment but I try it once and I got some profit on it. But before investing on it I do a very long time for background checking about the team of the project and about the project. And if you want to invest in the ICO you should know that you are taking a risk even so we do a background check. But now I found one and they will do another project again and I'm gonna try to invest to their ICO again.

Its unfair having a one sided opinion regarding ICO scams. Some are real fraud and others are just screwed up and having their bad luck. They also wanted to prosper like other successful ICOs but we should consider that businesses gone through lossess more than being successful. We shouldnt blame them for this. You trust them with your money and Investing is so risky anyway.

Indeed, it is not fair if some good ICOs will also be branded as scam because they were dragged by these some frauduent projects in which they made the image of the ICO to become ugly. Existing Altcoins are the living proof that there are lot of ICOs that are legal but we not just rely only on legitimacy of the ICOs when joining them but we should see to it that these ICOs has the potential to make your money to grow too.

That's true. The key point is to provide own research before deciding to join an ICO. Not only about the four considerations above, you need analyze other aspects such as its legality, team track records, and so on. Yeah, it's sometimes quite difficult to get the right ICO since the scammer seems smarter day by day. Just keep careful and more conscientious!  

Of course not all ico are scams, but I think for now there aren't many ico who are successful. Some people are willing to engage in ico in the hope of instant profits, and when the market is not what they want, they begin to call the project invested is a scam. So I think it's true that the risk will always be big.

all available investments in this world must be at risk and no one wants risk. so I think everything is in ourselves, whether you want to be smart and careful in investing or being a fool and always careless in every investment.

Many ico are able to bring better development, and this proves that ico can indeed be accounted for.
For this matter, it is certainly an achievement for the team for its success.

Maybe ico is the most interesting place for all communities, even scammers. But I think there are still many ico who really created with really good innovation, even though at the moment they have the same problem in getting support. And of course ico will always have the greatest risk, even if all the attributes of kindness are owned.

everyone knows that some ICOs are not a scam, you can see that the bounty hunters still work to support and promote ICO-ICO, the bounty hunters know the difference between scam ICOs or not scam even though they cannot distinguish correctly, I support ICO, because for me ICO is a way to build a company and provide opportunities for many people to be involved in building the company.

yes there still some legit ico but unfortunately some of the scams schemes covers/hide on it ,which the reason why investors nowadays always doubting about it and become frustrated as well because of being so difficult to determine  .

If you are a novice now, I think you should invest in coins such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Ripple. This investment will keep you away from fraudsters. And investment and cryptocurrency will help you learn more knowledge about fraudulent ICO projects.

In my opinion, ico does need time to grow, especially when we are in a bear market today. Could it be easy for us to show that Altcoins like Ethereum also need time to become big. But the question is, why are we involved in ico, if we can wait for a project to register tokens on the exchanger. This will always be a problem, even though of course there are many ico who are not a scam.

basically, everyone has their own criteria for choosing an ico. before following an ico, surely, we must understanding the ico which will be followed well. that way we will know how the prospect of ico in the future, whether good or not. certainly, in choosing an ico we have to be careful to avoid the scam ico.

involved in the ICO is indeed dangerous and risky. but for the results is reversed it could be fairly large even beyond the expected. Thus the thing at risk like this will be able to give substantial results if it can overcome the risks there are. even this start many considered by many people to be able to get results and potential that exists therein.

With increased regulations coming in to play the number of dubious ICO has reduced, and alongside this investors that have been bitten once are more cautious. There are some great ICO coming to the market so the important things are to check the background details and if possible pick companies with working products all ready.

We know that already some of them are fully legit and bring you to success but for now? non of them are noticed because many users now are just look to many people in one project so that project can earn more investors and scam them and run so many investors now are afraid to invest.

Those good project that is being tagged as a scam is quiet not fair for the team because for sure they work hard for it. People are too desperate to ruin this market and make a bad impression in the public but I still believe in the ICO's. Most of the ICO is scam but not all, its just hard to distinguish what is the legal one and what is the hype one so investors should put extra effort on analyzing the project.

No one is telling that all of ICO's are scam. It's just only a few of them were able to become successful and  some of them were scams that why other investors preferred to stay away from it and invest on some coins with lower risk.

I do not understand why he said that, because of course, if all the ICOs are fraudulent, why are investors still investing in ICOs?  :D

Of course not all icos are scams. I think most icos are fraudulent, so we have to learn to conduct in-depth research and analysis and read the white papers.

Tha part of 'true' Icos is too small and thisfact can't make me sure about icos' reliability and so on. I suppose that investing in cryptocurrencies is much more profitable.

It is true that some ICOs are not Scams. provided you can find out the tricks and the way to get to know the project is not a Scam. and the information you provide is very helpful in using the ICO. even though it is done carefully and must be patient. but later the results will be satisfying. Thank you for the information.

Yeah, I agree with you. Not all the ICO's are scam, few of them are legit. All you have to do is make sure and do lot of research before you invest in them. There are weaklings who say everything is a scam cause they have been scammed most of the time in their experience, but I don't think so that anyone would have seriously bad luck that they will be scammed every time.

LOL. Of course. If all ICO projects are scam so do you think there is any ICO investors left :)). If nobody can earn money by investing in ICO project so I think asap nobody will waste their money to do that anymore. Not all ICO projects are scam but to find out a good ICO project to invest in at the moment is really difficult :).

that's right, I agree with what you discuss, but there is something strange. You are a newbie so you should make a post using the original account that you use often. because a newbie does not have much insight and technical knowledge about analysis

It is refreshing to see that some thread is dedicated to genuine ICO. I have participated up to ten ICO this year and none if them was scam. I found it surprising many time when I see scam accusation.

Yep, it's true. Although it's really hard to find out a legit ICO project to invest right now but it's not mean that all ICO projects are scam. Because of downward trend so it make ICO projects really hard to become successful. That's why investors at the moment keep holding instead of investing ICO like at the early of this year.

I think ico is a long-term game, and is more influenced by the global situation. I think all altcoins start with ico, and we know that not all are scams. But a good project is also a problem now, and there is not much that can be done to pump the price of tokens. So an ico will be determined by the time and market conditions, although I am sure there aren't many ico who really aim for a scam.

Now many have an impression. It's almost impossible to meet a normal company. But I still encounter that 30% of the companies are still reliable. And they successfully worked and work. The question is how to find them? It's already more complicated.

You are right not all the ICO are scam there are so many legit ICO with great idea and solid project, mostly people classify ICO as scam when they invest and the project doesn't give them the much return they expected, ie, the price of the tokens went below ICO, I think projects should be judge based on their market price rather their product and what they tend to achieve in the future.

when one diligently follow standard investment rule, as in doing indept research, the chances of being scammed is drastically reduced to manageable levels.there are a lot of good ICOs

ico is the most interesting place for all communities, even scammers, there are still a lot of ICOS that are really created with really good innovations, although at the moment they have the same problem in getting support.

I do agree that not all ICOs are scam. It is just that determining which one would be, is really a hard thing to do because it is way unpredictable. Once you've been scammed, you just need to accept it and try to be atleast careful next time. Anonymity is present when it comes on this industry so such problem should be expected to be experienced.

It is true some ICO's are not scam because I have invested in some good ICO's that give me a better reward, though these days, there seems to be more scam ICO's than the good ICO's that's why everyone needs to do a good research before investing in any ICO.

Only few ICO are legit and good to invest and I think your money is safe and big chance to grow but it's very hard to find out now because even the potential ICO are possible to failed or become scam after few months.

Absolutely right, there are several ICO's in the bounty programs are legit and infact this is the most important part of bounty programs that has a huge community compared to other groups since a lot of them are looking for the best ICO to work on. But sometimes its really hard to choose the best among best which allocation is concerned.

Obviously there are several projects that are serious and that are not scam. But most projects are scam or are made up of ideas that will not go forward.

I believe that ICOs are truly revolutionary and will continue to evolve and will become an amazing vehicle for developers, entrepreneurs and investors who are looking to innovate and change the world by just showing their concept aka a whitepaper.However, all these insane success stories tend to make us look at facts with rose-tinted glasses. The fact is, that around 50% of all ICOs out there will fail. And that’s not exaggerated doom and gloom, over the last few years, thousands of cryptocurrencies have been created and over 50% of them have failed. And the fact also remains that given the insane success of most ICO’s, scammers are flooding the market creating  dapps/coins to get their fill of the ICO pie and effectively create an “ICO bubble”.
Be careful and DYOR !!!!

I personally think that not all icos are scams. Of course, we can't rule out that there are a small number of frauds. Therefore, we must conduct in-depth research and analysis before investing to carefully study the white paper to minimize risks and invest carefully.

I agree, there are still really good and legit projects out there, we just have to do a lot of research and not focusing on projects with unrealistic goals, I prefer to go for ICO rating websites first to check for them.

Yes! Most of the ICOs are not scams and only which there are only a few. However, since cryptocurrency is now influencing the world, I really hope that scammers won't populate mostly half of the growing community. I also hope that there are greater possibilities of eliminating the scammers little by little so that the development of ICO will be more ideal and legit.

Surely, some ICO are here to help to develop the blockchain technology and use all the benefits of it and bring it to the people. However, some are here, like, hey, let's think of an idea, to make an ICO, and from those projects, you have to run away as far as you can. Analyze and read before committing.

i dont think in vestign in ico right now is a god idea especialy after the lose everyone i slosing atleast 80 % of there crypto value and most ico right now are a scam

No one is saying that all icos are scams, that will be a huge mistake since every year we see a good number of coins becoming successful, the problem is that a majority of them are scams or at least projects with terrible planning and this is why some are losing their faith in those projects, after all everyone invest to make profits and not to lose it and when the odds are so bad some are deciding to give up and not invest in icos anymore.

not all ico are scam but very little ico is truly legit, the characteristics of ico legit are that they have partners in the form of venture capital and get a legalization letter from the local government.

