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What are the biggest sources, channels (YouTube channels/influencers, Twitter accounts/influencers etc, ICO rating websites) online that you use to find out in which ICO to invest in?

I use to look at tokenmarket where they feature upcoming ICO, they add some extra description to give you an idea what the project is about. Its quite overwhelming to see so much projects that are coming you can't even begin to see which one is going to be supported by big names in the crypto world. Binance also have some of the news about the upcoming projects, that's where I knew about BTT.

From your list, twitter accounts of cryptocurrency influencers most especially experts is better, but most times, I feel if the project can have an announcement thread on this platform, it will also help.
You might also consider advertising on market cap sites, such as CMC, by running the advert on their board.

Check hashtags related to InitialCoinOffering's, check sites like icobench or something related.
It's best to check reviews about the source if is reliable.

The whitepaper is the best document of any ICO to find out if this project is legit or not. You should only invest around 1 hour for a deep investigation of each whitepaper to save a lot of your money for the future.

I think TheCurrencyAnalytics and IcoBench are the two best sites to look for some good ICO projects. TheCurrencyAnalytics always makes articles about ICO projects that have promising prospects. And for ICOBench, of course you already know they are evaluating the ICO project from the product, vision, team, partner, and profile. So if the ICO project has a good rating on ICOBench it is definitely a good ICO project.

I actually search for the team members and look for their linkedin ids and stuff like that. With it, you can know for how long they have been in the blockchain industry and also what previous successful projects they have gone through.

use only your knowledge. you should not listen to some other people's opinions. Spend a week to study the project and then invest money.

You can just go in this forum in the ANNoucement section in the  Alternate currencies. I prefer to see them here because by posting their ANN thread means they are open to questioning which you may find out more about the project and the team members too. Some of the team these days are just staying on telegram channel which it could mean they control the information not the online page like the pages of bitcointalk.

Lol, be smart with ico investment because

1. Following any Twitter or google or any influencers will  most likely leave u in loss
2. Relying on ico sources to guide your investment option will leave is likely losses

Just discover a project for yourself, and believe me, even if the token dips mercilessly, you retain the courage to hodl further until next bull

I use this forum to mostly check and discuss about an ico im interested in, i also check the website and telegram channel and then social media activity of the team then i participate or invest in the ico if im satisfied with all the aspects of the ico.

You must not forget about fake promotions from the media you have mentioned. I mean there are plenty of possibilities to mislead you into a scammy projects if you blindly follow these things. Hence, it would be always better to have your own research and analysis so that you may stay secured and may find right projects to invest with.

Doing our own due diligence is not a big deal but many investors are always afraid of it still never trying it too. We must take time to give a try for our own researches then we may turn as a profitable investors on our own.

ICO rating sites are useful for me. Because investigating all projects are not possible, like the short way to learn about them. Then I start to investigate fully which ones I like. I also look telegram channels and Twitter. You should research as much as you can. In fact, the more you investigate, the more you find.

I don't follow any ICO now but before the best channel and place to look at is this forum, bitcointalk.org.

There's a variety of review, honest review from the people who have built their reputation for a long time here. We are all aware now that those reviews created on such websites can be paid base on how much they paid with.

Looking for honest reviews now is kinda hard to find but good thing if you are surfing all over the forum, you can find some decent ones.

I usually get information about new project via the forum particularly the ones that is been managed by managers whom I respect that cannot promote scam project.

I use mostly selected telegram groups, some youtube channels and lately I follow binance launcher

Well I use ICO rating,icobench,token market ,this kinda research to find good upcoming ICO projects can't be rely on because the ratings are sometimes misleading ,its better not to get hooked by the ratings and do research on the projects yourself to avoid stupid mistakes and wasting of funds

First of all, I want to say that there are a lot of problems for fraud in the market of ico companies. If the investment fund were focused on genuine projects that would be in demand in society, the results would be much higher. And it is a pity that today there are no controlling opportunities for ico companies.

To be honest, dont using someone for reason you buy or investing to Cryptocurrency/ICO most of youtube crypto its a scam. They just want using your for their own profit. Example like James Trevon on 2017 Shiling Bitconect with his own Chanel.

You can follow the twitter account of a great influencer like John McAfee. Most coins that he promotes on his Twitter pages usually turn out to be good. You can search for him on Twitter and follow him.

don't believe in any site or anyone else because many of them just want to cheat everyone according to me spend a lot of time for a few days doing research using experience you have will be better

I always use a premium application to look for ico which is a good investment there, because in my opinion this is better.

and I think good icobench is accurate enough to help us make the right investment.

