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I began to think this would be a waste of time with everything I learned because almost all the projects I had followed ended in scammers. Is this a waste of time for me?  :-[

I guess you are talking about bounties. If you are ending up with scam projects you should search yourself and ask on what you really want to do. It isnt the end for newbies, there are a lot of opportunities that awaits you. Just use your time appropriately and lessen it with scam projects. Thats the problem for most bounties now, looking for a legit one now is difficult.

Your post is somehow confusing ,if you are talking about bounties then it would have been better if you made mention of the projects you claimed you follow that turned scam,don't put the blame of the projects just take the blame of yourself and get over it, learn to detect good projects is all you need ,keep working hard

That is why you do not arbitrarily participate in bounties. Spend a little of your time analyzing the project of course. So that you won't find a scam project in the future. This is indeed very difficult to do, but it's better to do or spend a little time on this. Everyone certainly works hard but if you find a scam project it will certainly waste time too. Therefore spend a little of your time

No, just be more careful with the projects you decide follow. In the cripto world (and in general) you have to be very well informed before deciding to get involved either with your time or your money. Don't take it as a waste of time... take it as an experiences that generated some learning to avoid falling into similar mistakes ;)

If you learned something it isn't a waste of time.  Often time, we made mistakes and have a poor judgement because we are still new in the industry.  Rather than quitting, it is best to think what had happen in the past bounties.  Try to see the similarities of these so called scam bounties and if ever you found that traits, you will know the next time you look for another campaign and avoid them.  Also consider the bounty manager that is running the bounty and select those that are responsible enough to check the validity of the campaign.  This way, the risk of joining a bounty of another scam project will be lessen.

I think it's not a waste. At least you learned for yourself a lesson now: be more aware with projects. Invest time and effort in researching a project before you joining them. It's not only good for you but also good for potential investors that you're advertising the project to.

Your advice is certainly very true. It is not wrong for us as bounty participants to research further. In order not to happen again in the future. Don't every time there is a bounty, you immediately participate without having to know more about the project. Because you will be in vain if you get a scam project.

Yes, because newbies only want to earn without learning. The reason why you always failed with the bounties is that you just keep on joining without having any background check, newbie will stay if they know how to study because money will just come to them if they have ideas about the market. If you learned a lot in this forum, then you must not feel bad, use it in the right way.

Lol, but what is your question actually about? The fact that bounties aren't paying or are ending up as scam doesn't necessarily mean your status as a newbie is compromised! In fact, it's good to be a newbie because you wanna learn than be a newbie because you wanna earn!

Sorry for the bad experiences that you have had. But if you had mentioned the projects you went into, we could have known if the project was really a scam or not. But with your experience you can be more careful next time

Every beginner always needs time to study. and that's where we learn from experience and make an assessment of what we will do, as well as following the bounty. It is undeniable that throughout 2018 many projects failed and even those that seemed legit turned out to fail or even scam. And for this reason, make the experience a lesson for the future.

To tell you honestly, I have been through that situation as well and I have thought that crypto world isn't for me. The best thing to do is not to quit but try to look for better opportunities. Seek a new way of learning so you'll know how to get rid of scams. Just keep on trying because every effort here in crypto world would pay off.

I will advise you to take time to study the space before you venture into another therefore are too much fake and scam ico in the space due diligence is important before investing in ico or ieo.

are you talking about bounty right? bounty right now almost fill with scammers or fraud. if you want to follow a bounty, do research first, at least you know what project it is and know who the bounty manager

Do you participate in the bounty program? In my opinion, there is no time wasted if you really want to research how an ICO project is running.
Almost impossible you can learn all that instantly, my advice should you stop complaining and want to try again. there are still many good projects that you can follow.

I think the problem with most Newbies is that they want to become rich with their first campaign, when you see a bounty campaign claiming to give $2 million out in bounty payment then you need to ask questions and there is no sin in going to the telegram or the Ann page of these projects and ask them questions, almost all projects in town now seems to be a scam

Have you learned of Bitcoin yet?   The technical revolution that some call is bigger then was agriculture?

+1 I agree that comment and also,

If you're talking about sign-up campaigns, etc., "Newbie" can't really participate in campaigns. I also noticed that the new account market is emerging. Specifically, the "Full Member" and above accounts have a lot of recipients.

Firstly, about the high number of scam projects, that's true. Almost every project turns out to be a scam and only few projects will be a success. But please don't give up if you have wasted money in a scam project, at least you have learned which mistakes you should not repeat again.  :)
Crypto has many opportunities, if you avoid the shitcoin projects and just buy some BTC or ETH you may have a better outcome. For ICOs you need to have a good knowledge and if you have doubts if the project is legit better don't invest.

Not only the Newbies but also the different levels are the same as your circumstances. Therefore the projects you are working on will have very difficult stages, especially in 2018. So do not give up I believe that IEO projects will give you more the opportunity.

If you constantly fall for scam projects, on the one hand you are wasting your time, on the other you should have developed a keen sense for such projects and this may be your most valuable acquisition.

I think the problem is that you have refused to learn
Submit yourself to learn from your past mistakes and apply the knowledges to prevent scammers from your dm

You should search more projects and join new bounties and after time you will get some coins which will value, as i start on 2015 on crypto it take me a lot of time to get some coins which value some money.

if you have learned a lot about crypto then you will not repeatedly join in scam projects, and I suggest you be careful before joining bounty and don't easily give up to get a lot of money because all this is not in vain

I would say it is not actually a waste of time but rather a big lesson to learn from. Everyone at one time or the other in crypto business might have experienced the same thing you experienced.The way each person picked their lessons from it might be the only difference .You need to understand that risk taking is part of the required attempt expected from any crypto enthusiast who wishes to swim in the river wealth from crypto. Nothing just happen on a platter of gold like that. One needs to be very courageous and resolute in crypto business dealings because sometimes , it is a game of loss or gain. You must always be prepared for whichever way it turns out to be .Do not think it has ended for you already, rise from where you have fallen and move on.

