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i'm newbie just know cryptocurrency, i have a little money and i really want to income ICO. But a newbie like me will not discern which is a good project. so i hope old member who have experience this will share for me How to know a good project?

You must check info of ICO so serious. You can use many tools to check it.
Any investment always under risks.
P.S: Sorry for my bad English. I'm still work hard to improve my english

you must look into a lot of aspects but the main ones are

1) team (real or not, investigate)
2) whitepaper
3) product (finished or not)
4) use case for product
5) cap and token sale details

I am sure there are few more but those are most important

Thanks for respond. But i want to know
1) team (real or not, investigate) how to know real or not
2) whitepaper
3) product (finished or not)
4) use case for product
5) cap and token sale details

You can first look at ICO websites:
http://icorating.com/
https://tokenmarket.net/blockchain/all-assets
https://picoloresearch.com/upcoming

It will help you at first spets to understand what is going in ICO!

Thank you for this information. I found them very useful.

 thanks so much this is useful with me :)

you must check first the white paper and their road map ! search for some important facts with the ICO
the crowdsale is one of the point that you can assure of strong ICO and the  development they are doing for the project! you can also see thhe crowdsale and available tokens to be release ! one more important  iin the campaign is their campaignn manager the higher the rank the less risk and you should chect the trust record of it !

If you want to spot a good project then you need to do some research about the coin for the possible reviews of other people and also try to read the description of the project to know what kind of project they are trying to make and if they are worth it to invest for your money and also read the description of the people or the team to know their background information to tell if they are a worth to invest our money or not.

this is answer , you need research it from information like this   
and i think dev team is most important .

you think dev team is most important so how can you check dev team is real? A project with dev team is celebrity then of course this is good project but how to know they are actually joining this project or not?

Look as to what real world value this coin will have. Is it easily adoptable? Is it marketable? Which exchanges will it be listed on? The team. The price/sentiment of Eth at the time of purchase. 

Look for legitemacy and backgrounds to prevent some scams like looking the background of the manager search for more infos and speculae

There's always a risk when involving in projects even project holders are in risk in case it don't success.
Dig deep about the persons on the back of the project, lastest jobs of developers, money and time invested all this to start from something. If you see something sketchy around you rather not to invest, but if you are into speculating on projects some risk's should be taken.

Look for proofs and legitimacy and backgrounds like looking at the profile of the campain or bouhty manager specullate check for recents and its better to consult sime high ranks to gather some infos to avoid being scammed

I think there's only looking at the prior work of those involved. See what's on the table, and try and figure out whether it can work. It still feels a bit like gambling to me.

It's all about the team... even a good project with good tech can fail if it doesn't have the right people around it.

 A few things stick out to me:

- Functionality. Does the project serve a purpose that hasn't already been filled by some other coin? Usually coins that do something different other than just copy/pasta another coin will be more successful.

- Team members. Are they active on the forums and quick to assist members? Do they share their own social media links? No social links means it could be a potential scam and they're just trying to stay anonymous.

- Product roadmap. Do they have plans for the future or are they just winging it? You never want to invest in something that doesn't have a clear plan for future development and additional features/upkeep.

- Market implementation. Do team members of the coin/ico have agreements in place to be listed on popular exchanges (This one is big)? Good marketing strategy is important. Are they able to get their point across even to users with no previous crypto experience? Do the have plans for multiple language translations (Really important for expanding mass market potential)

here every ICO have implementation plan for run project you follow to get indicator success

If it has a good ICO and a good price already raised so that means it can hit it's max cap easily if they are already in a big amount just in the Pre-ICO. and if there are many people joining campaigns. especially when legendary joins.

You should read their white paper. If you see that it's just copy paste from other projects, then you should be cautious on joining orinvesting on that project. You should be research deeper because not every details and informations they give are true. Like pictures. Sometimes they use other pictures which are not them just to present to people. So check that also. Every good project have reputable developers. You should check them. They must present a roadmap. Soem scam ICOs are not presenting any roadmap. So beware of that.

ICOs is more risky. So better have a deeper research about the project to avoid losses. ICOs these days are just popping out of nowhere. Some are just so hype but you can't see the uses or value of that project. Now that China ban ICOs only few ICOs i think can make the project successful. Some ICOs will give huge profit from the start but it's being dump later on. That happen too often.

thanks to those who share their experience! for beginners this is important

To find a good project you need to have a look to dev team history and understand the project goals and the roadmap.

Thanks for all the previous replies, trying to learn the methods as well, good points!

Maybe also check any blogs/forums where the project is discussed or any project specific twitters etc. From these sources you can see how much people are talking about the project and what people are thinking about it.

Is Satoshi Nakamoto still active as Dev?  ::) ;D

There are many websites rating new ico's:
http://www.icorating.com/
http://www.icocountdown.com/
https://www.smithandcrown.com/

I usually watch videos on youtube pertaining to the coin that I'm interested in , one of the most informative channels is called, DataDash and Crypt0. You could also read the white paper, but I find that the actual use of the coin is more important. For example, EOS is developed by the creator of Steemit and Golem is a coin that's backed up by a very strong team of devs that are building a decentralized way for everyone to make money from their unused computer power.

Find the best method that will help you not only understand the coin but the company's vision so that you can make the right decision. Again, I personally watch youtube videos by the most trusted tech-minded people in the industry to help me understand all this new tech that's always changing in the crypto-world.

The first step, in my opinion, to qualify a project is:

- Understanding the Blockchain, its peculiarities, its advantages on the fingertips
- Understanding technical constraints
- Understand Ether, Bancor (Smart Contract, Smart Token)
- Read the White Paper
- Watch the team Qualified? Nationality? Past? ... )
- Watch the Roadmap

Have Balls :D

There only one phrase "research" nothing else. Need to being educated, it's not fair just started. You guys invest exactly what can afford to lose. ICO so risky, get knowledge the overall project to deal it.

