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Today more & more appear ICOs, that lock tokens for a long time. So, you pay money, get or not get tokens, which will go into circulation in 6 or 9 months. What do you think about it? I'm not talking about bounty or airdrops. I'm talking about the purchased token for real money.
Yes, the project may be good, but wait 9 months. Do you think it really worth waiting so long time?

Yes I saw the equivalent at the Friendz ICO, but that is for the first hour only and if you buy with the maximum bonus. Therefore you get every month 1/12 unlocked. Otherwise is it possible to buy tokens without a locked period.

Are there ICOs with a lock time for 100% of the tokens for a long period? Personally I should not choose for ICOs who lock the tokens for a long period.

In a fast moving market like crypto it can pay to check if this is the case. Some crypto's might go X in usd value on exchange launch but the BTC or ETH price stays the same or is lower than the ICO.

Yes , I noticed this trend too . Definitely I don't like it , of course it makes issuer position more comfortable and stable , but as investor I don't like it . Why should I freeze my money for at least the year , without any guarantees of my future profit , while it is possible to invest money in standart organized ICO and earn up to x10 till the end of this year ! so why should we just freeze our money ? I wish I could find the answer ???

It depends on the ICO Project some are worth it, if you think that the said project will have an impact in the future and the project consist of trusted and reputable personnel i think it will be worth it because there's alot of money in the ICO when you buy it at pre-sale and it pumped when the token generation occurs. Just choose wisely on where you will invest.

Most of these offer benefits to long term holders and it's a good strategy to avoid ICO flipping as such. That way they're more likely to attract people with real interest in the project.

It makes sense if tokens for team are frozen. Freezing of a token for buyers can be accepted if there is a refund.  Otherwise it is similar to deception. It is necessary to understand each separate case.

It's weird to buy token and be freezing for 9 months unless you had bought on presales. Anyway, 9 months is the average period of a project to be valued more than 1B$ if it's an ico and a good one (infrastructure mainly)

That's good if they want to tell at the first time before everyone invested in it.
It all depends on the project (concept, team, their progress, etc) you know, not every ICO will success.
If its really good , why not?
But it also depends on yourself, if you dont like to hold long term, dont invest in there, it will bring so much stress to you (i know what it feels like).

I think thats too long to wait, if i become you, just try for ICO that have passed Pre ICO, even the price is a bit expensive, and if the last ICO price still higher and worth to sell at that price, then used it.

Good or Bad isn't depends on how long the previous work but it count by their way to promote and did they make a partner with some good company ?

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Some of them are really worth to wait, when you buy ICO you are expecting a long term investment, you won't get much in short term and most of the time the price will drop in short term, if you found a great ICO then go buy it, when ICO pre sale usually the price is cheap and you got extra bonus, so you can multiply your profit in the future

It's a way for the startups to ensure that early investment into the project doesn't result in a significant dump of currency until it's an established coin. Just a safety mechanism ... Quite often used in venture capitalism outside of the crypto world.

in my opinion a fast-moving market like crypto, it can also pay to check if this is the case. Some cryptoes may use exchange rates at the exchange launch but BTC or ETH prices remain the same or lower than ICO.

I've heard of this. Well my take is, if it's worth it to hold it for that long then why not. It should double your profits in the future.

Its depend to the ico project, it is better to make research to avoid bad ico .

It depends to the project that they invest, if you are good invest more profit you may reseve, and better to choose ico to make worth it.

ICOs have the potential to make us rich. The problem really is the question "can they really make us wealthy in the future?" A few of these ICOs are just fly by nights. So I'm always looking for the people behind them who have good reputation.

Yes its worth it waiting for a long time since you made a lot of effort earning money.
Its not worth it if you dont earn anything while putting a lot of time and effort with it.
There are so much promising icos out there. Always be patient.

Many ICO projects are a long-term investment.
So if it's a good ICO project, it's worth it to have a long-term hold, because a token like IPFS, even if it's held for three years, the rate of return is amazing.

If the project is good waiting for 9 months is worth as long as its profitable but if not you will lose also there is always a risk when you make investing, I suggest always studied the Ico if you are going to invest or joining so you can't waste your time and money.

It depends on the project if it is worth it

sometimes if you can find a good project, it is worth to waiting for a long time because they need to make their position stable in the chart and in the exchange. besides that, I am sure that from time to time, they are busy to make their projects be better than the first time and they want to make sure that their customer or people which use their tokens could get the money for their investment in the project.