Correct! Some ICO's are legitimate and trusted. In previews months I participate in ICO's and I get a good return. Also, the team of this ICO's is very well coordinated and they feed information from time to time to their investors like me. Then in a short period of time, I gain a good return for my money I invest. This is one of proof that not all ICO's are scam.

Not all ico are scams, of course there are many who are successful and more trusted, I really hope that I don't find ico scam, because it hurts.
Successful investor confidence with IO will certainly give more value to the ICO and will develop well with a very good community.

Of course, not all ICO projects are fraudulent. That is the attraction of investment capital to develop the project. You are like a stock contributor when a successful profit is shared by the owner. There are many good ICO projects for you to contribute. Learn to invest.

I think not all icos are scams, but i think some of them are projects which has has good intentions, but due to poor planning and execution of the incompetent team members, the project is failing making it look like a scam ico.

The market is full of ICO projects these days and many more altcoins come in existance each day but of course we can't say all ICOs are scam, a few of them might be cheators but you can also see promising ICOs

That's true. Very much if I see a successful Ico and have a good selling and market value. but there are also some ico who are scams. therefore we must be smart when investing in Ico, bro

Many ico are not scam but have delay for listing their coin on market, some ico when their pre sale and main sale was finish already listing their coin on market, after investor getting their coin from investment they can sell and take profit with ico investment.

Of course that is why we are here because we help companies advertize there project and ICO campaign, and many of them are successful ICO but there are also scams due to greediness of people, cheaters. Hoping that this scams will go away.

I think it's nearly about 96% of ICO projects releative to scammed Project and Those ICO projects seems to be not transparent and unclear .
I had met some ICO projects scammed last year and I lost 70% of total my money. It was terrible for me at that time but I received some good experiences for myself once joining ICO projects.

so many people say that there are still many ico that legit, but I think to get ico that good now is difficult. we really have to understand the ico well and analyze it so we can know whether the ico that will be followed has good prospects or not. I still believe that there are still many ico legit that can be followed, but it requires a good understanding.

I believe that not all of the ICO is to cheat. There are many successful projects, and saw many who participated on the bounty and the campaign. but it's good to check the background of the project which will be promoted and selecting projects which can potentially avoid the ICO scam

That is indeed true that not all ICO were scam, there are also many real ICO that doing their project honestly.
We just have to find a way to filter and remove all those scammers away and help each others to avoid those scams project.

I am sure that not all ico is a scam because I think that there is a good ico that can give us a big profit and besides that, I am sure that they really have a good project that will reach a success in the future. but yes, the chance to see the ico is a scam will big as we don't know how they can manage the ico project to continue their work and give the benefits to the people. so if you want to join in the ico, make sure you know about the project and you are not risking a big money to join with the ico.

in choosing an ico we must have our own criteria. there is a legit ico and there is also a scam ico. it all depends on how we can choose ico well. if we can choose well then we will get legit ico. but if not we can get ico who is a scam.

indeed this year many ICOs were unable to develop and made them not marketable, as a result many investors lost money, and that is why the ICO is now lonely in demand. because investors are starting to be afraid of the investment they have given, because losses continue to overshadow

Some Ico's are not scam others treated it scam because of no return of investment when they invest money. Many Ico's this year failed because of cannot able to raise funds during the Ico days. So our duties to search the best Ico to invest.

I never heard about when they said that ALL ICO are scams,because there fews whos legitimate and reliable,though we can only count them on our fingers in which meaning that only 5-10% are them and the rest are scammers

I use to be a victim of these damn scammers the first when i invest in an ICo project that turns to running our money and the other are being participants of a bounty that didn't pay us and take the investos money

It is true, not all of the ICO that exists today is a scam. Because there are still many successful ICO also though it is indeed less legit. The price of a token is indeed being too cheap in the market. But it could be some time later.

Everyday there are programs ico came out and most of them are real programs that bring me many products and reliability with clear schedule as well as with pledges to create trust for investors

Accepting all of these advices, investing in ICO is a risky deal. I try to avoid this and just participate in bounties,
I prefer buying coins already listed on exchanges.

Yeah I agree to those who said not all ICO's are scam because sone others could be just a failed project due to lack of exposure to the public audience. But yeah I think it is the matter of our choice to get in to what ever ICO we want in but it is also our responsibility to conduct our own due diligence before investing just to make sure we are safe with our investments. We all know that being here in this cryptoworld brought us risks to deal with.

Good info you are absolutely right ,some ICO are scam many are real,nice tips must follow it.

I also think that some ICO are not scams. It means that not all ICOs actually is sam. SOme of them are really legit and successful until the exchange. It depends on the concept, team, and also analysis of the ICO itself. However, never make too easy  in analyzing an ICO because many ICO scams are very clever in packing to be likely a legit ICO.

of course so. because there are still projects a successful ICO. Not all projects that ICO scam. and still there are many opportunities for you to find a project that is legit. Live how you look for, and how luck factor in you alone.

Of course; not all are scam; some still have something genuine they are developing; but most are scam; it the same thing they keep repeating with different face; they keep wanting to create the fastest blockchain over and over again same idea; tweaked and sponsored by the same people

Yes, you are right there are many ICO's failed because the community is not supporting those project. Now the community is researching a lot about the companies whether those companies have the ability to develop what they mentioned in the roadmap. We have to be very careful when investing in any of the new ICO.

Of course it is, not all ICOs is scam. I know there are some ICOs that scam but not all of them are scam. I know some legit ICO and good ICO too out there. Some ICO scam but it's not means all of ICO is scam too. The thing is there are so many ICOs out there and we needs to smart before chose an ico.

there are still many successful ICOs, even though it's not legitimate. Token prices are too cheap on the market. But it can be some time later. With high patience, you can still make big profits. Because waiting for the next price increase.

Yes actually the investment in ICOs projects is suitable for long term investment at least for middle term investment, if we want make short term of profit investing in alternatives coins which has big capitalization of marketcap is best choice than investing in ICOs, we can trade alternatives coins are like ripple, ethereum, bitcoin cash, EOS, ada coins and another alternatives coins.

I strongly believe that it is indeed the case. because it is now so large number of ICO, ICO is not possible if all scam. No doubt there is still the ICO are legit. And it's quite possible we meet. Do not easily discouraged.

I think the current ico is having trouble because the market goes down. Choosing good ico is not an easy thing, but good projects but the Crypto market goes down so the token does not have a high price. I often choose projects with large communities and clear information

if you have just studied ICO. You don't have to invest directly in the market now. You must spend and learn about what you want at least 1-2 months and learn at least how ICOs are. At that point you will find a number of signs to identify the Scam and the project

an awful lot of the ICO is promising to follow. Although the scam too much wandering ICO are nice and deserves to be followed are also widely available. This will depend on the can and whether it chooses to ICO right and without any risk of losing because of a scam going on.

that's right, not all ico are scams. there are some things that must be considered in choosing ico in order that we can avoid the scam ico. we must really understand the project that will be followed before joining it. besides that, we can also ask the admin what we don't know. it all depends on how we can choose a good ico to be followed.

Actually, there are many scams in ICOs, which affect the trust of other good ICOs investors. Myself, I especially appreciate the ICOs posted on Bitcoin and Reddit.

I believe that not all ICO are scam, even though until now no one has been able to distinguish whether the ICO is a scam or not, but my advice is not to doubt the ICO, you better try to buy an existing one in the market such as ETH, BTC you can invest money You are there by buying coins again cheaply and selling at an expensive price, even though you have to wait but at least you can get a profit.

there are so many ico that legit and also ico who are scam. all that can happen in following an ico. certainly, as a bounty hunter and investor, we must be avoiding the ico that is scam and choose the legit ICO. it may be difficult but we must try to get the ico that is legit in order that the results are also satisfying.

I fully agree with you. It is necessary to understand and be sure that the project is not a fraud. Not all ICOs are scam, but almost all ICOs are potentially fraudulent lately. If you don't have experience with ICO, don't try to join it. Learn first about the ICO you see, or multiply your knowledge about the ICO, so you can avoid the scam ICO.

When you do not know what to do and how to entertain yourself, then you need to look for something interesting. I will tell you an interesting project that helps to make a profit. P2PS
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Well what you explained was one of the way to identify if they are scams or not and its very old method of choosing the points and analysing the ICO. However these days ICO's are even more smarter now than the people and they will make their project look like very genuine in all possible ways and this can lure people in all possible ways too so that they will believe in it and will invest.

Sure there are many ICO's who are not here to scam people but to really make their project go and meet the reality and help grow themselves as well as their investors. This is very rare however and we may need more than enough knowledge to understand about legit ICO's. I would say a depth study before investing is advisable.

For sure there are a lot of scam ICO and as day go by, it is getting worse and that is the more reason why it is necessary for everyone to learn how to do their own research on ICO before making any investment, the more people do their research, the more these scam ICO's will be exposed.

Yeah sure it is so true that some ICO are scam and that's the reason why it is always said you should do your own research on any coin or ICO you want to invest into, doing your own research will reveal the scam ICO so that you will avoid them.

Yes, I have the experience invest in the ICO, some project have the real product before the ICO launch, if you want to invest in the ICO, I will check the whitepaper and the team, any unclear whitepaper and the team is potential to be scam finally.

Yeah sure, there are still so good ICO's in the space and when you see them, you will recognize them because massive people will want to get in, institutional investors will buy the project before it will even get to the pre-sale, so most of these good project doesn't give the community chance to invest in their because of their high demand.

Please check out their ICO. Check the project with the team to see how. As you say ICO also has some non-fraudulent but the current market, the scam ICO take up quite a lot so be careful.

Yes it really is, because if all projects were scam projects, then the market would have been emptied long ago and we would not have been here, but we understand that the market has really good projects that will be able to realize very soon.

There are still more good ICO, the sad thing isi notice that scammers is much more than the real ICO that is why you should check all about the ICO to avoid invest your money in scam .

Of course, good projects exist, and there are quite a few of them, but because of the huge amount of skam, they do not get enough attention. Also, many good projects become hostage to the situation when the exchange does not respond to the request for months, and the prices for the listing have grown 100-fold.