It is easy if you see their bounty is well made and no negative comments and has a very great ico.

i would say use case is overlooked way too much these days,
sure short term profits can  be made from trading coins without a future but the real money is made from those with long term potential.

The key to  knowing a good project imo is that it has a great dev team with a good track record of doing alutruistic work. This means they are trying to build for the future.

many times its simply a judgment call , most coins coining out now are very high risk

I added bro. if I am looking for a project, I often see from the project manager. such as Sylon for example, the project he brought good and benefit. besides that also often followed by many senior.

I dont suggest a newbie to join ICO, because it is really hard to see a coin is a good project or no, usually people searching for the team developer, the whitepaper and the official site, see how serious the marketing team, but all of them can be made up, so there is still possibility that you can get scammed even after you research all of that properly

If you are a beginner and you want to make big profits from bitcoins right away, you need to invest some money. At your place money would be spent on a good project and the right man who would introduce you to the world of bitcoins.

Pay attention to the PlusCoin project. There is a ready-to-use platform, an application - everything functions properly. The idea was successfully accomplished and it is developing, judging by increasing of partners  number of the project and the audience. Moreover, the plans on the future on introduction of new (cool, by the way) functions and opportunities are also stated. I think that it is very perspective.
Official site: https://pluscoin.io/
ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2067375.60
Bounty: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2166783.20

What project do you mean ? Is it Bounty ? Is it Campaign ? Is it Signature Campaign or Social Media Campaign ?
There are so many project in this forum. If you want to join Signature Campaign, you must see the guides and you will know which one is active and paying. But, not all campaign is written there.. sometimes you can see people with the signature but you never see thread.

Not all ICO or project that promoted by campaign is legit and trusted. Some may be scam one day.

to know how good is the project is to check their support and website .

I think the following factors determine the quality of a good project:
Availability of coins
Adoptability of coins
Status and quality of the persons behind the project
Possible uses of coins
Type of exchange to be used etc

In addition to these, lot of factors to be considered while determining a good project.

Good afternoon!

3 Key Elements of a Successful Project: reliability (financial part), security (technical part), innovative technologies.

I'd like to share a really good project with you - Nousplatform. Their Bounty Campaign has just started. It has nice terms, clear tasks, user-friendly report forms and a transparent points system. Everything is very easy!
If you have at least 200 followers in your social networks, you may begin to complete tasks today.

NOUS is the platform for decentralized investment funds on blockchain, which will remove the boundaries between funds and investors. The project was named as the best project of Cryptomind ICO-auction and keeps running at full speed.

More information about the project: https://nousplatform.com/ico
Join us at Telegram: https://t.me/Bounty_Nousplatform
Join us on Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2236656

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You should do some investigations before investing  :P
 First, the team, team members are the key, visit their profiles and try to find if they really exist or just unreal profiles.
Second, read the whitepaper and try to judge by your self if the project will succeed and have an opportunity to survive.
Many other ways may help you choose the good project, even the official website can help you if it's professionally created or just using a free script...
Follow your intuition.

To add to this:

6) Does the project require a blockchain or is just a money grab
7) Is the project unique or is just another clone of something already out
8)

As for as profit if you only want to make 10-20% if you get in early you can dump as soon as they hit an exchange.
If you want to make 10x roi you may need to wait 1 year.

You can also just wait for it get on an exchange and wait for it's price to drop, the price always drops,  and get it at a discount.

FYI
Full disclosure I am the CTO of the BlockRx.com project. ICO live now.

There are other strategies too. For example looking for really good project that hasn't had much marketing. Or picking up a coin that was heavily sold off due to people dumping but has a bright future ahead.

There are different ways to know a good project-

First you have to read the thread carefully
2nd you have to read the white paper where you can get details about the project
3rd Who are joining the the project, if big member of forum join it may good
4th what is the company condation
5th you can take help from your nearest friend who is old at forum

I'm also not sure on how to know if a project is good. But i guess giving a tip wont hurt. I'm also a newbie though.

I'm currently doing a campaign and it is for electroneum. Electroneum has good reviews, it has a website and white paper. Most of the things inside the White Paper are legitimate content. The founder of electroneum is personally inside the white paper. There are no reports that electroneum is a scam. They are also doing a lot of social media campaigns which is a hard thing to do if it is a scam. So i guess these are some points to give attention to if you want to know if a project is good.

watch team whitepaper and check website is very easy with that steps and also check grammar

what is "team whitepaper" and what exactly should we "check" on the website? And about grammar - I hope you'll use grammar checking software on your web site :D

1. It has to be not hight level of competition or it doesnt have competitors.
2. It is predicted that this project will take a big segment in the market.
3. This idea is unic and it is a good blockchain usage.
4.It will solve an actual market problem.
5. The white paper is completely described.

Check ICO, there are lots of ways to do it or just learn abouut it on similar post on this forum, i found some texts about it just sitting there and reading.

don't trust other people about ICO's.. asking anywhere is kinda a bad idea, because it's likely that you'll get approached by a scammer and easily fall prey to him. Try to use your own brain, look at the website, look at the team who is developing the project, read the whitepaper. Do these things make sense? Is there something mentioned that sounds kinda off? Most of the ICO's have social media's (twitter, telegram etc.) where you can the developers personal questions, try looking for these.

You could see who their teams are and check their whitepapers to predict whether those project will be a success or not...
ofcourse you'll need some experience to do that...
So, I think you might wanna take a look for a while and see how ICO works and their future, before you start investing ~

One good piece of advice is to learn as much as you can about the limitations of blockchain technology. Many projects gloss over the specifics about how they'll use blockchain technology to build a better business than they could otherwise have built with more traditional technologies. If you can effectively determine whether or not a specific use case actually needs a blockchain, you'll be better off than most.

The example is excellent

To know if a project is good, you must research everything about it. You can also ask for opinion, experiences and comments here in the forum. That way you can be sure to invest your time and hard work. That's what I think.