That's right, not only that but there are a bunch of youtubers were creating so many shilling video that is not worth to watching it right now. Most of them have done garbage analyzation and they are getting paid for that promotion. Not all of these youtubers can be trusted

Myself. The influencers, ICO rating website, twitter... are just rubbish. You can see what happened during 2018 to the ICOs recommended by the so-called influencers...

Read carefully the whitepaper, analyze the project, the team, their LinkedIn profiles... and make your own decision.

I don't use any of them at the moment, but in 2017 and 1st half of 2018 I used mostly icodrops.com (http://icodrops.com). For me it's one of the best sources on this theme.

At least they help to this industry with sharing their idea but i am agree with your opinion regarding shilling the useless token,icos. They get payment from both youtube and team for promoting their ICO. In competitive market it is  necessary to advertise your service,project but using tricky ways in order to trap small investors is shady activity. Market climate will decide about which coins will survive sooner or later.

I personally saw various ICOs through the ICO ranking website. Many people say that there is a lot of ICO fraud. But before trying to invest, I first did research or checked. And that way I succeeded.

Just being active on online platforms with forums about the topic, such as bitcointalk and reddit, and engaging with people on there will help you out tremendously.

Well, usually there are many aspects that must be considered before investing in an ICO especially with the condition of the market that has not been able to recover fully, such as whitepaper, team and destination, but it seems that certain launchpad is also sufficient even if only to get fast profit

Be careful, if you are checking ICO review sites for investing purpose. There are many traps for those who don't take project analyze seriously. Many of that sites are not trustworthy and biased review can change your perspective to project.

You can choose just a few ICO monitoring websites. Otherwise to look for all upcoming ICO's on all the sources - will consume a lot of time.
I am not 100% sure if it is a great idea to invest in the current market and spend the time to analyze all those new projects. I prefer old coins, which survived this severe crypto winter

Many channels that you can use to find out the ICO project. You can find information about ICO projects on the Bitcointalk forum, telegram channels, websites about ICO, and social media.
But, I only used several Telegram channels to find out about the ICO project. Yeah, I only chose to use the telegram channel, because I was active on the telegram. And I think, it really helped me to get information about the ICO Project.

Dont trust in any ICO rating sites.. like ICOBENCH; ICOMARKS; TRACKICO... most of them have paid reviews.. dont believe their ratings, they have been supported scams. Sometimes they dont care, and still promote scam despite being warned regarding it..
example:
Petchains: https://icomarks.com/ico/petchains  9.5 in ICOmarks
but a big scam: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5108208.0

Is there any better place to find ICO than best crypto discussion forum.
I concur. Everyone has to do it for themselves and not rely on experts, everyone can write review, put few numbers for rating and call themselves an expert.

ICO bench and similar sites were always a good source of information for new ICO projects, however since the bear market took over I have had little interest in trying to invest in ICO and only chosen 1 project in the past 6 months that I had known about previously through Telegram.

Until now, I have been constantly monitoring ICO at ICOdrops.com. For me, this is the best and most reputable ICO ranking website, the ICO projects listed here are mostly good ICOs and easy to succeed

Seeing how things played out last year with ICOs, you don't bank your decision making on the groups you mentioned, influencers especially. They all failed/misled many investors.
More safe: Read and diligently analyse the whitepaper, if it is realistic. Research the project team and check for any red flag. And then follow your instinct.

There are multiple ico as an investor I would say it is up to you to decide where to invest ,don't blindly follow social channel and invest it may lead to scam one,there are some good site which list project after they check project and rest is up to you to recheck the team and experience and partners they have then invest in ico which you think will more profitable.

Thanks for your suggestions and advice, I always follow and finding important ico which is very beneficial and important to invest.

One may searching via Google, website, ico mark, ico bench, findico, foundico, roadmap, whitepaper, and team management and ICO popularity.

Most of the icos I invested in has not done well and I have seeing other one that I have not invested also not doing well!  I find all information on icos mostly from this great and highly respected bitcointalk forum.  I think all the information that do come out in this forum are reliable and most of the projects that makes great promotions here always got great investment and do meet up with the hard cap.  However,  I have decided to focus on the projects that has pass ico level and are now in the cryptocurrencies market in other to avoid story that touched heart.