These are the main activities that need to be done before investing in ICO ...

all of them cannot confirm 100%. even though at the beginning of ico it was very convincing with ratings and other analysis, but at the end of the period it was not necessarily successful. we walk in a 50-50 situation.

You bring up right points, for me one of the main things is post token sale strategy and big partners. Lately, I came across OSA DC which has both. I think that it fits all of your criterias.

Of course post token sale strategy matters. OSA's strategy is promising but would they continue to adhere to their principles in any case?

You're doing the right thing. Do not believe that all ICO is a fraud. There are very interesting and promising coins, the main thing is to look for them well. Over time, you will gain experience and be able to find interesting companies. By the way, pay attention to my signature is a very interesting product of the company.

Sure not all ICO are scam as a matter of fact I have participated in 3 legit ICO meanwhile it's very necessary to investigate an ICO before investing, mostly the team, their white paper,try to check they media profile before investing.

This is quite simply understandable for the people who are at least thinking within our minds, but for those people who are not willing to think and analyse they will just call everything a scam.

I don't trust to this article at all, there are not enough reasons to suppose this idea for me, I want to see more reliable foundation for this. I don't say that your opinion is wrong, I just want to look for the evidences about this solution. Can you say about them?

when people often sentence that ico they follow is a scam because of an ico's dismissal, and I don't think it's because they cheated it's just that many ico who didn't reach the target that they set so forced ico to be dismissed and it's not fraud.

right maybe about 30% of successful ICOs until entering the Exchange.
it might also be around until Softcap for fundraising.

Under the softcap, ICO usually has to be broken because it is unable to survive.

Soar is a project that many investors are watching. With the strong team they are developing the project with a new platform promising to bring success in the crypto market. People should not miss this opportunity. Come to Soar to own your own shares. https://soar.earth/

Yes i do believe it that their are some ICO there which is not a scam and also you can get them by doing some research so you can exclude the good one and remove the scam one and you wont regret it

From new blockchain projects I like OSA DC

I have the experience invest in the ICO, some project have the real product before the ICO launch, if you want to invest in the ICO, I will check the whitepaper and the team, any unclear whitepaper and the team is potential to be scam finally.

Yes, this is really true, I also think that there are projects that are now showing very good results, but everything is so very necessary to check projects, now there are a lot of scammers, this is really a problem.

Can't say thay OSA DC is a new project. They have been on market since 2015.. Yeah, their blockchain solution is quite new, implemented in 2017, but in just they built largest AI-driven decentralized marketplace.

There will continue to be some great ICOs that give massive returns but only brave investors will be willing to put a lot into it.  With high risk comes high reward.

I've heard they launched a token sale lottery with 100% bonuses, a bit late isn't it?

Yes, they launched it yesterday. Probably a bit late, but the date fits to the end of OSA token sale.

Looks like I am a loser, I've got only 11%  :-\

Someone said that all ICO is a scam? To be honest, it sounds like nonsense. Many ICO lately are fraudulent, but as it were there, most of them are normal

thank you very much for the information you gave us and i think that you are right and of course jot icos are bad

I also trust in some ICOs, I still believe that ICOs are new form of stocks and it allows more people to invest. So it is nice to see that everyone is now able invest into initial public offering (ICO).

Of course today there are also excellent ICO. You just have to be very careful with their choice. It is difficult to find good ICO, but it is possible.

Yeah, this is a good analysis. I also believe that some ICOs are not scams. they may be legit as long as we can analyze them more carefully. Some ICOs, in fact, show their power and technology about crypto in the vesy new advanced ways. they offer the future in crypto. but, that is what we must do is analyzing the ICo not belongs to scams.

I fully agree that Some ICO is not a scam! This is especially true when we talk about ICO created by companies like Telegram or (the latest) Kamagames. Kamagames, for example, had gained 57 000 0000 USD in revenue for the last year, so it could not be a scam ICO.

ICO Reviews, influencers reviews,Even team members profile not the proof that they are Real or Scammers,  ICO Marketing Companies build fake profiles & Team for the clients first to establish his reputation in the market before launching the ICO. But Now crypto community is in suspense who to support, because of few bad fishes spoil the pond, Real hard workers and Innovators searching for support and scammers are rocked. Read the Concept carefully, Concept can't be build fake.

You must always do your own research about project that do ICO. There are many ICOs that aren't scum.

Whether all ICOS are scams or not, only time will tell. I think it will take 5 years for everything to fall into place.

Totally agree, but what to do if you cant do it youself?

You can just find experts which you can trust. However, I suggest to try sort out in cryptocurrency market and ICO yourself, event if it takes some time. You can invest small amounts for study that are not critical for your prosperity.

Saving money in one place of investment wherever it is located will be very useless if you do not recognize the details of the ICO project. It will be the same if someone saves money at an investment place such as giving money to other people without knowing the intent and purpose of that person. The first step that must be recognized when saving money in an ICO is knowing the background of the ICO is made then the person who will run the ICO must have good credibility and have experience in the field. Both of these factors are actually enough to be brave in deciding that it is worthy of being an investment place.

I agree with your opinion. Depending on each ICO, many ICOs have been successful but it still scam because Team did not continue to develop that project. And that project gradually dies, It is also called ICO scam. So time will tell us ICO scam

Good day. Yes definitely! There are some ICO or token sale offerings that are really good projects and token prices increases too due to more users and continuous developments. There are great teams of developers that don't leave their projects. So in investing, do reaserch first. Select a good project to invest.

Not all icos are scams actually. Their are many icos with good team that are not scams and their are quite somethings you need to check when selecting any ico but their are some icos that are not scams

No scam? This is not hard at all, you can look up Google on many ways to avoid the Scam project. Choosing an ICO that will grow is a big problem as the ICO token series loses more than half its value compared to the ICO and is showing signs of going down.

Of course not all ICO scammers,there are many good in which you can invest and make a profit.But first you need to study a specific project.

Cool idea! I will try to join it too :)

Well, I think that there are still many ico who really created with really good innovation, even though at the moment they have the same problem in getting support. And of course ico will always have the greatest risk, even if all the attributes of kindness are owned. Your opinion?

All these parameters are not 100% sign for a successful ICO. Now admins can do all these signs even better than a normal project.

Hi there. I definitely agree. However, in order not to be scammed it would be best to do your own research, reviews, study the project, check their whitepaper and such. Most importantly, spend on how much you can afford loose.

yes, it's true, i think with proper research you can minimize the chance to get scammed

Indeed, it is unfair if some good ICO will also be branded as fraudulent because they have been pulled by some fraudulent scheme in which they make the image of the ICO become ugly. The current Altcoins are live proof that there are many legitimate ICOs but we are not just relying on the legality of the ICO when joining them but we will see that these ICOs have the potential to make your money grow. .

Sure its not and there is also positive things like daico or neo platform icos.

Somehow agree with you some good projects needs a support but now a days new investors plus old investors scared to invest in the icos anymore so I dont think to invest further in the ICOs better trading and holding coins investment always risky and gives you a total loss.

It's a not fair assessment. Some ICOs are well prepared for the idea of ​​being pinched by fake projects. However, it can be said that some fake projects have taken advantage of the unstable trend of the market to set bad goals. In my opinion, issues related to ICO Scam are also one of the reasons big investors are leaving ETH -> ETH has slipped down a lot over the last time.

I agree with you mate. Some ICO are beneficial and you can earn more from it. We understand that not all the time ICO are going to be successful at the end and sometimes it was being misunderstood that because of its downfall they are being bashed and others might call them a scam ICO. I have earned a lot from cryptocurrency just by doing bounties and I can say that not all of the ICO are scam some are just trying their company or product if they will be successful and trust me they are doing their best to achieve what they want.

Yes. It's true. Not all companies are scammers. Now on the market, 30% of companies have a good reputation and success. So. That the main thing is to approach this case carefully.

I understand that some people have been reporting of scam ICOs on the platform but have never seen anybody posting that all ICOs are scam because it is not for every ICO to be scam

Yes,  there are some ICOs that are not scam projects.  Although we see a lot of scammed project everywhere now in the crypto world now.  One just need to do a little more research to know the project or ICO to invest in.

Yeah, of course some are not scam. However, it is advisable that people know what they are doing and start investing few until they see that they are getting good results with it.

Investing in ICOs could be done not done because of the monetary gain but also because you like the background project and because of it you want to support it somehow. Some of them are in fact pretty good.

In my opinion, there is another scam in ICO now, and this scam is more common. After the investors invested in one ICO, the team did not make any constructive development. When the ICO ended, the token was difficult to be listed on the exchange, or it fell badly after the listing.
I think this kind of thing is not much different from scam. The end result is that investors lose money.

Almost the whole of 2018, the purchase at ICO was unprofitable. It is enough to make a small research and see what happened to the prices after listing on an exchange. Buying on the exchange is not only profitable, but also eliminates some scam projects.

Some Ico's are not scam others treated it scam because of no return of investment when they invest money. Many Ico's this year failed because of cannot able to raise funds during the Ico days. So our duties to search the best Ico to invest.Be patient

Definitely some ICO's are not a scam. However, you should be extra careful in finding good ICO to invest your money with as there are risks involved. Make sure to spend what you can afford to loose.

Yes, although there are many ico scams, there are still some icos that are real and reliable. I suggest paying more attention to GTIHUB's open source code, from which we can choose trusted projects.

Yes that is true always check the full details because it is way to east to lose monet in Crypto but the risk are worth it because of huge profit ! As for me Eternal Trust is a good choice that will innovate the traditional financial services and medical technology to its full potential . Where clients can avail their services in a affordable price , and gain access to advanced medical technology when its available in the market to prolong their life !

You are very right buddy, in as much as they are many scam project out there , they are still some good ICO. some peeps are just too lazy when it comes to research. Before I invest in any ICO , I do check out the team profile, the token use case and the problems it tends to solve, the hype , advisors , etc.