It think this answer good. But I can advise to pay attention to the financing scheme. The money goes directly to the creators of ico or the funding comes gradually, as the fulfillment of the conditions of the contract.

For newbie it is not recommended to go directly into the ICO offering. It is better to get used to the crypto world first. Let is grow on you. Understand how crypto world works. If you have basic understanding of blockchain then try to read more about crypto currencies with different purpose. Like bitcoin is a crypto currency however ripple is not. Some are just tokens. Understand their purpose, what purpose they serve to. Read the whitepapers from the developers.
Check the team behind a coin or token. Check their reputation. With whatever amount of money you have, invest them in bitcoin. Bitcoin is global currency in crypto world. Everybody like to have a trade in bitcoins.

wow, I hope it'll help me) thnx

Check ou the team members and see if the project actually serves a purpose in a better way than other things out currently

you have to read a lot, to understand what the project is about, it's not easy but definitely possible. First of all, make sure the project has a well done web-site, that it's functional and serves it's purpose. Many of times people disregard that, but they have to understand that if the team can't even get the website right, how are they going to get an entire project right?! Second, have a look at the idea and read the whitepaper, what problems does it solves and is there an "open space" for such a solution in the market? What about the competitors, is anyone offering something similar or is it an innovative product? What could be it's impact, ask yourself such questions to determine if there is any underlying value behind the project. And lastly, make sure to check out the team. What have they been up to? Is their education related to their endeavors and do they have the skills to execute their idea? After answering these things you'll have a better idea about the project.

I think is difficult to know the good project almoste time he lie about the team and white paper

I'm newbie, explain me please what do you mean - Adoptability of coins?

Just pick a project that is managed by a trusted member of this forum. He has green numbers on his profile. You can never go wrong if you choose those.

Of course there are a lot of subtleties, but how and everywhere to check how many people are involved in the project, whether they have white paper and a real goal with a real product in the end, and then make a decision. But there is always a risk.

In my opinion, the project is not so important at the beginning. There is a good, efficient and fast machine, but if you're going to take it seriously I have a good contact with a friend who is doing great projects. I will contact you and I will let you know!

Read everything on their announcement and look for reputable managers who run their ICO. Trusted campaign managers never accept scam ICOs so it's a great help for looking a good project.

We can know about good project by its developers team and white paper and there ICO and currency name also affect
The currency value .. I am a newbie so I learnt nearly these things about successful currency..

To know a good project, you need to get comments or surveys regarding that projects credibility and the people behind it as well. You also need to know there were people who were successful on that project. Otherwise, it will be too risky.

It is a hit and miss thing. Nobody can discern which project is good and which is bad. These people are a bunch of beggars. They are begging for Bitshares, Counterparty, or even Nxt and Ether. So would you trust a bunch of beggars or will you give them the benefit of the doubt.

i have learned alot on this sites and looking forward to learn more. thanks alot.

Here the question is only about how to find a good project,or you can throw projects that already make money?

1.  Clear and concise white paper
2.  Road map is not present
3.  Great English skills and no typos
4.  Linkedin Bios to the team
5.  When they use terms like, "No one else is doing this", "Best product ever", "Buy Now", or any other call to action words in their white paper
6.  Not properly identifying their competitive landscape
7.  Broken links on their website
8.  No mention of Allocation of Funds
9.  How many coins are they minting
10.  Do they have any knowledge on Blockchain

Anything which doesn't provide a clear and concise white paper then don't even waste your time with.

and what if team behind the project actually consists of one clever intelligent guy who runs everything and still copes with the work...
and he succeeds

hope you've met somebody who persuaded you to buy some btc :)

i'm one of the newbie.we need to understand what the project is about and is not easy but definitely possible.then we need to read a lot.and we need to know there were people who were successful on that project.

Yes as mentioned above, do your due diligence by validating the team, whitepaper, etc..

But I would think that the most important thing is the Concept! Is it something innovative and unique that brings NEW value to the crypto economy and the world?

There are lots and lots of ICOs doing pretty much the same things that have been done before.

It is inevitable that many of these fall away no matter how good the team and the technical aspect of the project is.

Satoshi started Bitcoin by himself and look where its gone. Its the innovation and vision that really matters.

All the best.

It takes a great deal of research to investigate a good project. If you will part away with your money,it depends on whom you are given to. The team of the project are the people you are entrusting your hard earned cash with. That is the first things I check. A good project has the team displaying their members profile on LinkedIn. After I visit there,I can look at what they have done in the past and conclude if they can do something great with my money in the future.

There are other strategies too. For example looking for really good project that hasn't had much marketing. Or picking up a coin that was heavily sold off due to people dumping but has a bright future ahead.

You shoud read carefully Whitepaper of the project.
And try to find as much as possible information about the team.

Read carefully Whitepaper and try to gather as much information as possible about this project, it's investors, advisors.

It's about team, whitepaper, purpose of project, details of distribution... and etc...

You should look for the following issues and then you give your thought ico that good or bad:
+ dev: is the main component of ico they have a good team, ico is also good
+ communication network: any good ico is good communication: facebook, tiwtter, reddit, bitcointalk you can find out on all social networks what the article about ico.
+ price: if the price is too high then I think you should not invest.
+ roadmap: If ico goes as planned, it is very likely that ico will succeed.

Yes these sites are very useful to know about the ICO etc... Thanks for sharing these sites..

Im also a newbie but i also check the full information regarding this ICO like their teams if this real or fake, especially the developer, the total supply, roadmap, Whitepaper and but the important think is to check if this project has a good concept, has a potential for the longterm goal project

The design is more advanced mechanics. At the beginning of every beginner I would focus on the machine rather than on the project. If you have done so much to the project, look for something on Youtub, there is a lot of interesting information.

You must check info of ICO Any investment has its own risk you must evaluate. Read whitepaper read the team history read review.

read read read..