I only use icodrops to search for new ICOs and from there google search to search for more information about the project. Celebrities previously received money to advertise for ICOs, making me completely unable to trust them

None of them I just follow this community's recommendations along with keep checking the announcement board more frequently. I do take lots of time before deciding my investment plans as it may cost some months of my hard work too if anything goes wrong.

I like to suggest you to go for doing your own due diligence before making any investments regardless of what input you will be getting from the resources you have mentioned.

To find ICO projects, I use Icobench, Icobird, Icoalerts website, Bitcointalk Announcement Boards and ICO Market android app. I use them to have all the information at a while, then I start researching about those projects. So, investing decision is yours, Don't invest by seeing positive, high experts ratings. Research yourself as much as you can and use those platforms to find an ICO project. Good Luck.

ICO sites are very many nowadays where the upcoming ICO list is very important to be able to follow in the footsteps of every good ICO, but you need to note that some of them are fraudulent or manipulated by making very good images for some coin scams, like many cases that occur this, I hope everyone thinks repeatedly before plunging further.

ico alerts, tokenmarket, icodrops, ico bench (all the old ones) - mostly website who gives ratings or where I can find the most recent ICOs on one page, not to visit many websites, as it is very time-consuming.

Why not to conduct a sentiment analysis? this means that you should have your colleague's participation in order to find some good ICO's out there, what I mean is that, ask them sometimes whether they find some ICOs out there because at this time, ICO rating sites doesn't tell the truth.

Check multiple ICO rating sites such as icmarks.com, icodrops.com, icobench.com and also interest on ICO's social media channels. High activity on BT forums is a good sign.

everything is important for research, which is the best ico. if needed, search from the earliest, whitepaper, road map that has a thread, or the website. then proceed to youtube, twitter, to articles related to the ico.

Active back up partner companies of one newly created ICO is also important. On that, you will see what is the quality of that specific ICO by matching and partnering a respected and firm partners.

If that is the case, you better check the adabsolutions.com ( which is my signature and avatar at this time ). You will see how high the ratings of this project on different rating ICO site. Also, they have a complete whitepapers and other document and system like MVP and many more. Adabsolutions article is also active specially in their official telegram. Check it out.

For me, everything related to ICO is now fake and I can't trust that information. Overall, the ICO is just a scam and even if you analyze it and understand how well it is. Do you think they paid for ICO ranking sites so they could get good feedback  ?

I don't always trust any influencer or ico rating web because as always they are paid for it, so I don't depend on them, but my main source is member of this forum. If there is a new ico, the announcement thread should provide good information about their coin/token and their customer service should dare to answer a critical question from good member here.

Most of the ICO ranking sites are not good because they receive some money and show the positive feedback. But reality we have some response our ICO participation so must analyse the softcap and hardcap of the project then read roadmap and security features of the projects is really important to find the good project. I am always suggest to read OP post because it is show how they are original.

I look for it in ICObenh and tokenmarket, there are all available information about ICO that has been running even the new one appears.

ICO rating website, ICODrops is a website that in my opinion always recommends ICO that is good for investing, and indeed the average project that has good value there always gets good results in ico and on the market

I only see on Facebook grub, what is trending and I will follow, and usually it runs successfully. But before I make sure to see in detail about the project, I will read the white paper, see the team and experience, etc.

I am looking for good and best ico for investing on telegram channel and always check on ico rating website, there are many ICO have different rating from one ICO to other ico, always check how higher of ICO rating before investing money there, but most important is how their coin sold have raised soft cap first or not before I make investment at ICO project, without raised soft cap better never invest your money there.

if I want to choose ICO, I see from twitter, then I deepen with their whitepaper, if the whitepaper is good with all aspects there, I start to trust the ICO project.

ico organizer like ico bench, and you must be really carefull to read the whitepaper from the project that you want to invest.

Oh My God, what a question mate, this is very basic. All of what you mentioned are all big groups but if you're relying alone on the social accounts for ICO investing then it is not good. Better to do research on the project alone than relying on some shilling groups.

I normally find ICO projects in Bitcointalk forum and do reference in ICO rating websites. I don’t really follow the influencers in Youtube and Twitter. It is better to read the white paper ourselves before deciding whether to invest or not.

Own research is very important because if we do not do it alone we can get a loss. because at this time it is reported that even the ico website rating can accept bribes to make good ratings

actually it's easier to find ICO projects on the Bitcointalk forum and I also agree because I also usually find ICO projects in this forum. there are many ways to find an ICO project and it depends on yourself if you want to invest.