All of them:
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its true, not every ico is a scam, but it looks like the share of scam ico is very high. its hard, but its possible to find a serious ico. but thanks for the advice on how to find a serious ico.

Yes ofcourse, there are still ico that has a potential to grow with a good concept and a good developer. Some Ico nowadays failed to collect enough funds . I really do believe this is one of the reason why Ico become scam.

It is good to know that there are still good ICOs which are real and reliable. It is good to do extensive research before engaging in an ICO so that you'll be satisfied for all the efforts that you have done.

Your list is actually helpful, thank you. It is good to inject some of these sensible steps to take to ensure if the ICO checks out or not.

These are the basics which many fail to consider acting upon resulting in bad investment and yes, at times, being scammed. Sadly, with the presence of scam ICOs, the reputable ones are also being marred which is actually an injustice to those honest hardworking group of people who really wanted to bring about change via the blockchain technology.

And i really like to point out that a good website and an MVP when possible is really important and a must have since what they are selling are not pastries but technology. A bad website representation translates to lack of technical skills, if they don't have the right person for the website, its improbable they have the right person for a decentralized app.

Thanks for this useful tips actually this is the points you accumulated which is very necessary to research before any kind of investment it makes us easy to find out where we should invest to save our income and makes profit in this tough time.

Thanks to many scam ICO's, now the image of ICO is damaged. ICO actually really good option of investment.
But there are many peoples who didn't take their time to investigate, research prior contributing.
Investing your money without due diligence is same as donating your money.  :D

That is indeed true, that investing without knowing what we invest on is the same as suicide.
It also applied for any bounty hunter that joining some bounty campaign on an ICO, they would end up scammed if they don't check on the project thoroughly. 

Market is full of spam, so if you are new and you want ICO then SciDex is best choice, This allows the expression and execution of more complex transactions. The result: readable, compliant and adaptive smart contracts for complex assets transaction.

yes, it is true. not every ICO are scam.
if you search carefully, you can find a good ICO.
and your tips is very useful to avoid scammed ICO.
Thank you for sharing.

I have the same opinion as you.
I also assume that not all ICOs are scams.
There are still many honest ICOs and give prizes to gift hunters and provide benefits for investors.
The strategy before joining the ICO is to investigate specifically about the ICO and ensure the team consists of people who are competent to carry out a Cryptocurrency project

You are right, there are ICOs which can be trusted. The reason we get or involve in scam ICOs is that we don't research the proper ICOs.

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There are many icos that are not scams. You only need to do a study about them. Project vision, use case, team. also There are many good bounties, there are opportunities to get attractive project tokens, without investing your own funds.

The problem might be that he has not understood cryptocurrency and forced him to join the ICO.
My advice is to join the community more for the ICO, because with the community we can share about how to know the ICO who will become a SCAM.

This is true. We must consider the plans, at the same time the projects and such thing that concerns about the ICO itself at the same time the investors. It needed a deep study or critical analysis that every corner must be seen in order to avoid scam. There are scams ICO but there are ICO in wjich you can trust. You just need to be smart.

Exciting posters, most Bounty Hunter want to receive their Bounty Tokens, they ignore that the project is a scam or not in the future, and it may be that the Token received is worthless in the future

Yes, not all project parties are scammers. But now the market is sluggish and many projects will still fail if they don't have enough funds.

Before participating in any ICO  I often deeply research the project. My advice is to pay attention to whether the projects have a ready-made product as it is some kind of guarantee that it is not a scam as well as long termed activity before ICO. It is an indicator that team goes straight to their goal and will not give up.

There are some ICOs, but a large percentage of scammers in the ICO. We don't deny those real ICOs, but the current situation is that it is difficult for us to pick out real projects among so many scams.

Project selection and continuing to read carefully about projects for investment are very much needed, this must be done to avoid scams.
Many projects are also successful with their hard work and this is a real project and full of good hopes.

Nobody says that all projects are scam. However, this is a large part of all projects. Unfortunately only a small part of the projects are in force.

Although I agree that some ICOs are not a scam, it is difficult for us to choose a real ICO project. The number of fraudsters on the market is now beyond your imagination, and even a perfect project may disappear!

Some of them are not scam, it is true, but the majority of ICOs are really scam. It is very sad to see this actual problem in crypto nowadays because it has to be overtaken at all.

ICO investment is not unfamiliar if you have explored the cryptographic market. Remember, the success of any project depends on the expertise and dedication of the people behind the idea. So, be sure to research before you start investing in a good project to avoid risk.

It is true, not all of the ICO that exists today is a scam. Because there are still many successful ICO also though it is indeed less legit. The price of a token is indeed being too cheap in the market. But it could be some time later.

Of course but it takes time to verify such a project to prevent scam scheme , crypto is going stronger that means many people will try to create a so called legitimate project to scam people . Thats why i only choose Project that is already existed like WPP Energy one of the global leaders that provides Renewable Energy since 2009 , because of their innovative solutions many countries backup the project to manage efficiently their growing energy crisis , with such project electricity will be easily access even in remote areas !

Definitely, some ICOs are not scam and I have seen and participated in some of them. I have now become choosy and a bit more wise now so to speak in involving in any projects. What you have said are right, you got to check the team, the product or platform and the project over all. Although there are projects that are these but end up as scam in the end, so it is a risky business after all. Just invest what you afford to lose.

I believe that not all ICOs are scams, although no one has been able to distinguish whether ICO is a scam so far, but my advice is not to doubt ICO, you better try to buy an existing ICO such as ETH in the market. BTC, you can invest in where you buy coins cheaply and sell them at an expensive price, even if you have to wait, but at least you can make a profit.

In the future, but on in all the main reason why bounty hunter join on bounty campaign is to gain free tokens and if it's new listed on exchange they will selling for profits. Honestly most of the ICO project are scam and of course there are some ICO project had a promising features and possible growth in the future. Only need to do is deep analysis to find an legit ICO.

Not all ICO is scam. Back when there used to be just a few ICO in the market there wasn’t much of people complaining about scam and then you will probably come out with a lot of profit. But now, there are lots of ICO in the market and it’s very difficult to go through them in search of which one is legit and which is scam. I’m just wishing that they will put up an easy to do that.

What is your definition of scam? There are indeed ICO projects that are not scams. But if they fail, they will become a scam. Not all ICOs can succeed, and success is a small probability event.

You give very good advices on studying ICO. Of course, many of innovative projects are organized by enthusiasts and have a good chance of success. We need to learn everything about the project to better understand who the swindler is, and who is an honest person.

Good points to learn from. Not all ICOs on BTT are scam. No, far from that, there are about 70% of ICOs here that are very real and have a very great future. Good ICOs mostly have well designed websites and have a splendid project. Their team is strong and active.

You gotta take big risks to win big prizes.

You are right with this assessment, there are a lot of things that people are scared of now in this market and one of the biggest ones is ending up investing in a scam ico. It seems that there are more of scam icos now than there are the legit ones which means that the chances of putting your money in one of theese scams is higher but there are still those who are actually good and they are not scams

Of course, if all ICO are scammed then Nobody throws money into ICO projects anymore
The problem is that only some ICO projects are not scam, and how do we find out it

This is the reason why ETH is dropping cause people exchange their fiat money to ETH then participating in Scam project. Most of those people who invested in those scammed should first learn about this criteria to undintify whose legit or not before joining the sale.

on the Internet there are recommendations from the SEC regulator for investors. This is a set of rules that you should pay attention to when investing in ico - a useful thing, especially for beginners

You were right there were ICOS that is very successful and have given profit to its investors.Bounty hunters were being paid and enjoy the fruit of their work.If there were scam ICOS then it for us to do some research before entering in a project that can cause depression to every investors because developers have run investors money.

Things are not that easy, mate. I don't know what's your experience with ICOs but I can ensure you that you cando all the research in the world and still to choose a scam ICO. Let me give you an example:

You check before investing everything you can find abiut the project on the Internet: team, website, Whitepaper, social media activity etc. Everything seems to be ok, you invest and when ICO finishes you find while accessing the website a "404 Not found" message. Why? Because the team is maybe on an exotic island spending your money.

I would more recommend investing in non-ICO based projects as they are less risky. Power of these projects is community that builds around and not the funds from ICO. If you are interested in a good non-ICO project I recommend you Staker. (more details in my signature)

But the amount of them is so small that it is very hard to look for them. Scam is a modern problem and I suppose that it could be solved with our help only.

The current fraudsters are smarter, they not only give you a perfect white paper, but they can give you all the information and videos you want, but in the end they will disappear!

in fact, there is no information here any useful. Now 90% of all scam projects either do not collect money. and now everything is mostly for luck. Only with the arrival of the ICO regulation, the indicators change in the opposite direction

Yes there are so many scams but like you, I do agree that not all ICOs are scam. I already promoted lot of ICOs and at the end I got my part or my reward. We just to be very picky with the ICOs that we are going to participate. It is good that you enumerate the things to do to choose ICO. I also advice to check the team behind this project and the manager as well.

I see many ICO which show that they raise some money (even millions) on their landing page. But when you go deeper (look at the smart contract on etherscan) you see that there are 3-5 token-holders and 3-5 transactions.

Are these scam guys hope that people will run to buy their tokens?

Yes of course not all the ICO is scam because some of my ICO I participated is a legit one and make investments grow last year. And also I experience that some ICO is scam after participating some ICO that's why I am very careful now on participating to and I stick to one bounty manager that are really care about his campaign he run to make sure that it won't be a scam.

Absolutely yes there are so many legitimate ICO it's just a matter of some consequences but they are really working on it, on our part we to established also our own strategy in order to follow successful projects so that we can't waste our time and the enthusiasm of participating here are always be strong.

I fully agree with this statement. After all, not all ICOs in the modern crypto market are scammers. Many of them offer useful and functional technologies with good development potential. Of course, given the scammers, the choice becomes more difficult. But you can still find useful and promising ICO.