Thanks for all the posts. Im crunching my brains with all new info, but it is fantastic for this newbie!

I have read a few whitepapers and research upcoming ICOs and there is one who really caught my attention. Most of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have nothing behind them but Propthereum.io are an asset back cryptocurrency with potentially great coin appreciation. Definitely one you should check out for!

Your suggestion make sense. But where can one research? Here in BitcoinTalk or Cointelegraph?

I follow ICO is not profitable, I follow ICO using my savings but the market price is far from ICO price, so I think better buy in market than to join ICO.

It takes a bit of research. If the application is "cheap" and seems to be done on a speed, it already indicates that it is not a project in the long run. There must be more designers, programmers in the team. An important "white paper" is where the plans for the future are presented, etc. etc.

First of all look whitepaper of project and roadmap also. Experiences of developers team is also important. You can follow some ico rating website, they make an assessment for every ico, they give an average point .

Firstly, I always see who open that threat, official new-account or manage by old-account bounty manager, or fresh newbie account using un-related name or not represents the brand of the project. Then I look at their content, how detail and compact the information they give. Is there any weird thing. I usually observe first about 1-2 days before deciding to fill up the form. And be careful before fill the form. Now, I always consider if they show the spreadsheet publicly.

try this site for ico listing
https://www.smithandcrown.com/icos/

Best is first option, cause making a project with marketing is better than doing a unknow one, it is easiest and more certain.

I have been heard of People come up with good ICOs from looking at the caps and token sales.

How to analyse through them?

What are the facts we need to concern to find a good Project?

i am still a newbie  in cryptocurrency. this information is very useful for me. so I have to be attention these four things. it is :
team, whitepaper, product, token of the details.
before  it I never be attention the information like this if  i participate a campaign ..
thank you for sharing your information friend.  :)

More learning, more research, innovation, teamwork, excellent

Check how fast a project is building up. Team, telegram chat, bitcointalk chat, are they transparent. Check the linkedin profiles of the team. Are they real. Do they have a registered company?

Like Trade Token (https://trade.io) accepts and fiat currency, meaning is regulated which means is real.

You need to answer firstly what field you want to invest in. Once you decide that, then spot the ICO that is working on a project in that field. Then start researching the different types of ICO's you have found. You can do this by browsing this ICO's website if it has one - it should have one if its a serious ICO.
Then check the white paper and definitely check the roadmap and see what the mission and vision of the ICO is. I believe that a good ICO needs to have a good team, to make sure the ICO will be successful. Once this is done, you need to make sure of the caps and token sale details.
This is how you know if an ICO is good!

When you visit the website, check the profile or linkedn tab and do a profile check on each team member, check their past and make sure there not Joe Blogs from planet Mars. They need to fit the description and be who they say they are!

Its been always a mystery to us, newbie on how can we really know if a certain project is good? Ive always been confused wether should I buy a coin of this project and hodl it ir not.?

There comes a time when a good project should be connected with the real sector; we want this, or not. Only by tying together "different worlds" can you protect yourself from bad investment.
Just imagine that you can be a shareholder of the company on the other hemisphere and receive dividends simultaneously in crypto and cash?))

for me personally the criteria of a good project or should i say a successful one is the people who are backing this project, the idea it is caring the dev team and their portfolio and background, and there also a marketing criteria that the project holds like the market-cap the supply etc....

I am also new in this business but we can know a good project from the information in this fourm and if the project was followed by many people and many good comments about the coin

if I get recommendations and information from my friends who are senior in this business to know and choose a good project to have altcoin

Research is the key here. Just like any investment knowing the business, the industry and where they are going is vital. Here are a few things i look for in an ICO

- Strong team - Both in development team and also the CEO's / marketing (no point having a great team to create something, if nobody can advertsie it and push the startup in the right direction.
- Realistic vision - not aiming too high or if they do not reach their target everyone who invested will be disappointed
- Solid whitepaper - Well thought out, shows realistic goals, a strong good vision and a plan of action
- Strong social media presence - A social media that shows they are connected with everyone
- Good customer support - Shows they care, and they have invested time and money into making sure the average investor can ask questions
- Good website - A business who is willing to throw time and effort into a good website are less likely to be a scam
- finite supply - ICO's with no cap can be dangerous and can simply just damage their own coin by releasing more for more investment.
-Market they are getting involved with - Is this a new market? or a dying one? who controls the market?

Also here is an interesting article comparing ICO's with a working product vs a vision.

https://medium.com/@crowdholding/mvps-pocs-and-ideas-which-icos-should-i-better-invest-in-and-which-will-let-me-down-369bf1ffae2

Hope this helps and happy investing!

Hi) Some guys from Ukrain are going to stert interesting project called Bank of Memory) and they have such interesting idea) if u interesting u can read something about it here bmcoin.io

The team behind a particular project speaks volume and also a good project should have working product and huge market base.

Before investing into any ICO, even when you find the project very attractive, make your own investigation. Browse information about the project team, check how long they use their pages in social nets, consider the whitepaper of the ICO and even the site design.
I also like when there are information that founders present themselves at conferences.

To understand if a project has quality or not first thing I check is the team. I’m trying to search the team , their websites etc to see how trustworthy they are .then i check their  references. That way you can learn how professional the project is and how strong grounded it is. Rest is luck :)

Invest some of your coins into spectre.ai . This project has a very solid and knowledgable team back it. It uses the ethereum smart contract to fully decentralize the platform and solve a real world problem tbat is affecting millions of people around the world in the trading industry 
Please take your time and research this project, pre sale round is done. Raised close to 7million without any big whales, vc and big groups involved. This refused over $6 million  from investment groups or whales wanting special bonuses.. main sale starting on the 17. Join our telegram and register for main sale.

What i do to check whether the project is good or not is:-
1. I search all information  regarding the whole project on its website.
2. Then i search for its team members, whether they have that potential to make that project success.
3. Then i search that whether the people are taking interest in it or not.
4. Its popularity.