ICObench all day, I spend hours on icobench checking out every ICO and upcoming ICO ,I think its the best source ,I know that some rating source get paid to increase rates but since you can spot good ones yourself you will have no problem ,just make sure you hunt only working products

I joined a telegram group about ICO things and it's really works so far. Most of the members are also the same country, we are sharing information about ICOs, which one is good which one is not, so i only invest to a good project by people on the group. I also visit the ANN project thread on bitcointalk.

Apart from me, i think not too many people directly access check or go to youtube videos, to access new projects. Most times, from what i have seen, a lot f investors use ICO listing sites, because that seems to be the most popular and easiest means. Although, which ever project that wants to use ICO listing sites, should list on reputable and trusted ICO listing sites.

Bitcointalk, Youtube and ICO rating websites can be the biggest sources to find an ICO because in here, you can talk with the dev and you will know almost everything about the project. I use bitcointalk only to search for the ICO and visit the website so that I can found many things about the project. But if I think I cannot find something good with the ICO, then I will skip and search the other ICO. So far, I was only watching the ICO journey without investing with them because from 2018 until now, I don't see a good ICO can reach success in the market. Besides that, with the bear market still happen, it makes me too afraid to get a scam, and I decide to watch closer for every ICO.

I prefer to analyze projects on my own and rely only on my own opinion. You can listen to the opinion of experts, but none of them will give you a guarantee that you will not lose your money. ICO is going through hard times and maybe you should wait out some time.

I believe that you should not trust the ICO rating on websites or social networks, you should not forget that most of them just advertise the project for money. It is best to learn how to define the criteria of a good project and use them when choosing ICO.

Honestly, I use new channels and Icobench just to find a new ICO, all the other information about it I am looking for myself!

My advice to you. Do not use anyone's predictions and directions for investment. All ratings and recommendations are often purchased and have no value for investors.

YouTube influencers like Ian Balina and Suppoman has become so old school as bounty hunters have effectively taken their jobs. With the help of bounty hunters, I see new projects daily on Steemit, cryptocoinpravda, golos, twitter, Facebook and top ico review sites like ico bench

I prefer to look here on Bitcointalk so I can check if many bounty hunters are promoting the ICO and of course to also check if it is in the radar of the scam hunters here in Bitcointalk I also want to read members feedback here in Bitcointalk.

Yes, good reviews can be purchased from ICO projects at very cheap prices. Never believe in websites about the current ICO, all are scams

Actually I just rely on my friends, on the latest news and updates on where to invest and to put money into. And in that case, whenever I found some, I do share it also to them as a payback.

I use the project site and various resources on the Internet is Twitter YouTube and others to explore. For me, the most important thing is the ratio of the number of tokens and the price of them that it was proportional to the amount. The product is also important. At the moment I am following the project ETHA and I think if it will follow the roadmap I will probably invest, but this is my personal opinion.

Well is some time very difficult to determine the ICO to invest in because there have been some fake ICO influencer that at the end leads to failure of the whole process, most especially Twitter and ICO site influencer what I use most is to look at it from the big name in the exchange such as binance which always list a number of ongoing ICO that may be probably listed on those site.

I use channels in all social networks and on the same Internet, but first of all I rely on my research!

At the present situation, there is not point in investing ICOs , as they are not profitable. Over the past one year, there hasn't been many good projects. Many people had invested and lost everything.

I actually look at youtube and twitter account when I am investing in an ICO. I don't really rely onico rating websites for it can be paid by icos to be rate higher.

You can see it on ico sites like icobench, icorating, icoreview, coingecko, icoholder, and others. Of everything I mentioned, I use everything. Everything has advantages and disadvantages of each. So I don't want to decide only from one ico site.

These sites are the same. all analyzed in a sketchy and dishonest way, I saw many bad ICOs listed there and it made investors fooled.

Usually I look in John Mcafee Twitter Account for research about new upcoming promising ico project.
For website , I use icoholder,icoguide and icobench.

I used to take a look at ICOBENCH and then look in this forum but I stopped investing in ICO because I don't find any project that seems original with concrete innovatives ideas at the moment.

That can be applied in almost all of them. So many of them have received amount from these icos that try to create such a manipulation to its score to fool the investors.
Most the sites only changing the score and no more. They never do KYC verification to verify does it a real team or not.

All of those given platforms are paid advertisements and reviews.
You should seek on the whitepaper of the project, go research on their team members.
Make a study on the project offered of the team, is it worth to invest? are they legit? you dont need to depend on any of those.
You need to do it yourself!