It is very certain that some icos are scams and some are not scams. Its only when you research properly then, you can discover that not all icos are scams. Most of the big coins on coinmarketcap started with icos and raised funds for their projects.

I absolutely agree with this statement. Among the ICOs in the modern market, there are still useful and successful projects that provide benefits to the community and demonstrate their stable development with excellent prospects for earnings for investors.

yep it was, especially ICO that reached hardcap or atleast half of their token sale. i personally got a good experience with insureum, from korean. and nebula ai

i totally agree, not all icos are scams but i stay clear of them totally. its quite amazing how people take every little opportunity and turn them into scams. now real projects that would need to raise funds for their projects cannot as there has been distrust planted in the world of icos as a whole. hence we all would miss out on some technologically advancing projects because of lack of fund raising.

That's right ! It takes time to see legitimate ICO , no wonder there are many Project who seeks for tokensale but in the end they will run . Remember never rely on ICO review sites because they are biased they are the reason there are many Scam ICO

The problem is some investor just looking the team advisors as long as they are famous they will invest on ICO which is a wrong move

There are plenty of icos that are not scam.  You just have to do a study about them.  The project vision, use cases, the team.  It would be best if you could meet the team members personally during events or roadshow.

I have promoted many ICOs and in the end I got my share or reward. We are very careful in choosing the ICO project that we will follow. It is good that you mention things that must be done to choose an ICO. I also suggest checking the team behind this project and the manager too.

there are also many who do not scam better if it is held or study 60 ICO so that it will know how to invest safely without own capital ..

That is really true, that some ICO are not scams , in the world of this ctyptocurrency that this technology are gaining popularity around the digital world, we can not deny that there are groups of people that abuse the popular of this tecnology , so this people will also launched some scam ICOs , but there are also good and can be trusted ICO ,it will now depends in us on how to handle this kind of situations in ICOs.

It's true that not all ICOs are scam. Some have genuine and legit intentions to raise money to develop their projects. But there are many scams nowadays and we must do extra research before we invest in any ICO

Gone are the old days when ICOs are no jokes ,but now its the other way around , more luck is what's needed in crypto world now and back in the days all you need is hardworking and your cash for investing ,I think the only way out has not been detected yet ,there has to be a platform that will guarantee ICOs for investors so we won't fall for scam ICOs .I will wait patiently

Cool advices, basicly I am lazy to check Linked in profiles, but there are some advanced guys on this forum who can find scam. I've seen Woshib bounty manager was redtrusted for launching bounty of one project which Linked in profiles was copy pasted.

Many ICO projects now succeed if they are well developed; if they do not develop well, they will be identified as scams. ::)

There are really a lot of scams out there in the market. Be careful. Alway check their website, their communities, are they active on social media etc. Also, do you believe in their project etc. For example, I follow closely SciDex. They are creating a new type of smart contract generator for complex transactions. So that even regular businesses that need legally binding contracts can be on the blockchain. That’s improving the whole blockchain ecosystem, if you ask me.

Its really hard to determining good ICOs or scam ICOs. Crypto market getting more popular and some irresponsible people trying to take benefits and scamming people with fake ICOs. The best thing we can do is researching on internet about their team and their project by whitepaper

I am glad that I met such a positive topic on the forum. Despite the skeptical statements of many investors, the market still has many useful and promising ICOs that are not scammers. Just need to carefully choose a good team of developers, a ready product and a useful technology for society.

Of course, they do exist. There are many really cool and promising projects that will definitely bring a lot of money to their investors. Here, you can check the list of good ICOs: https://icowatchlist.com/

I do not have much experience to choose ico, I usually use ico rating websites like ICObench, ... I feel invested in projects with large amounts of money then we need to look carefully before deciding

Nice shot, man! Every advice is useful and I think like you.
There are worth investing ICOs,but you've got to read WP carefully and OP is giving some advices regarding this. Read them carefully!

The rating assessment is only based on calculations from the icobench team. Even though rating on a project is high or above of good on every ico's assessment site, it does not guarantee that the project will not become a scam.

That's true. It is difficult to distinguish the good ICO or a scam ICO. As you say, many irresponsible people want to get any profits from this crypto investment. We have to understand the project that we are joining in well, we can know that by reading the whitepaper or visiting their official website.

Yes. Now there are a lot of scammers. but there are also normal projects. just need to more thoroughly and in detail check the projects before investing and participating.

Yes at these times many ICO's are scam. You do not know which is legit and not . That's why we need to make extensive research before contributing in any ICO. I recommend Swachhcoin ICO for you to participate. This project has a great idea and the team is strong.

I, too, hold this opinion. I believe that there are still many useful and promising ICO programs in the crypto market today that offer useful innovations and useful technologies for the society. Another question is that it is not so easy now to obtain the necessary investments for their development, given the lack of money in the market.

Some people keep saying most ICO are scams and tagging most ICO as scam but it is not really so, though there are scam project out there but that does not mean you should tag most ICO as scam, because there are lots of outstanding geniue and unique project out there in which If you invest in them your lambo is not far from you.

For me, cryptocurrencies and ICO are one of the best ways to earn big money and I do not even worry about the fact that it is quite risky. I learned how to choose the best and it seems to me that even if I make a mistake, I will not lose so much.

There are lots of scams that are not a scam because they have a clear roadmap, talented developers, attracting the attention and investment of the community. But investing in ICOs is risky if you do not understand the project thoroughly and the project does not have the capacity to raise the value of the investment that is lost. When investing ico should also pay attention to the market situation, if the downtrend is currently not suitable to invest ico.

a lot of projects are not scam. most of them are the long term projects and there is many people who do not uderstand that and crying "scam".

Many ICOs do not deliver due to the market situation, struggling with fund raising , having problems with listings
 and other obstacles. Some of them  are really scams. We have to make our research on them and for me those
 ICOs which do not  deliver on time, are not necessarily scams.

Truth be said, Coins on rare occasions are pure scams. For me the concrete obstacle frequently is usually a awful valuation proposition.

Now there are a lot of non-quality projects on the market, but this does not mean that the market is cryptocurrency. I think in time there will be more extortion of blockchain into our lives then the price for cryptocurrencies will grow.

Try to make a difference in a group, from which you can earn money from the ICO, but most people think they can not, thinking like that makes you go backwards.

Yh ooo, but some are because they belief some people has been having belief on the platform of ICO so they use that as means to scam. But some project are real and very lucrative to invest in and one can even participate in their bounty campaign

It is not all ICOs that can be termed as scam and not even all airdrops are scam. Though majority of them might to give what is expected of them that does not mean they are scam.

I think that will don't assume all ICO are generally fraud, though until recently no person has been capable to separate whether or not the ICO is often a fraud as well as certainly not, nevertheless our suggestions is just not for you to hesitation your ICO, anyone greater try and obtain a pre-existing one particular out there including ETH, BTC you'll be able to spend income You happen to be generally there by simply acquiring loose change yet again effortlessly along with offering in a high priced price tag, even if you ought to delay nevertheless at the least you can find a new earnings.

Yes, some ICO is very honest and straightforward but sadly, most other ICO is a scam.

Not all ico projects are scam, but many of them are scam, from all ICO projects that I met and I followed, almost 80% of them ended up being scams, so this made me hesitant to continue following the ICO project, with many ico projects scam, giving a big risk of loss.

Yes, Some ICO is not scam because, I'm participate 150 ICOs project inwhich 30% ICO are success like as Pundi X, Holo, Nucleus Vision, CS, Bittwatt,  LocalCoinSwap, Trade Token, Travelflex, THEKEY etc. 40% icos are not gain good price of token. 30% ICOS are scam. So you can believe in good ICOS and investment it.  

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Yes have a ICO's are still legit or in the other words is not scam because i think why have until now is many ico are legit because some people are need this and some people are work in the ico.

This article is very positive, and I now understand more to assess an ICO.
Thank you everyone, very good and good information!  ;)

I strongly agree on this. ICO are becoming a scam because of too many people using crypto industry as a scamming scheme. They giving bounties and signature and airdrops and hiring people to support the project and once the ICO became popular they will be getting investors and supporters that will financially hold and support their project after they gey the money and investment they will be lost. To many of this in the market but in some good way their are good project and ICO that help so much of people.

Indeed there are projects that are actually realized so that they are not a scam, then this project must be maintained and have good development. This is a bounty of feeling to get the token and certainly a very pleasant result. And hopefully the token is also capable for the long term so that it has a good future.

For investment, in the last month I chose ICO. Since there are much cheaper tokens with new technologies!  ;)

actually, being scammed is the own fault of the person also for not being observant. only if they know how to observe properly, this scam issue might be lessen or might be removed. always check the background of ICO that you are going to invest to.

all of us invest in start-ups at our own risk and we hope that our invetations will grow hundreds of times. unfortunately often this does not happen

I think even not some ICO, many ICOs is not scam, just need to know how to find it , also it depends from team

Yes, I think so too. You do not need to write all the ICO. Just because many projects and companies fail. This is everywhere. But it does not say that all scammers. Just the problem of how to find them. This is another matter.

ICO is an obvious risk and everyone should decide for himself whether he needs it. I think the main thing is to choose wisely and correctly the project to participate. In any case, this is a profitable investment to which you should look closely

I think many Asians are not scam, people only claim that the ICO is a scam because the ICO failed to reach the softcap, so the ICO project was forced to be canceled, but that does not mean that ICO was a scam, because investors' money will be returned 100%

Yes, that is right. Very good projects remained. But the problem is that finding them is unrealistic. And who in the course, do not rush to share this information. And also the problem is in a lot of scammers. They are knocking down work.

Indeed some ICO's are real since I have invested in some fruitful ICO's before, notwithstanding  I have also fall as a victim of scam projects before which has made me to be  careful on the kind of ICO I choose to enter.

There are definitely real ICO that are still available but majority of the ICOs that are out there are scam and are not worth investing in. Most of them just launch ico without being ready for it. Most project don't have their products ready and the whole project is just still an idea that still needs to be worked on.