I believe now it's a perfect time to invest in good ICOs.. what does it mean? A competent development team is the most important point. You should know very good who is behind the project, their past projects... people are the key point of successful ICO.

There are certain things an a factors which you should consider to judge a project.
1. IDEA -this is the most important factor to consider. Always look for projects with unique ideas as these projects have higher chances to grow with a very fast rate.
2. TEAM - a strong development team aids in faster growth of the project.
3. Popularity - popular projects have more support and popular projects are way more stable in the long run.

That's a good question. If you wanna find a nice ICO to invest. It is not too hard. Reading whitepaper, focusing on the target of project, researching about devs, those are works you have to do.

a good project will certainly be followed by many participants as they surely consider the project to be profitable in the future

You can decide by analyzing and researching. Also, make sure you analyze people on this forum, who follows the project. And read their posts to decide whether they are knowledgeable  or not. In short, analyze!

Best and deciding factor should be the team, the people behind the project ... that is what you should look at first.

If the team is serious and they have good skills like these ones https://goo.gl/3eTiAK

I would always thoroughly read through their white paper and website. If they do not have either of these items I would not consider them serious and not invest.

Focusing on Ideas, Method, and Team. You will find out what the good project is. By the way, Bitclave is a nice project I want to introduce to you.

to find out whether or not a project is good, do some research on the project first.
do research on the concept of the project (usually seen on the whitepaper), be careful about the development team (look for the track record, see the solidity and performance), and see also the community.

^^ what he said. A good ico to look into would be the bee token. They are taking a working model (Airbnb) and perfecting it with blockchain tech. The best part? Zero commission. I hate using airbnb because of those fees. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59e52b47e4b04e9111a3e442

Dear, i like to suggest you some of ICOs in November. such as #Spectre.io #Utrust  #Rocket #Rootproject #Playkey. etc
First you check project details then join.
As a newcomer you can research the bitcointalk.org
Bitcointalk is a big forum about ICO CryptoCurrency. You can find all interesting and other ICO campaign from bitcointalk forum.

You need to do some research on their project and other people's reviews and also try to read the project description to find out what kind of project they want to make and whether it is good to invest your money and also read the description of the person or team to find out their background information. want to see a good project

in my opinion how to know good project
 you want to see a good project, you need to research the coins for possible reviews of others and also try to read the project description to find out what kind of project they want to create.
whether it's worth investing your money and reading people or team descriptions to find out their background information to see if they're worth investing our money or not.u were reading a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.

You need to make background check if that project. The company it is reliable, the coin if it posted in a legit exchange mayb,  campaign description if is clearly stated there about there project and also I think there campaign manage might affect the campaign because of the manager sometimes.

HOW TO KNOW A GOOD PROJECT YES WITH SEE HOW MUCH INCOME IN ICO IF IN GREAT THAT SPEAK THAT CAN TELL THE GOOD PROJECT

For our Rating System (http://iconow.net) we are using simple 5-point scale.
No SCAM rate - shows the level of trust in the project team.
Marketing rate - this rate shows the level of marketing activities (very important indicator).
Tech rate - the level of technical team (software developers).
Business rate - shows how is business model applicated to realities and how it is worked out.

For now rating is a private information, but we will publish all ratings soon.

they are many good ICO you can earn money. I have experience when i earn money in my first ICO it was successfully in there project. even I haven't experience again a successful ICO we will do our best and share the good projects .

If you are new around here, i have one important experience to share with you from inside. Things are not as good as they look from outside. Some ICO stories end very badly, while most of them are sold a lot lower than its original ico price. Speculations are everything in this market.

Just know the project that you want to finish first, and start with step by step. To understand it.

to see if the project is good you can learn:
1. Learn the roadmap of their project
2. The most important thing in the campaign is the campaign manager the higher the risks and you have to give trust
3. ICO crowdsale is one of the points that you can convince the powerful ICO and the development they are doing for the project

They become good investors behind a good project
This is the easiest way of understanding
Then look at the reality of the project

For me it is really hard to know a good project.Thereare some which are good at first and will leave you hanging.Just try to read about the project.Read also about the managers if they have red trust also.

My advice is identifying their roadmap or whitepapers. If that is not copy paste to other projects. Also, you can consider the team behind the project because it can help to identify if the project is legit.

we can identify a good ico project when we search information about that project o website, through their whitepaper, their token and roadmap, morover, can it be used by people in real life, finally how good the interact between developers and investors, but everything has risk, we can not avoid that but we can only minimize those risks.

There are several factors to find them. Media support, partnerships, the team, the linkedin profiles, whitepaper, social media accounts. Also their work should be large scale applicable, I mean their project.

The rest is not hard for a project to rock the crypto world!

We know a good project to deep study of project.
Internet a medium to know the project.projects information knows through website, token, roadmap etc.

ICO's are not for noobs! Simple as that.
It's hard enough (although doable) for a noob to research an established coin.
Here's a good read about some of the bs that is going on with ICO's (scroll down to "Summary of the Current Bitcoin Market" https://blog.skycoin.net/statement/state-of-the-crypto-market-development-updates/

I think the team behind the project have the greatest role to let us know if it is having the potential to success or not. Also the whitepaper and the roadmap are very importants in every project. The failing projects have usually fake teams and unclear whitepapers, roadmaps.

All right. Only the analysis of the project will make it understandable to understand its profitability.

To check any project you should make its full audit of site, whitepaper, team, jurisdiction, community, technology and so on.

Just read their white paper and i think that is enough to say that you are going to be able to find out what is a good ico project with that strategy. Everything needs to be studied and clarified first and you can't just find a good project instantly because you need to learn it on a deeper way.

a good project can be known by looking at the concept of the project to be followed, because the concept usually includes some important things related to the success of the project. reading the website and whitepaper is also an option to specify a project.