I use ICObench, I know that there are fake reviews, but for me it shows the interest, the hype of the project. And that is important. Thanks to it you will know that there will be buyers for your ICO tokens.

I like to look at rating websites to understand that value of any project. Moreover I am trying to look at community numbers before invest in. The last but not least is the product development, a good project should have at least an MVP.

Most of the time, i check the ICO that have more influence in the community.

Like eo.finance for example has been seen in almost all ICO rating websites, i even saw their ad a couple of times on youtube and also as google ads on diverse website. I also checked their telegram group and saw a lot of users in it so i decided to make because of the token for future purpose.

You may not consider a single source to determine the right ICO you want to invest in. all the social media you have listed have their limitations in term of the type and numbers of informations you can find from them. Some, you can have similar information but the most inportant thing is that you use all of them to make the right decision. for me I literarily check youtube channels. facebook, twitter and ICO listing sites are the major place I do check for the right ICO to invest. Etherscan ads also is good to find ICO as well.

I never try to use a single source, because using a single resource is a very risky thing in this sector. Many bribes and various resources in many sources to achieve high scores can often fail and this failure is the most upsets the investor. Since I use the services I use in my own home, I don't want to give the individual names and make ads. Even though I will share their names, only Turkish-speaking members will benefit from these sources. I would like to complete my comment by stating that I use websites on a regular basis and that I also use Youtube channels from time to time.

No one I trust when it comes to invest,do you know why?

Everything can be faked so don't trust anyone even your shadows. :D

I think the biggest source is social media, and this bitcointalk forum.
The investors who see advertise in social media will be interested and come into this forum to find out the project.
Later they maybe search for video in Youtube to get more explanation about the ICO project.

I had also feel that outcome from Social Media and bitcointalk, especially during the bull in 2017.
During that time the result generated from those 2 things is rather a lot.

I usually use ICO rating sites to find out the upcoming ICO like icorating, coingecko or icobench but don't fully trust the rating there because there's a few ICOs that got high rating but ended up scam.

First I would like to suggest stay way from ICO's now. Did you noticed how many ICO's success on last year ? I don't trust ICO rating website like ICOHolder and others. All social media could use fake reviews, so how can we depend on their reviews. Even on this forum most of ICO's use fake bumping and conversation to attract investor's. Really we can't trust now on third party reviews. Before invest you need to do your own research and you should know about risk of ICO investment. More then year I left ICO investment, that's why I like to suggest everyone just leave it for now. Don't lose your money.

I'm looking at how good they handle their promotion so my first choice is this forum, if they can come out a popular bounty campaign then it has a good chance to reach a wide audience and investors and this will guaranty investors and success in crowdfunding.

Im searching on Bitcointalk and on Icodrops website. These guys also have a Youtube channel.

It is really very easy to make a great mistake and invest in an ICO, which is a real scam. Some guys simply trust their intuition but I think, here, much information and skills will be more helpful.

Have not use any of the aforementioned websites or social media to check a particular ICO or not.
Sometimes I do check there LinkedIn profile, medium account, and probably there Twitter account.  Also to see some successful project they've handled successfully.

There is some website that they update their website everyweek if they have new ICO's will come. They gives also ratings to them. I see also ICO in this forum and it is very helpful to have more website to know what is ICO and their feedback to help to us to findout what is legit and not legit ICO.

I know a couple telegram group and chats also, but don't want to write it here, because people should think i PR it.

this is indeed important to do because ico itself is also currently not transparent and in my opinion there must be a change for ico who is currently not trusted by the community

I only make the ICO rating channel as a reference, to decide on invest, continue with own analysis
ICO rating is only for reference, looking for materials to analyze.

It is true that you can make a mistake in choosing ICO, if you trust the choice only of your intuition. Before investing you need to check everything related to the projects in which you plan to invest. There are many channels that make reviews, but relying on them as a reliable source of information is dangerous. Although for information you need to see what the bloggers say about the project.

I do not sought after YouTube channels or influencers
I check through this forum first, the announcement and Ann thread sections
Then I use ico ratings after reading through Whitepaper of a project that interests me

I also give an superiority to looking at the ICO rating sites one by one. It is like habit. After spending a lot of time, you can find what projects are you looking for without much research. In addition, finding useful channels in telegram is possible.

If you search the Internet, you will find a lot of information about upcoming projects. But the fact is that each of the channels, experts, etc. will have an opinion and it will be difficult to listen to one of them.