Sometimes, the way you can check if another project's whitepaper has been duplicated is by testing for plagiarism, because by reading through alone, you may not have come across the project whose whitepaper was duplicated.

Definitely! We have a lot of bad ICO but not all projects are scam. If you analyze well you will choose only good projects.

All ICO are not scam. Some of them are good and some of them are scams. There is always ups and downs in every aspect. So , why to bother in crypto.

Not some, a lot of them are scams, but there are also good projects so we should now how to choose good project. here are some tips: https://icoguide.com/en/blog/how-to-identify-scam-icos this article will help newbies to avoid scams.

I agree with you, but there must be added that you have to see the person behind the ico project and who is the advisor of the project, whether you already have experience and track record

Totally agree, not all the projects are scams for sure, and they are really good, and very important for market development. I also have one criteria to check projects and this is icoguide.com, this is very good platform with not paid rates.

Strange opinion. There are many projects that have proved that even a hopeless team and white paper can grow into a big project.

Of course, we are sure to know that not all ICOs have the potential to be deceptive because as long as I attend a number of ICOs, they are proven to really develop their products and I believe more in ICOs made from my own country because I know more about who is involved in the project and of course can be accounted for. And what about overseas ICOs, I definitely have to pass a fairly accurate analysis to ensure that the ICO really does not cheat, but if we take the ICO at this time of course is a very big risk because the market does not allow to install new tokens at prices good so if we participate in ICO, the price will be far from ICO prices when they enter tokens on the market.

hi thanks for the knowledge from you and I agree with what you said that we really need to be more careful to avoid scams

The general consensus is that all ICOs are scam! But really, some projects have some very strong purpose and need to raise funds to carry out this purpose! But there are others who could run the simple first without any funding and then get help to the market! Nowadays it is necessary to do a thorough analysis of everything in order not to be deceived.

There are many icos there are legitimate and its developers want nothing more but to succeed and to make their investors very rich, but unfortunately for many those are the minority, most projects will become scams or will simply fail and with a huge amount of failure that happens in icos it is not weird to see why so many people are so suspicious of them.

indeed many ICO projects have experienced scams but not all ICO projects have experienced a scam, I see that ICOs that use developers and team structures that have been competent will be easier to achieve success, when you will take part in the ICO, you must first see the basics of the project, roadmap, whitepaper and also participating in telegram project groups, with this you will know that the project is indeed serious or not

hese days nobody really cares about ICOs being scam or not. they all know it is a gamble and the only thing they want in return is a bigger profit. so even if it is a ponzi scheme with obvious signs they would still invest in it if there were a chance for making a profit.
in the end what is scam? is it not a token that has no usefulness? is it not a

These are good advices but scammers are smarter than before...there are some fake/scam ICO that have very good social/linkedin profiles with good reviews too... it's a very difficult period for ICO investors.

It must be admitted that the biggest factor that hampered the performance of the crypto market was the number of scam projects, this certainly made many investors afraid to invest in crypto because they had been hit by scammers.

Most of the ICO's now adays can be a scam, infact there are alot now and sometimes its hard to determine what is a good ICO and not. Even the long time investors here sometimes be a victim,so we better be careful what to choose.

The problem is that it is increasingly difficult to tell the difference between the good ones and the scam ICOs. Some scams are very sophisticated and they catch out even the most seasoned investors. Whitepapers can be copied so it's all about the team and trying to confirm if they are real

True that's why we need to be cautious about such scams to prevent losing money and also to attract new investors to come in Cryptocurrency Space , governments should be very strict in registering such ICO so that we keep scam project in a minimum . One of the promising ICO right now is the Gemstra Project the future marketplace for social selling that will disrupt traditional barriers with Retail industry such as transparency and trust . With the blockchain technology consumers has assurance to see transparent ecosystem and also to purchase legitimate products where they can use GMS tokens to purchase products with a decent discount ! Blockchain also offers reliability , efficiency , secure data management and also fast transaction !

Not all ICOs are fraudulent. Everything has two sides, the bad guys have taken advantage of people's greed for profit to deceive them. There are still ICO projects that exist and develop very well in the market.

A lot proven that some ICO is not a scam. Many bounty hunters are deals here work and they are hoping to become  a successful achievers and be millionaire someday. We use to be careful in participating them choose a good one for no doubt.

well, you are right. a lot of ICOs are not scam and are proving themselves and to the community they are worth to invest in. the problem is that the more scams are out there, the less trust we have on the really good ones. i have had the possibility to join some that are proving me wrong about the scam opinion about all of them and i am happy to be proven wrong.
of course your steps are to follow all, and thank you for sharing them with us

The last month I cannot find the normal project. All projects which enter the cryptoforeign exchange market are simply awful. I will wait

Yes, all ICOs are not scammed. People blame all ICOs without any reason. They set their mind that All ICO Projects are a scam! But it is not trued, some ICO project is doing very well. In this year, all of my favorite ICO got succeed or running to hit success except the hashcard!

Yeah. Not all ICOs are scam. There are projects to be trusted. Its just most ICO nowadays become scam therefore crypto community have less trust with them.

I agree. Despite the big numbers of ICOs turning out as scams, there are still plenty that offers a legitimate project. One must really have to do some research so these real ones would be identified. ICOs are a great  investments options so investors must be 101% sure that they are joining a legit one.

Market is full of spam, so if you are new and you want ICO then SciDex is best choice, This allows the expression and execution of more complex transactions. The result: readable, compliant and adaptive smart contracts for complex assets transaction.

Almost 70percent of ICO is a scam most of them are not trusted before going to participate in ICO review their background and the whitepaper too and their website is legit or not.

You can argue as long as you like about the fact that most projects are scam, and it will be true, but nevertheless every day there are projects that are destined to become the second Google, Amazons and Facebook.

currently it is very difficult to see a scam or legit ico because there are also many cases that have been well reviewed by websites that usually review an ico but in fact the ico is a scam or the project is no longer running which resulted in the price being destroyed when in the market, in my opinion current investors who follow ico mostly use their feel without analyzing because the reality of the analysis is currently useless.

 I think to get ico that good now is difficult. we really have to understand the ico well and analyze it so we can know whether the ico that will be followed has good prospects or not.

I am very sorry because there are so many bad ico and ico fraud cases, but among thousands of existing altcoins, not all ico are in trouble and there are still many ico or altcoins that have a good future

Ofcourse, there are only few. Although scam projects are hard to determine at first, we should not be discouraged to invest still. We just have to be as careful as possible and tk consider checking the background of every projects that we would be into to atleast somehow lessen the risk.

Even though there are currently many ICOs that fail but are true as you say if there are still many good potential ICOs, even though it's hard to find them. but with serious research in choosing ICO, I think this problem will be resolved. we must examine every aspect of ICO including from concept to manager.

That is indeed true, from all available ICO, some of them are scam and there are also ICO that is real, and also there are an ico that really worth to join, better to put on infestation or just joining the bounty campaign, if possible.

many ICO is not scam, I know many good projects, with really working ideas and projects.. but too much scam, hard to find good projects

ofcourse yes, not all ICOs are scam, though there are a whole lots of fake ICOs around now but that is not to say that all of them are scams. but the problem not boils down to 'how do we know if an ICO is good or fake. personally one of the things i do is to read about the so called ICO, ask questions in their telegram group, though this is not enough to differentiate the good and bad ICO but it will go a long way in helping to identify them to some extent.

Recently, I really liked the activity of Russian projects in social networks and other tools to promote tokens!  8)

Not all icos are scams but the majority of them are, if the number of scams was low I'm sure that there will be a lot of people that will be willing to invest in icos and support the developers in their search to improve the market of cryptocurrencies, but with the number of scams being so high I cannot blame all the people that have renounced to invest in icos at all.

This is true, a small part of ico projects are not scammers. Unfortunately most scammers and people lose a lot of money.

All above points can be manipulated and make it look real by a group of professional scammers knowing scam ico is beyond that some will even show real identity publicly and they will still disappear.

You are smarter person, I tried too. And that was very effective, A lot of project and almost 90% are scam. But there's a lot of ICO has good and very potential and also not scam. Good thing to know the legitimate ICO's that can gives to us a lof of profit.

Some ICO is not a scam, there are more promising and profitable projects. Many categories in searching a good ICO projects by researching their platforms views, go to their link, and read their whitepaper to know how good their project. You can visit also their website.

Many are not scam but some still a scam, and we have issue that not all ico that couldn't get their project working are scam, some have good project but the soft cap are not reached or no full support from investors to make it work and people are found of following others like seeing much people talking about a project and don't their own research but just jump in and at the end get themselves to be blame why there many ico that need their support out there to make crypto great .

yeah indeed there are still some that are worth investing for despite more and more are turning to be a scam. many investor still gamble since it is a good way to find an instant profit. we just need to do our research before investing so that we will not be a pray to those scammers.

I prefer to invest in the project when it is already on the stock exchange and begins to trade. You can buy many times cheaper, and less risk. And at the ico stage, I look closely and watch how the development is going and how the team keeps its word.

I am fortunate to be able to see such an article, because at the beginning of my investment, no one taught me how to distinguish ICO projects, I have been subjected to many frauds!

Nowadays, fraudulent ICOs appear more and more, scale up, record losses amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, which obviously makes the media lose faith and look unregulated. Correct for the industry of money. However, according to a study published by MIT by two authors Christian Catalini and Joshua S. Gans said they only found that 5-25% of ICOs are fraudulent. Investors can get millions of dollars, like CoinDash ($ 6.4 million), or even hundreds of millions of dollars, such as OneCoin ($ 350 million) or Ifan-Pincoin ($ 660 million).
First of all, we need to clarify some of the issues, ICO purpose is to call the capital? It's correct. Will ICO in the future bring about profit for investors? Yes, but only when the project is successful (with very low rates, about 1%). In fact, legitimate, legitimate ICOs are always aiming to create long-term value streams for investors, but they do not want to make as much profit as possible as soon as possible.