Just have a look into the company profile first and then have a look on the market value of that particular company. Before investing in any company have a look on the price of the coin if increasing or not and if increasing then check the increment at what rate it is increasing.

I see how he is connected with some famous sponsors and media such as Forbes and Yahoo.
the method is simple, or you just see white paper and read some people involved there.
there is a linkedin link and you can see a trusted person is there.

you are right, its difficult to know where is a good project because we need to read one by one of every ico project and we need to research every of them. once we make wrong mistake and we invest our money, then we can not take it back directly but we need to wait until the ico project is finished and meanwhile we can only hope that the ico project will be successful. but actually we can prevent from getting scam by the project by doing many things to know about the project so we can have more info about them.

This is interesting thread to learn how to improve "sniffing skill" of a good project.
I usually start from their roadmap and the team. At least their roadmap represents their plan in detail and what they do.

Since you are asking us what to invest in, you have to research what the coin does before you make a purchase because 75% of the time you will be in a negative balance if you don't.

Maybe I'll give some advice here. The easiest way to know a good ICO or not, is in the following way.

- First we must see the website and its application. We should know that they should look convincing.
- We also see their developers. For people who know well-known and reputable developers, you'll find them trusting and happy.
- See testimonials or other people's comments about their products. If you have a lot of profits, you will surely believe.
- Look at how long the ICO was standing. If it's still a while, chances are you'll hesitate. But if it's been long standing, you'll definitely believe it.

And also, always do research on their coin so we know that their coin price can go up and succeed.

Look out for these 3 things

1. The team
2. Then concept( problem solving?)
3.  The roadmap

There are a lot of ways for us to know if it is a good project. I am also a newbie but I'm starting to gain a lot of knowledge on this business. As a bounty hunter, I always read the details about the bounty and not only that I also read the details on how the project will work and I also consider the team who develops it.

For me I must look first on what project did the team work with and the impact of that project and it's used! then the people behind the project and their background, whitepaper, roadmap and their website.

I also looked at their pre-sale if is good and got their minimum cap.

I think the ways to check to know the project is good or not is look into their whitepaper. Usally you can find their team member, roadmap, information about token sale there. Choose project have famous team member, and make sure those people confirm there work with that project. Choose the project have good roadmap, times release their product. Finally choose the project rise good amount of money, they do not need to rise too much money, 3-5 million USD is good for any project sale token, 5-15 million USD is good for blockchain project.

For me before i joined in some project i'll make sure that i know there goals and aims, and have knowledge about their project. Also when you joining check there background and their member.

as developer has with the proven on record with the delivery of service as might investors to gains on extracts of decision with the chance as displacing unit of investment and moderating returns on extent with the examination to helps as rising use of limit with the level of expectation.

Thanks bro this is very useful for me.

MVP
here is the ICO from Crwodholding (https://ico.crowdholding.com/), actually with a working product. You can earn tokens by answering questions on various tasks as well.
I think this ICo is a great one. The product allows you already to earn, you can test it out through their platform (https://www.crowdholding.com/newsfeed), and the evaluate the possibilities of the concept Crowdholding claims and invest in.

of course as other said, researching for these following points is a must :
. The team, who's behind it.
. What they do (whitepaper, roadmap, plans, etc)

And because you asking about putting your money to be invested, the most important-forgotten thing is about its business.
How the way they make a business "packaging" from the concept they bring. I just learn about this, and I see some ICO bring a brand new technology, new concept, but it's become useless when they fail to make it as a business. How can people buy their token if it's not prospective.

Deciding on the price of a project is not that easy to do because any large amount of coins can get dumped by the developer as well.

This is a great help dude save me a lot thanks.

I think you need to know in detail about these things:
1) Whitepaper
2) Project Team
3) Product
4) Website design
Explore competitors and compare products, read what is written about this project, pay attention to the FAQ.

Thank you for this. It really helps me a lot to understand what is really need to understand.

yeah I agree mainly about the team, this is very influential, if the team has a poor track record, this is very dubious. especially if his team just take the name alone without being noticed by the person (the person does not know menahu), this is very very doubtful and dangerous.

Thabk you for this. It help me a lot.

A good project has a good ICO and a good price already raised so that means it can hit it's max cap easily if they are already in a big amount just in the Pre-ICO. and if there are many people joining campaigns. especially when legendary joins. Dont join a project that is asking for your private key coz they will just hack your account. That's what i know from a good project. :)

I do not have much experience of choosing a good ico project, but I know many investors care much about the dev team and the total supply, an experienced and active dev team is very important, also not too high hard cap means the dev team are not greedy.

You will know if an ICO has a Good project when it reaches it's max cap too early and easily before the date they assumed to finished. Also read their whitepaper. And as you can see a good ICO project has already a high value in markets but not that to high, unlike those who are not finish in their ICO stage. And Better know who and what are the backgrounds of the developers of the project.

how you can know a good project in which a manager will know you're doing something good, and you are well written and especially in the programs, so you should be able to read and read it to see You are good things.

Im also a newbie and I learned some few things when investing in an ICO. As much as possible , I make sure that I have background knowledge on the project they are doing. Im a Civil Engineer and most of the ICO im interested to are related with real state project. Another thing is the credibility of the team behind the project, most ICO are scam and the people they put in the info are not real people. So be sure that the team have already been known as really a ICO people. You just have to read and study all the given info,dont based your interest on how well thier website look like. For a mean time, you can just follow some people who are into ICO since then, they can suggest you what good project are.

check the credentials of every member on the team specified under the ICO.every single details about those person are important to create ico.you can check them over feacebook instagram or even in google itself,from then you can learn more about them if they are reallly qualified in thier respective fields or not

There are many ways for you to find out if the project is good or bad. One of the way is by researching their team members to find out if its legit or not and also look for the projects aims. By doing that, you can know if the project is good or bad.