Previously, I often watched ICO reviews on different sites and channels, but now with time I know where to look and what information I need to check, I trust myself much more.

l got info from some channel in telegram, but now i followed binance launch pad
binance launchpad is really worth it to join but the token sold really fast

I usually get information to invest in ICO from forums in this group and on Twitter. In my opinion, the fastest news came from twitter. From twitter, I was able to find out the progress of the ICO that appeared along with the details of the project being run. If I have obtained a suitable ICO, I immediately confirm all information on the official ICO website. I have to make sure that the ICO I follow is truly responsible and trustworthy.

As you indicated in your post there are many sources out there to get details information about any running or upcoming ICOs. As for me, my major source of information is ICO DROPS, Telegram and Bitcointalk.

Projects website is the main source of information, because any other source can be sponsored or paid, like social media, rating agencies and so on. Read the whitepaper, check the team and learn about the product before putting your money into any project.

I usually check on the icodrops website. But that's not enough. The project from which the country, the team, whitepaper are very important factors for me. If I am going to invest, I make a serious search all these.

And if we take into account the fact that many of these channels/experts can advertise the paid product, then the meaning of listening to their opinion is reduced to zero. As an example: Ian Balina.

It’s a thread discussion mate and I don’t think you have done any wrong by sharing knowledge; it is a free world and itslef for the reader to take it or leave it provided it does not go against the rules of the forum.

The only challenge I usually have with telegram group is that we have too many groups and every group has a purpose of promoting one particular project agreed on, unlike bitcoin thread that is a general forum, I think this forum should top the list of ICOs to invest in. Most of the ICOs I have invested in has all been through this forum.

For me important to know the team and the product, teams with big experience and background can make something good and strong. Few days ago I found project Elixxir and I'm admire of this. Looks like new private blockchain which will oust projects like Zcash and Enigma. Also they have big investors, so thats what i'm look before invest.

Investors need to know full of details by investing an ico which one is the team because it need also to manage the group for making any ico very stable and strong.

Ico Rating websites are the big source of ico information available in the market rest all carry small percentage of data but research done by ico ratings are best

Its must be first at you, you should take a research about the ICO's you want and also look at their staff behind their project because it actually helps you to trust their project ,so be kind at all.

It just for reference for me before i decide to invest or not,i think  ratting website is useless because they get money from that ico so he can give big score on that project and put it into their website.. My advice is never trust the rating ico..

ICO rating sites and this forum .
Sometimes I use the rating sites to search for a certain platform and read their project .
And there are times that I would look up in this forum for something that would get my interest.

All this plus bitcointalk forum . In fact, I consider this forum the most valuable source of information, because there are often discussions that help to get complete and accurate information about projects. ICO ratings and social networks cause me much less confidence, because there basically just goes paid advertising

True, bitcointalk forum is a big sources for ICO investors. They can just simply visit announcement section for altcoins and find the ANN thread about the project there and twitter, facebook, instagram and youtube are obviously the biggest sources too for find out an ICO.

The most reliable source is Bitcointalk, a legit project will post or create a thread here, this is to let the members comment on the legality and truthfulness of ICO, I don't trust ICO that do not open a thread here, there are a lot of scam ICO that do not have a thread here, so they will not get caught.

I don't trust coincodex consider about there was a lot of scam icos. we are only using icodrop as the reliable ico tracker this time. Basically, most of them are getting paid to promote. That's why ico bencg gets negative trust caused by that. you can see that through open the trust summary of icobench

never used any channels. any shitty project now can buy any perfect feedack as you wish. only btt with same guys as you in it. fair opinions, pluses as minuses.

I'll check out from ICO ratings sites, I won't trust the ratings or expert comment, I just want to know which ICO is running or coming soon, after that I'll go to bitcointalk, youtube and google search the project to identify whether this project is worth investing.

Your search for the best ICO should start with researching what is being discussed on popular crypto forums, such as BitcoinTalk. Always research the development team behind any ICO in question. These are the people who are going to be receiving your investment. Never invest in an ICO when their development team lacks the experience to accomplish the tasks required. Start with the team’s social media accounts. Social Media research can reveal a lot about a project’s team. Another important factor to consider when finding the best ICO to invest in is the level of community support within the project. GitHub is a major launching ground for open-sourced projects, such as Bitcoin. It is important that you communicate with the project’s development team. This will help you to determine the level of venture capital (VC) funding the project has already attained. Right now, alot of good ICOs are emerging and the most popular ones that I personally recommend you to invest in are, IBC group and Bitrus Exchange.