A lot of ICOs are not scam. The thing is you need to research it carefully.

There are definitely many legit out there. A lot of people who say ICOs are scam usually do not know the difference between failed ICOs and fraudulent ICOs.

Nice suggestions by OP but scammers make them ready with this all factors & still get successful on scamming innocent Peoples. Take Example of IONCHAIN ICO, They were listed on ICODROP earlier & when they failed to verify their teams ICODROP delisted their ICO. But it was too late they already collected around 3000 Ethereum. When I did analysis of their social media community there were 22K members in the group & only 10 to 15 peoples were communicating only & rest were bots & same thing with their other social media profiles. So always don't go with the size of community this can also be trap, Just look for flow communication in the community with this you can conclude are with bots or real peoples?

This is inevitable, if all ICOs are scams then ICO will disappear. There are very few good ICOs, and if you can find you will become rich.

Some ICO is not a scam and it is true.
Some ICO is a scam and that is sad to know.
There are getting more numbers of ICO that are being a scam.
Investors are having their doubts to invest. which make the community more down plus the bear season.

That's very true, not every ICOs are scam. There are still good, real, profitable ICOs out there that one can invest his capital on and make maximum profits from them.

Anyway, many people now have no money to invest, so it is not important whether it is scams. Of course, cleaning up these scam icos is definitely good for the long-term development of the entire market.

This is the very essential steps to do if you want to invest in icos. But still you need more information and experience to spot a scam project. So it is always hard for a newbie to invest in ICOs or even in coins. The first think to do for a newbie is collect as much knowledge as he can then go for investment. In last few months the  quantity of icos is going too much big. That's why the number of scams are more. So they took general people's money and leave. So it's hard for a new investors to lose money. That's why be careful. And do some research before investment.
 

I am very glad that there is a topic in which people, on the contrary, defend their views on the ICO, because lately many projects have begun to really show good results, but people still think that these are scam projects, but there are certainly not enough of these.

I hope that companies in the future will go to ICO with at least a raw working product, and not with marketing paper. Companies have not even found a blockchain developers, but have already hired marketers and designers and are collecting $ 30 million for ICO. $ 30 million is for example the turnkey construction of a large wood processing plant with the number of jobs - 600 people. So here it is.

Plenty of ICO are scam and few of them are legit but the worst scenery is we learned too late and we are already a victim of a scam , it seems very difficult to determine a scam ICO .

You are right, there are still some great projects left on this market. And due to scam ICOs even these great projects cannot collect their soft cap. We need more trusted ICOs, that are going to benefit investors and not simply going down after the first exchange.

Certainly, there are so many quality crafted and supported projects that I think should not miss them. some projects, unfortunately, due to unfortunate investment problems are encountered.

Yes. don't ask it like that. Because every project is Ico then how can flow the crypto world. You can find many good Ico by reading the whitepaper, also considering the project team, project output. 

There are many ICO that are left behind but a good project and neglected because some of ICO has a tagged for being scam. And this is why many investors afraid to invest and they just wait for the coin to be listed on exchanges.

In my opinion which not every ICO tend to be rip-off, despite the fact that so far nobody may be in a position to differentiate if the ICO is really a rip-off or even not really, however, my personal guidance isn't in order to question the actual ICO, a person much better attempt to purchase a current 1 on the market, for example, ETH, BTC you are able to commit cash You're presently there through purchasing cash once again inexpensively as well as promoting from a costly cost, while you need to wait around, however, a minimum of you will get the revenue.

Such projects are not enough. A year ago them was much more. Cryptocurrency to the project will die soon if to change nothing.

For me it all boils down to every one in the team. Even one in the team messes up, the credibility can lose in just a blink. I saw a few projects that fell because of this scenario. So if all can be act as one and the community supports with the good project they really believe nothing can stop it to soar.

You are right mate, as a quotes says "no man is an island" it means we really needs to go and go down beyond the level of our supporters and carry on with the investors because they are the most important so that we can see a success in the project and also a good way of trusting and creating friends.

Today there are very few good projects. In order to find such projects, we must study dozens of different ICOs. But I hope that the situation will improve in the near future.

Even with more points to vet in ICO we are still falling in scams ICOs, sometimes the ICO faces problems and obstacles to go on with their roadmap so  where do you put this ICO!

That's right, the number of good projects has not changed compared to 2017, but now bad projects have stopped collecting their investments, and this is good, because now the money of "smart" investors will go only to the best projects, and this should help the crypto market recover.

But unfortunately still bad and fraudulent projects collect quite large sums, instead of people investing in really good projects. I think that this is all because people really want to make a profit, and do not think where they invest their money, and the number of good projects is simply catastrophically small.

You're difinitely correct besides of several numbers of ICO as reported as scam atleast we have also some identified as legit ICO  maybe because they already found a solution to eliminate a scam I ICO .

Due to the large number of new projects, it is difficult to find one that is truly promising and has potential for growth. Investing in new projects is always associated with risks, so you need to be careful. I always come up with a complex project selection for investment. You need to familiarize yourself with the project team, make sure that there are professionals in the team who, in case of difficulties, will be able to solve problems and take the project out of a crisis situation. You need to make sure that the project is beneficial and solves some problem, because only coins of a useful project will be in demand in the future. You need to make sure that the White Paper and Roadmap of the project is well-designed and looks realistic, without unrealistic promises. In this case, you can invest in one or another new coin.

This is true because even projects with an interesting idea fail. Especially since 2018 was not the best for ICO projects and the weakest left the market or died. The good news is that there are still strong projects that deserve attention, are promising and have great growth potential. This is evidenced by the fact that even today some projects collect hard caps and their coins are in demand.

Some ICOs are not a scam, but you must be observant in order to determine what ICO is legit or not. You must have prior knowledge before engaging to investments or bounty campaigns to avoid waste of effort and profit. 

yes you are right because I myself saw many ICO projects that really materialized and provided benefits for the participants, and knowledge is indeed very important before deciding to get into the world of ICO with experience and high flying hours, it will be easier to assess and choose an ICO which gives profit.

I completely agree that there are projects that can not be considered scam projects, but there are, unfortunately, very few of them, because in most scam projects these are really scam projects.

Thanks for the tips. Indeed there are still many ICOs that are legitimate and run by honest people. But they are getting rare nowadays. I follow the same methods like you mentioned also and luckily most of the ICOs I have joined have been a good experience so far. I may be disappointed with the actual price of the coin I invested when listed in the market, I am still happen that in the future when the price rises, I can exchange them right away as they are already listed.

For sure there are several ICOs out there that have good intention and have good products that are solidly behind them and the teams are working tirelessly to make sure they deliver their roadmap and whitepaper

I think most forum users understand that there are scammers like dirt here, but a worthy and successful projects exist and they can be found. You can make good money on them.

       Well you're correct man , some ICO are not scam and it's a legit and promising project but just be very careful and be sure to make thorough research , before investing on the project .

I agree with this. A great team with extensive experience in the field is a good sign that one can consider in choosing an ICO to invest to. You must also consider what's their purpose in pursuing the project. Do check out Stream41. WhiteCodeLabs is changing the traditional market landscape for video-streaming platforms by creating Stream41 through a decentralized network. Find out why Stream41 is choosing the blockchain route. https://medium.com/@stream41_2018/why-stream41-is-choosing-the-blockchain-route-d8e8ca9638e

For me, ICO is a way of earning. Now I'm just trying to find the best of the best, and it's hard, because Skam is 90% of all projects. But I manage to bypass it and for this reason I can not say something against the ICO as a whole

ICO is certainly not always a fraud. For me, ICO is the project that should be implemented and I invest more in the idea than in myself. Of course I would like to invest in something really worthwhile and profitable, and the ICO can help in this. The main thing is to circumvent Skam

Well, of course, not all projects are fraudulent. There are a lot of good projects and with a good idea.

Some believe that the main problem of the ico is illegitimacy. However, we should look at a some of Japanese projects that are absolutely legal. Their market position is similar to others, it is terrible. For example, COMSA. Their idea didn't work. At the same time, a number of projects show quite good results. If the project is based on an idea that can be applied in real life, this is half the success.

You are right well explained, i want to share this news that as bounty hunter basically you do a job like a business and every business has time time loss and profit too so do your hard work with honesty as honesty is the best policy.

Due to such a market situation, the market is overwhelmed with awful projects and this is the main reason, why great ICOs are failing to raise enough funds. The investors should better check the projects that they support.

Not all ico is scam but many are, and we need to clean this technology with those scammer who are trying to give cryptocurrency  a bad name and with the support of this forum we can all use away all scammer.

You're correct as long as you are capable to read there platform and having a good research of ICO projects then probably it can having a good result. I, believe there's more legit project that was launched already.

Before investing anywhere, you should explore this area and become an expert. Imagine that you were given the task to understand how much the project is promising and profitable.

Almost of ico project I joined and invest always get scam with more lower price listed at exchange market, I have try looking for best ico invetsment but always find scam and fake ico, maybe I have stop for joining ico investment.

Of course, there are such projects, but I think that there are very few such projects today, because today there are a lot of greedy people, who today still try to deceive people very often, because it has become a very likely art today that is available to everyone.

I do not doubt your advice. But very often, scammers make very beautiful legends to gain your trust and, accordingly, your investment. In addition, some projects for various reasons may be unsuccessful. I'm not talking about fraud, I`m talking about mistakes in the actions of developers. In any case, this year I have not invested a single satoshi in the ICO stage and do not regret it. I just do not have new resources for this. But I do not lose faith in ICO.

Most ICOs these days are just what i call trials, except for some few ones among them that know what they are doing. Which is why before you consider investing into any project, first check if they already have MVP. If not, then you need to be on the lookout for another.