These websites write ICO rankings for money. The more you pay the better ranking you get. They even give a high rank to shitty scams like Paragon coin ICO.
Do your own research! If you are not ready to spend dozens of hours to investigate the project - you are going to gamble. If you want smart investment - be smart and research!

this is really easy, just investigate which project are better, see everyone opinions and research it is good or not,
you can go ico website for researching.

There is not any fullproof method to say that a project is good or bad.  Actually if the coin get good value then project is said good otherwise it is not good.

Before investing check the following:
Website
Project itself
Whitepaper
Roadmap
Team and how solid they are
Caps and token details

These are the fundamentals of knowing a good project!

The best way is to do your research and watch the market. So many ICOs launch daily and you have to keep your eye out for the good ones. You can find these by looking into the ICO, check out their background, business plan and the people behind the ICO. A great example of this is Propthereum.io, an asset backed cryptocurrency on the blockchain. All proceeds raised from their ICO will be used to purchase A-grade property worldwide. This will generate a rental income and underlying value for the PTC token holder. This means the coin will always increase in value!

Check about their whitepaper and read it. Does it make sense ? Is it good for the future ? If it does it maybe will be worth something in the future. Don't forget to look at their team.

Have they got a good team ? Do they try their best ?

ususally on the conferensies you can duscuss about the top of ICO, sturt ups and other..
I think that it's not for everyone but I heard https://blockshowasia.com/ conference will be about it

Beside the usual whitepaper, website.....etc.
Is the project Open-source,GitHub activity? is the project feasible or only hype words?  

Check their social media, check for fake likes ,followers, comments and where the followers are from. Join their slack,telegram or whatever they are using.
And check ratios.

For example Paragon got over 100k followers and likes on facebook, but when you check their twitter(2k followers) and reddit(223 subs).
Well you can deduce for yourself, there is clearly something wrong with that ratio.
There exist many paid services that can do in-depth analysis, but you have to pay for them.

Check the team exist first of all and can be verified.
Check the project is doable and preferebly already done.
Check if they have use case ready and partneship going.

New ICOs are like pigs in pokes. You couldn’t be sure about the profits of them. Some ICOs like Tezos are looking like fraud, some more successful. Find some ICOs which works during half a year at least. Invest in it. It will be most reasonable way to begin.

If anyone really want to know a good project, firstly he or she will need to know about the project and this project's ICO websites. Secondly, he or she need to know about the project's details carefully such that whitepaper. Roadmap is a very important point, so it should be needed to know.I think lastly he or she seriously and carefully need to know about the bounty and signature and social media campaign. After knowing all these things, then anyone can able to know a good project. 

This is true which i dont really trust up some review or ranking sites because if you do have the money you can really manipulate the ranks and we do all know sites would really put you in the list as long the developer or owner do have the money to put on just to show to public that a certain project do have a good ranking which people do easily invest because they do see that it is on top but the truth is they are just being decieved. The solid thing you should see is the actual number of people in the community who do support such coin or project and not just being hyped up. Better to avoid those things.

Investing always has risks but mistakes can be avoided through discerning the project you aim to join. You needed to consider couple of things before jumping into conclusion of investing. Needed to consider the following:

*  The whole project: what is their vission? Is it executable?
*  Team behind: are they well experienced or if new, are they trustworty, know how in blockchain business?
*  The product or service they are offering: does it hold a potential market? Will investors go for it?
* Platform, system, startegies: arecthere tools to be used as support? Are they doing campaigns and funded marketing promotiona? Do they have a contingency plans?

To know a good project you have to follow their social media and look out for the team behind it.

you can see their white paper first, and then see ann and their website. learn their project first, how many targets they want to achieve. then see how their team works. whether they are always updating about their project and they must be transparent to notify the progress of the project.

that is where some are being trapped to join on such a fake project it is not easy to know what are the best projects are but you can do that just make study dont rush to join unless you convince your self that this maybe a good project yes its easy to decide but always think for the concenquences that you can take if you going to rush. and yet agree on it for the community the volume of people that are inside and trusting on that project can help you too.

its good news, nice sharing link, thanks you friend. its very useful for me, I often using tokenmarket and ICOrating, but just known about picoloresearch. thanks very much for your sharing link

really!?!? which website asks pay for a better ICO rank? whether are all three web sites asks pay for better rank of ICO?

The best piece of advice is to find out more about the team and whether they had any other successful projects in the past. This info should add some more confidence to your decision to invest. I'd never invest in a project which looks great but has suspicious team members involved. Even if ico listings and reviews claim this project is the best.

I basically see whether the ICO is product based or not. I see whether the token supply would meet the cap targeted. Then i would have a glance at the team to see whether their past achievements were satisfactory or not. Also, i would see their whitepaper thorougly to know their business model and token sale of ICO and pre ICo details.Finally, i would also have a look at their roadmap to see whether their achievements can be proven or not in the future.

Look for a good  team, good idea, well deviced business plan.

i think by learning their project, reading and trying to understand their whitepaper, ask what we are curious is enough to know that the project is good or not. but this is not guarantee to know the project because i think there is more than that we need to know the project. we need to talk directly with the dev and the team so we know with well what they want, what they offers to customer and what benefits from their project.

If you plan to invest into tokens, please consider TE-FOOD.

There are only a few ICOs, which are based on existing products with fair market share. TE-FOOD is the largest in its category with more than 6000 business customers.

There are even less ICOs which build sustainable business, and at the same time, solve social problems. TE-FOOD can literally save lives by improving food safety in emerging countries.

And from that few, there are just some, which are not focused on getting rich quick, but realizing a decent business plan. TE-FOOD ICO has $16M hard cap, and most of the funds go to market expansion.

TE-FOOD with its working product, and is one of these few.

If you are interested check it out. (https://ico.tefoodint.com)

Many of us are ignorant about the coins. We do not have any idea about all kinds of coins. If you want to work on the project, you have to get ideas about coins, adults should know. If we want to achieve success, then this site should be behind. Altcoins And we need to understand what Bitcoins is, what we need to know. So, it is possible to benefit from a project.