I look first in the bounty thread since I only invest in a coin that has a bounty campaign, then I checked if the ICO has a scam report in scam section, then fully check if there are a complaint or anything wrong in their profile and roadmap, this is the hardest time to invest in ICO right now.

Personally, I do not invest. I stopped that long ago but it's wise, whichever source used, to still check out the web and whitepapers of the project and make other researches too.

The question as a whole is understandable and I think that many people already understand that most of the information is of course on social networks Twitter and youtube, but of course a lot of information is also on bitcointalk, because there are so many useful things that you can find here.

You can trust only your own investigation, because almost all the sources that you have listed can be paid directly or via bounty programmes. Investigate the project on your own and you will be able to detect any scam ICO.

I try to use as many different resources as possible.The main thing is of course the bitcointalk forum,I try to study their project with the help of white paper,I watch their Twitter and facebook,I study who is in their team,I try to find as much information about them on the Internet as possible.ICO-ratings I do not trust,several times burned on their forecasts.Well, based on my intuition.

a project managed by a great team I think will be easy to attract a lot of investor interest, but why are there many good ICO projects but investors are difficult to invest in a project, is there a lot of fraud here so many investors are hesitant to join an ICO project

Scam reports doesnt come on the first place thats why its really risky if you do able to consider this stuff when investing. Complaints do only
comes after if there are several issues with the team but these things do only uncover in the end which means either you already invested or not.
Always check out teams transparency.

not looking for references from there. I rely more on personal analysis. but first, now I stop investing in new projects. better focus on trading and add to my portfolio with quality coins.

It seems that such a need will soon disappear and all you will need to do is to be subscribed to the official channels of the exchanges to be aware of the upcoming IEO. ICO will soon disappear, more and more projects turn out to be a Scam, while IEO even during the bear market bring investors income.

For unbiased coin and ICO reviews I use Decentraland, it's a virtual reality (VR) platform powered by the Ethereum blockchain, wherein users can create, experience, and monetize content and applications in a 3D interactive world. In Decentraland, you can purchase land via the Ethereum blockchain and have full ownership rights and control of what content is published to your land, ranging from static 3D scenes to interactive systems such as games and activities. Another is Byteball cause it makes it possible and easy to bind payment to a condition, enabling individualized smart payment contracts. In relevance to ICO reviews and legitimacy here are few of my researched ICOs that are good to invest in, ICOBOX, and Bitrus as an ongoing ICO.

many have given advice to you and this can be made into material and then you do your own research, take time before investing in ico. I personally did this in several sources, including in this forum, Social Media, the ranking website of ICO. the rest we research again if we think it's good.

bitcointalk is the biggest one.  all this channels in telegram and specially youtube are venal. for money they will say anything.

There are many Telegram chats with reviews and announcements about upcoming ICOs, but I usually use ICOdrops website - it has a pretty design and they list the most of the top projects.

I only look for it at BitCointalk, then continue searching on Bounty Platform or Bointyhive.io, that is enough for me. because doing a lot of searching will make us hesitate.

Been searching for good ICOs in a while now and haven't found a great one, ICOBOX looks compelling since it is a service provider of ICO and STO's products. Will also look on that bitrus ICO.

better for me is to find out for themselves about their project because it really helps us, where without checking the rating on the ico rating that is indeed currently not too noticed by investors

There are so many media channels to find out about ICO. I think almost all social media sites have ICO announcements and promotions in them.

I like icodrops, there are good ico's, ideas. But you need to think with your head too, do not blindly believe everything.

right, most of them see the development of investment in ico, the starting point that must be achieved is softcap. by achieving softcap, at least the project can already be run

believe it's necessary, but don't overdo it and that's normal so if something happens don't be too disappointed.
to take part in any program you must be able to focus on that and not be greedy in making choices.
and be careful because not all the steps you choose are good so consider and think carefully.

True , i better study project myself . The most points i look for currently is if they have reached softcap , team backround , expierience . Do some google search and WHOIS on domain names , whos the owner of it and so on . Ofcourse if everything looks fine , they still can SCAM people . There is no guarantee that it will work everytime , but most of the time it works for me =]

Although there are many questions for investors who participants of various ico's. but l think we should be aware for investment & read whitepaper of any ico.its helping to interest to the investors for investment.