There are some ICOs out there that are not scam projects and there popularity is low yet they are not scam but nice project,when you tend to do some foundings on your own then you will be able to make up your mind if a project is scam or not

If you want to make a profit from ICO, you should join it in 2017 when the market is uptrend. All ICOs at that time cost much more than the ICO price. But now it's not like that, prices are falling deeply after being listed because every investor dumped to minimize losses when the market is constantly falling every day

Some ICO are legit and would take some time to know of this legit company these days, since the flock of scam ICO are already rampant and could really deceive poor investors from looking legit. It's best way is to DYOR and don't jump in take some time to ask and study the project.

indeed, there are a lot ofico projecs that are deceptive or scam now. but indeed we must be careful in following all the existing projecks. must be able to analyze the project more clearly to find out whether it is a fraud scheme or not

therefore in doing anything that can make money it must have certain risks, such as loss or loss due to deception, so we must be careful to choose work of course

if you are new to ICO, surely you do not know which projects have succeeded, it is better to learn more, because as far as I follow at each ICO there are also projects that are successful and that I have felt myself.

most ICOS campaigns are scam the investors and the Bounties Hunter.Only some ICOS which you said not scam because They worked heartily and passionately in this market. We would expect scam campaigns  should remove from the community.

Of course there are still ICOs which are real and profitable. But these are hard to distinguish because of scam projects which are high in number. Determining which ICO are true are possible yet it requires careful analysis in doing so. This is the reason why there are many victims of scammers in the market.

I also believe that not all startups are fake and fake, so some of them can really make a lot of profit.

Honestly there are some reputable ICOs out there, we just need some little research to know those project that are not scam, because so many projects are with the purpose of scamming investors.

Yes it is , there are too much ICOs being published these days and investors are lacking of interests to invest on a new project/s because there some of them are scam. Once the developers have run away , the ICO can be considered to be a scam and once this incident happens , some other ICOs are being discrimante to be a scam. Let us avoid these practice because there are still some ICOs that are legit and have the potential to improve the crypto industry.

Of course some of them have a professional team with a working product and do not intend to deceive anyone , but unfortunately such projects are minority. The ICO industry has discredited itself by a large number of scammers and now the whole market is suffering from this.

of course not all ico are scam, in my opinion most people consider ico to be a scam because too many ico fail, this failure is usually due to not achieving the specified softcap, so the ico program is canceled

No matter how good a project is, potential profit is always important for investors, but now ICO almost do not bring this profit, which negatively affects the market. In addition to this, there are many scammers, which further reduces the desire to invest with investors.

I am sure that many ico are not fraud. But which ICO project is worth participating and promoting is another question. You should study their concepts and analyze their perspective for several days.

I think the first thing you need to pay attention to is the website. Many scammers use a website as a subgrive made from another website. It is necessary to carefully read about ICO. And most importantly, if some people write to you about email billing, or by personal message or somewhere else, this is most likely scamm. Real ICOs, expensive so do not PR

Some are, some are not. I am still optimistic with the idea that majority of ICO's are sincere and has legit programs or projects to offer. Unfortunately there are also some who only create ICO's for the quick bucks. Now there is no concrete way of identifying which is legit and which is not. This only boils down to each of us being vigilant at all times.

It is necessary to be able to choose good projects. There are many projects but they are lost in a large number of bad. It is necessary to look for.

And I think that this is the most difficult and demanding task, most of the projects have an excellent idea, but are not able to adapt it to real life, those who can do this will start a revolution in the cryptoindustry.

Yes, I believe there are also a legit ICO here so it's not necessary for us to quit here because we believe that through our strategies and able to read there platform we can determined which is good to participate or involve.

One thing is that creating scam ICO projects is a very easy thing in cryptocurrency. Even if you check those LinkedIn and see the real details, it doesn't mean they can't just create a token and dump a month after trading.

Most of the ICO projects are having lot's of challenges in meeting their targets, and ends up getting dumped on listing.
This makes it a point of concern to investors, as they end up getting the crypto's of newly launched projects, cheaper after ICO's.
This has led to the increased suspicion of most projects as scam. The handling of the community by the respective admins are also contributing massively to this uproar. These actions coming from most of these projects can be attributed to the current bear market, but on a second thought, they're trying to protect their investments.

For scam projects?
Until ICO's starts being regulated, we'll continue having cases of fraudulent ICO's.
The strategies to knowing a real ICO is not far fetched from what you listed, but ICO's owned by existing businesses; seems a better way to go.

To stay clear of scam projects, it's always necessary to conduct personal researches on the resume of the team especially; that of the CEO; check their social media history and traffic; verify how executable the ongoing project are from their Github account; the records of their partners, etc.

Just e careful, you'll always stay ahead of their gimmicks! ;D

Yes, some ICO is not a scam ICO, because it is good, great bounty campaigns. ICO's that is not scam is supportable, reliable and the team is always chat in the group, also the CEO is in the group, updating the information about the ICO. For me there are many good ICO out there you just need to research for it.

There are still many who would indeed be ICO could produce and what you discussed is quite interesting. but among the many existing ICO sometimes that the ICO has the less clear concept in the system and their journey. Although this certainly impressed real ICO playfulness and certainly quite bad. be reasonable when many say that this is a scam.

After one year of down market, lessons have been learned. Slowly, investors are aware of scam ICOs. Now scammers are somehow reducing in numbers and moving away from ICOs. Now, what's left in the market are real great ICOs. But, these ICOs are greatly affected by scams.

You can see that at this time most of there are many ICO scams and make it difficult for investors to invest in a project. I think that makes the Altcoin market price movement difficult to rise because of the many scammers at the moment. of course some ICO is not scam because only a few promising ICOs can be followed at this time and it is very difficult in found.

There are still many ICOs that is not deceptive, even though new ICOs continue to emerge. We must be careful in determining ICO. Checking and looking for real projects, excellent development team, and excellent sales achievement. And you also have to be sure of the decisions you make and work optimally.

Fraudsters are also making progress, because when I look at most white papers, I find that their descriptions are so detailed and perfect, so I think it's best to stay away from ICO!

Not all ICOs are fraudulent, but many people are prejudiced against ICOs saying they are fraudulent. Good investors will know the analysis of the projects to know whether to invest or not, and they will make a profit from them.

Yes. Definitely not all ICOs are scam because if all of them are scam, probably the price of bitcoin and all other crypto coins will go down deep and possibly hit at 1$ per coin or below. So I think, it really must have a new regulations when launching an ICO so that all investors will have assurance to gain profits and to ensure that the price in the market are stable.

true, still many ico is not scam and the project is very true and it will be succesful so their tokens is valuable. so the investors will get their profits. by the way, thanks to share some tip before invest in a ico.

There are still some real team with a project aiming at solving a concrete problem. Not with the aim of getting some dollars and run away, not with the aim of neglecting their project after the ICO. What I am actually driving at is that, there are still ICO that are real with realistic goals and objectives, with a solid roadmap. If someone finds this kind of ICO, I believe you won't regret investing in them. ICOs are just so many, but it's only few of them that are reliable.

Not some ICO, many ICO are not scam at all. What happen is that if people's expectations which sometimes is unrealistic are not met, people become furious and call everything scam. I have participated in hood is ICO this year with decent return!

And about the ICO, I believe that there is still a chance to run into an excellent project, and cross out all the failures in the crypt with one bold plus!

it is true that not all ICOs are scams, we should not say they are scams, because surely there have been many things they sacrificed to make the project, it's just that maybe the luck factor has not been on their side, actually the ICO originators should have a lot of experience it can work. don't just think about profits, so maximize your efforts so that the project can be successful.

Yes ,some Ico are not scam while most are scam.As a hunter after campaigning for some bounty they won't pay and some will pay and the coin become useless in your hand as is not trading any where in the market.

Definetly its true thats mostly some ICO are not a scam,and i probably experience this,but there are times that you could become a victim of scam project how matters you must expert in terms of joining some ICO investment,due to many project development comings out now in the market and mostly some of this are the same product and marketable goals.

Every ICO is not a scam, there are many good ICO's which is a great example of innovation. Due to the current market situation prices of the coin has low, after the market recovery the prices of the coin will again grow. So don't consider scam to every ICO.

remind to catch a fraudster, you need first of all springy to analyze exactly the commands of this company. This way you can understand where real people are and where not. And further study of the project and its technical documentation will give you the opportunity to determine the prospects for the future.

There are many factors in selecting a right ICO:

Team
Timeline
Media and Community
Code Samples
Regulation
Whitepaper
Social media Channels
Global Potential


If an ICO has all the above mentioned Points then you can invest in the ICO.

List of ICO (https://www.listofico.com/) is the place to be in, if you are looking for a comprehensive guide to ICOs across the globe. You get the latest live token sale and ICO updates. The platform also supports you to launch your own ICOs, You can also read the latest articles and blogs on the website.

Some tokens cost even not less than a couple of cents. However, their price is not the indicator of a good ICO. Naturally, many good projects exist. The people that invest in them, later make big money.

Yes, All ICOs are not scammed! Even I think many ICO has enough potential to be a successful ICO project! Some ICOs can't raise enough fund because of the bear market. That's mean, The Number of scam ICOs are decreasing incredibly but at the first of this year, we saw it's opposite! ICO is one of the best parts of the cryptocurrency, and this field is very profitable too! That's why after many scams ICO incidents, Investors are still looking for a good ICO to invest.

And your points were good, but these points are not only measured to find a good ICO! A good whitepaper, Active community, Good Rating, the Positive review needs to check before investing!

research is indispensable. from all points of view and different this would be needed for the assessment of an ICO. the scam is not easy to guess what else if only silent without any precaution to it. therefore deepen the study of crypto for the purpose of research or analysis will be greatly needed.

It's right. Not all projects are scammers. Among many projects there is a truly worthy project with a working product, a future, excellent team. But today it is a big rarity.

For now, maybe the ICO scam project has decreased. But surely there is always an ICO scam project, it must always be there. So all investors are always careful to invest because it is very dangerous and detrimental to your own if you are not aware of the ICO scam.

Ya i agree not all ICO are scams i am speaking from the fact of my wallets i do have coins that is valuable from ICO but a big amount of them also from ICO but is almost of no value.