Lisk is a good project ..

Just read read , and follow the news on the web about crypto

I think is necessary to know the dev, team and product itself. For me is important an existing product.

Good ICO first and foremost has product or services. They only came to the market to raise capital to expand there operation or to undertake development of their product. have it in mind that you must invest into product and services.

Its not enough by just looking at the price of bounty that they are going to pay the consumers, We also need to look at the sales on how much they are capable to sell at the pre ico's time and when it is successful, I think that it s the best ico to rely.

As a jr. member I not yet participate in good project still learning I saw this question which you raised given me a good idea about lot of things. Thanks for all who were shared their idea and experiences in this forum.

Take a look at how the project releases its coins and its supply schedule. Stay away from premines. Usually scams.

It seems to me that most ICOs have just entered the market to attract capital (as you wrote), and they are not going to implement the project. Unfortunately. But there are really worthwhile projects, which are few.

There are several gems in this thread. Thanks for sharing everyone!

For me, it all boils down to:

• my understanding of the underlying tech
• my research skills

I'm overly simplifying it, but that's because everything is already so complex and branched out. I found that helps me think more clearly and focus on what I can do to separate great prospects from dirt.

Knowing how to code and having a solid understanding of the blockchain fundamentals is definitely a plus. Also your search skills (learn how to google correctly) are paramount.

Being open-minded but also skeptical at the same time is (in my mind) the key to approaching any new investment opportunity.

Good luck guys!

Can anyone recommend a good due-diligence team? Like established analysts in traditional markets that spend a lot of time digging into the company and get a good insight into its business.

you can check their detail on their platform
1) Website
2) whitepaper
3) Products
4) use case for product
5) Concept
6) Technology
7) cap and token sale details
and i think after this great information you will be able to observe the good project.

Research.You have to research more about the project.You will learn to know better. Then you can invest in any ICO with your own knowledge

If you want to see a good project, then you need to observe through testimony from some people about the project, then look at the program that will be created if the company can exist among the community or even vice versa. because good or bad project depends on the sustainability of the project itself.

Read, read and learn and everything will be clear for you.

I think no trustly project for me
I looking for the new and trustly project but i can't find it

I know there is a old and good project here
Please share your opnions because we need this

To find good project . So check that also. Every good project have reputable developers. You should check team.  They must a roadmap, Whitepaper, product finished, use case for product, cap and token sale details and some scam ICOs are not presenting any roadmap. because ICOs i very risky. so better have a deeper research about project to avoid losses. 

Check the information about the ico whether it is clear or not, and also check whitepaper, product and so forth.

There comes a time when a good project should be connected with the real sector; we want this, or not. Only by tying together "real world" and "crypto world" can you protect yourself from bad investment.

There are many ICOs going on through this month but to me one of the best and potential ICO is AION. The AION TOKEN SALE will raise funds to continue working on bringing the third generation of blockchain technology into our lives. when we shall choose a a good ICO then we have to study on some terms of that Ico, they are: team members, whitepaper, product (finished or not), Roadmap, cap and token sale details etc.

First of all, you need to check projects's GitHub for regular updates, You check team if it is experienced, you check the idea and if has been already implied.

Actually i always say to people the small trick to maintain how to check good ico.
First you have check the idea in whitepaper because its very importat.
Then check the team. Are they real or not?
Then check if they working product or not? If they have that mean they are legit.

Ask inconvenient questions in telegram. For example, is there an real office. Where collected money will go, budget. Look at the team. Ask who was the investor already.

everyone can say the project is good and promising but no one can say that it will really be,what i can suggest, do a further research about it. But if you really wanna know if it is really that good, check their stability like ETH and LTC in the crypto market.

Then you are in the best place as of now, There are different recommendations here in this thread and you can depend on their decisions since you do not have any experience on earning bitcoins or eth coins.

you should have to check if the ICO's are not scam or fake you can see it on there white paper,the cap and token sale details especially on their bounty campaign promotion and the most important thing is you always check if the team is real by reading the project that they created.

It is very difficult to say and decide which one is a good project as you are newbie you can read all the threads as much you can and understand all about not completely but at least you will be getting idea about it which will help you to decide the project.

its a good question.ypu can know a good project by seeing the whiepaper,the future of the product,which problem they solves with that product and finally the sale of the token of that product.

- Strong team ( better if team have good adviser )
- Reasonable hard cap, not greedy.
- Good Idea, whitepaper
- !!No presale bonus, or a little bit!! ( at last time, people who bought on presale with bonus, often dump their coins )
- Social activity
- FOMO after whitelist closed

This is what I look at first of all at this time.

Think twice, before investment.

 A grood project has website their white paper thir roadmap on their projects.developer and thier succesful projects.

Only one way research.

Look into everything such as :-

- Whitepaper
- Team
- Concept
- Social media
- announcement thread

Then instead of investing, take part in their bounty campaigns, learn about them, ask questions there is no need to rush into investing.

the first thing that you should do to check if the ICO is not scam is from knowing whos the persons involving the project,make a background check from every single individual if they are reliable and trustworthy,from that you may have a good sight in every ico

for the moment I do not hear a very good project to invest but many articles say good projects will be released early this year, if you do not mind you better save the money first and start at the beginning of the year.

Good projects comes also with good team, ideas and  application. Doing a lot of research is the best thing and weapon we can use against scam projects. Most of the people who are new to ICO investments are carried away by the too good to be true projects. This is actually my second time in an ICO bounty but it doesn't mean that I am good in choosing a good project because I still need to make an effort to identify every ICO I want to join. Take note that not all promising ICO's are having good projects so be vigilant. Just invest on how much you can afford to lose. In my case I can only afford to lose my time that's why I only spend my time on ICO bounties and choose not to invest my money.