The biggest question is why investors left cryptocurrency? on my opinion is thet left because of cryptocurrency market collapse and no profit to earn from this, and now cryptocurrency market is going strong and I'm thinking investors will go back to invest and make money.I saw icos now is getting great so it is a sign of comeback of investors, and it helps the market to rise.

I don't look for it anywhere except in this forum because I prefer to judge ICO based on my personal judgment by looking at various aspects such as concepts, teams, partners, total supply of tokens and how many communities from that ICO
I think that is enough to be a reference for us to choose a good ICO

I often reference when the ico team is meeting and partnering with details, but ico like today is hard to find but often there I think it's the best.

I agree with you. I want to add that you need to be responsible for all your actions. No need to blame anyone for your failure.

I like to use this forum as a resource and social media channels also.
I do not consider myself a ICO investor any more but this is what I did when I did take place in them.

Ico investment and ico lookup are two different aspects to get interested in ICO. I have been both. Now i am just a looker at cool projects.

At the beginning of my journey, I used all sorts of sources of information to explore the project and the team. Recently, I began to doubt that investments in ICO are profitable. The rate of the token after distribution becomes lower in tens and hundreds of times. So why would I invest in ICO?
Even if I liked the project and earned my trust. I buy tokens after distribution to FD 10 or 100 times cheaper than the ICO  ::)

sometimes I look for the information itself. well, maybe a website that provides information about ICO is quite important. however, having a good concept makes me interested in finding out about teams, partnerships, and many things. well, many resources are needed to find a good ICO.

In my own personal experience all of them are good information to find great information about the ICOs which will be invested by me, usually i do analysis fundamental of ICOs from them before i made own analysis about the ICOs projects, i always do comparing among those source of information about the ICOs projects.

Most of the information I get from rating sites; icodrops, icorating, medium, or maybe twitter accounts that discuss and research about crypto development (ICO).

I saw in this forum other than that on other web channels such as social media, medium, telegram and ico ratings. this is just the basic basis to find out whether ico is feasible or not, the most important thing is we need to find out in other sources also to find out the clarity of the project.

To participate in ico there is no need to follow any site or channel because not everything they give will be a very profitable ico but use your knowledge and do a lot of research

Most investors are interested in projeck if covered by a trusted site or the team itself also has experience, especially when there is certainty about exchange issues such as entering binary, it will make them interested in other concepts etc. because most of them are hit n run

Getting more complete information usually gets information from social media such as Facebook and Twitter. But we also have to use our knowledge so far at Crypto to determine a good ICO. And invest wisely.

Vanya I think you can make money even if the projects whitepaper is frankly copied from another project. But you never sure will you get your bonus back or not!

I do my findings about which ICO to invest on from the project telegram community group. From their I do as much as possible to verify lots of things I need to such as the team/devs intentions, activeness of team members, coin/token use case, and so on.

I prefer to visit the most popular rating websites. I know that almost all of the ratings are paid, but their websites is a great source of information where you can find the most useful stats and infos about team members, whitepaper and the product.

In my experience, we should observe the information on Bitcointalk.org for the announcement (Altcoin). You can find out the details of each ICOS project to get the best view of comparison and participation.

There are no entry here, but there are several sites in the giver's rating of ico. Moreover, some project that held them, sometimes the ieo was announced and promoted through the exchange.

I use icobench because they have a nice arrangement and filter of icos to invest in. I also use tokenmarket to skim for icos. I seldom use youtube because it's full of marketers and bounty hunters. When I gather a group of interesting projects, I then move ahead to check their team. A project without a good team is immediately ruled out. I sometimes even personally call the project teams to get more insights about their project, but one thing is clear... I never invest in a project that I don't understand and I myself cannot use.

Yes, there are lots of them these days and there are as many scammers as well. But there are sites that I have been using since I got into this community and started investing in ICO… there are good sites such as https://www.smithandcrown.com, and we also have this coinschedule.com and tokenmarket.com. It doesnt just end with them. There are still many of them around today.

There are lots of sources where you can find ICOs that you can invest in, but some of them are not really reliable as they don't give proper information and can be misleading at times. I make use ICOAlert, on their site there are list of ICO that you can buy and it is one of the top sites that you will always see a lot of people mention. A lot of people makes use of their site.

what you say is true the most important thing is that we are not only interested because of the ranking but because the project is indeed feasible for us to choose.

by visiting popular webs, we can better understand the ins and outs of the project and we will find projects that are suitable for us.