Its true that some ICO takes time for you to make profit, but most of them failed to do so. Its better to look for great ICO which is hard to find, you really have to wear a lot of patience when you participate on any ICO. Though its really profitable but its too risky to handle so think again when joining ICO, always depend on your risk appetite.

If you plan to make a long-term investment these restrictions will not affect you in any way. The company needs time to develop and launch the product, after which the token's price will begin to grow.

Initial Coin Offering are one of the riskiest move in Cryptocurrency, as it may cause you bigger loses if you don't do some research and examination about the project you are going to join. Some of the ICO are very good at first sale until their last sale, but sometimes their developer left their project because they have now enough amount of money collected. leading to a SCAM Project.
Waiting for about 9 months is a very long run unless that ICO is a very good project that can contribute effectively in the market as well as in the betterment of the society in the near future. There is nothing wrong by giving your trust, but there is something wrong when you give out all your money in which you dont afford to lose.

It depends,if the project have a possible success then its worthy to wait.But i think your money is always at risk if you always depend on some ico and its inevitable to be scammed also.Scam is spreading at the moment,if you won't make an scrupulous study about its project then being scammed will be guaranteed.Always make a wise decision before letting your money roll to wrong places.

If all investors think ICO is a long-term investment, I do not think many people will ask about the market '' which market to use ''. Even Ico is not over yet but market issues have been asked and asked to be discussed. Investment language may not yet fully understand people.

if the project does look very promising, it would not hurt us to wait until the right time to sell the tokens we have in order to avoid panic because of doubt when to sell it. Token that look to have good potential will be valuable if stored for a long time, and we can feel the benefits in the future.

Here the main thing is to be sure that this ICO is not a pyramid or a scam.  If everything is normal, then I see nothing wrong with such a smooth development of the project.  Typically, tokens in such projects can be purchased at a very competitive price.

As long as confirm the ICO project is not a scam, so I think is worth holding for a long time, because investment ICO is a risky thing, then the long-held returns may be the biggest of all.

I think we do not have to wait for the old project for 9 months, but if you really want to wait you can wait but when you wait you should try to focus on other projects because time is still long and you can benefit in other project.

YES its really worth waiting for long instead of waiting to be listed that can create a massive dumpaton. 6-9 months waiting before to unlock the tokens can create more value in the market. in circulation the only tokens can be use to purchase in the markets are those unsold or maybe a few tokens just to made the tokens more valued in the future before the distribution. but in the other side, more doubts are exist and some negative effects about this idea.

So, yeah, waiting without any guarantees is a bit nervous activity :D But if you are sure that coin is well and promising, it is not so bed. You will get enough good reward for this

Not all ICO's are ending up for 9 months before seeing the worth of their tokens. You must be aware that there is what we call "road map" or "timeline" for these ICO's. It takes time to apply the real use of that token, just like VLB's timeline.
It will take time but its all worth it as it won't scam people who are looking forward for the return of their investment once its blockchain is already done and tests are done too.

I always invest in those ICO which I like the most out of all and before investing I always read each and everything about that ICO and research about that also and when I get totally satisfied then only I invest in ICO. And till now in whichever ICO I have invested I have never waited for 9 months for the coin to be listed in the exchanges most of the coins get listed in the exchange after 2 to 4 months after ICO ends.

Currently investing in ICO projects is a great trend this year and I am confident that in the future it is a wise investment in this market. However, due to the large number of ICO projects being created, choosing a good project has been difficult and time consuming. If you have really invested in this market, I believe that you should study and analyze carefully before deciding to invest in any ICO project because it is an opportunity and also a challenge very large.

I would say that isn't "some" ICOs but rather it has become the majority of ICOs that are currently being shilled. While I think startups and raising captial for legitimate ventures is okay, what is on going in the ICO space is nothing short of scam central. For that reason I now opt out of participating in ICOs, and I know I will be giving up significant gains with some but it isn't worth the risk or hassle for me to go through. I am comfortable earning a nominal amount in this industry, I am not a greedy person.

Regarding up and coming ICOS that loom good well I've been looking into rentberry. It's a blockchain based rental company that was featured in Forbes top 10 ICO's of 2018 and it's reallly starting to get some recognition

Of course it is worth to wait because these tokens wont give you much if you sold them too early,the developers behind these new projects cannot give the full potential in just a day,these projects needs to be developed first and most likely these developers needs a lot of time,i am talking about months to years of development,the roadmap should be followed as well for you to get maximum profits.

The longer you wait the more profits you will get because the full potentials of these new coins wont be achieve in just a day,developers should given some time to do their thing,a lot of developments should be done first for you to know if the coin is going to be massive or it will just fail you,so you need to monitor the developer's progress everytime.