As a newbie, you need to involve yourself with people who are really grounded in crypto. If you are talking about scam in bounties or ICOs, then you should try harder to do extensive research before getting into any project. Apply patience too, Rome wasn't built in a day.

Learn many things on this forum first, then you should be wise to choose which project that you want to join.
Sometimes projects are not scam but they just less of advertising so they raised a few of their cap

But not all the projects were scam you still can make money if you invest on the right project.When you don't have enough knowledge for picking the legit projects then don't urge to invest just learn the basics and what is crypto and all the things to know what is actually crypto then invest on the project which you find useful.

The heading of the topic caused me an interesting thought:
although the cryptocurrency market experienced a big dump and did not recover, few newcomers come here. Many came to this forum in 2017-2018.
Now there is no such hype for new investors and bounty hunters. This is not the end, it is only a new cycle of the existence of cryptoindustry. Someday this will happen again, we just need to wait.

You don't just give up, there are lots of prizes that eventually become scammers with prizes but there are still those who pay and you have to find the best Bounty,

for you beginners and don't work real, you don't waste time but can add your insight.

Sad story indeed, but dont give up and dont loose hope. The rainy day is just around the corner and your smile is inevitable in this space. I have promoted a lot of project and i can say for a fact that it was very much worth it, at the end. So keep your fingers crossed and be ready to enjoy the fruits of your labour.

You have to pick up the pieces of your life and move on, if there is anything I have learn in cryptocurrency it is to be patient in the face of any situation I understand how it feels to lost money to scam projects and ICO but life don't end there you have to remain focus and build your knowledge about the entire blockchain technology and cryptocurrency as a whole. With time you will recover and do great again but always invest what you can afford to lose.

Absolutely their have many opportunity in here if their doing well accept simple. Now every bounty problem scam and ico failed. So newbie need learning more about strong project. Then I hope their will be avoid scam and unless project.

I'm confuse in your question. If you are talking about bounties, you should mention the campaign.
You don't need to blame all about the bounty because at first we SHOULD knowthat it is very risky.

Now is an extremely unpleasant time to invest in new projects. Because most of them turn out to be fraudulent. The rest have few chances to collect the necessary investments and bring profit to their investors.
Therefore, it is better for beginners to get knowledge and invest in coins from the top 20.

Are you talking about bounty or your investment? Which ever is the case, try and do a lot  for research before participating in any project, be it bounty or investment. Research about the team, check out their social media accounts, the interactions, partnerships, working products etc.

At least you learned your expensive lesson after trying the various ways of scamming people as a victim. It is important to anticipate the possible risks before entering to any public sale. Otherwise, you are saying welcome to the scammers who want money in your pocket as soon as possible. Don't quit, prepare yourself for next round of battle.

No need to give up OP why? Because first you learned now you understand the flow in the market regarding new and old project.
We cannot deny that scam project are increased day by day but stil theres a legit project that pay you in joining bounty campaign but its really hard to find this project, but is not a right decision to give up just always be positive even a newbie can find a gem in the market.

The investment has just begun. There will be scams, learn to learn from the scam, and not be fooled. This is very important. Encryption time scams do exist in large numbers and require careful investment. Learn to distinguish between good and bad.

and tbh, if he's treating this forum as his cash cow and nothing more than that, frankly, he doesnt need to be here!
 the forum is not all about bounties that someone can participate with, theres more than that.
this is created to gain thorough knowledge from every aspect of crypto where you cant even find in the most popular crypto website.
important discussions where nobody knows where to dig it outside. bounties are just added bonus to users here. i think he should remember this fact!

You have to continue learning and do not give up. With doing more and more bounties you will get experienced
to select the legit ones. We have to learn to move on if a bounty fails and our work has been done for nothing.

It is not easy and it has never been so, sometimes it takes patience and an eye to over look whatever happens and move on. the fact that one project ended up being a scam does not mean every project will end up so, keep burning the midnight candle and trust me, this is not the end, you will one day smile you never gave up.

Don't give up on yet as there still projects that are doing very well and because many of the one you have followed turn to be scam project that you should conclude that all other projects are scam. Just like trading, not because you are making looses all the time doesn't mean there are no people who are making profit from crypto currency trading. So, I will advice not to give up because the not yet over until one achieve our goal for which we are in for.

There are scams and there are real projects. Though scams may seem much more profitable as legit project generally have a lower share as the number of participation would be higher, you should stick with them if you don't want to get hurt.
I've too worked with 10s of projects most of which were scam but I now decided I'd either work for weekly paid projects or some legit ones only.

You don't learning here and you will grow and mature.
As a newbie, just accept the fact that you will likely to commit mistakes, but if you will give up easily, I tell you, you are turning yourself to a big opportunity here.

in my opinion there is no futile learning, if you always find scam projects that you have to do is be more careful in choosing projects, and also you can find information from professionals.

This is not your end, everyone have their own experience and its your turn. In 2018 almost all project failed but the fact that you must know we have more experience to learn how project going on, so we can research more patiently. Dont give up.

Everything requires a process and this is the same as before. Some of the projects that I participated in ended in fraud. But that did not make me give up and continue to do this work. And I can make money even though it's not much. There are real projects and there are fake projects so we have to be careful in making choices.

The best time to participate in bounty campaigns is long gone. However, you can still make a profit in bounty campaigns if you do a thorough research and select the best projects.

Lol . i thought your talking about the account ( newbie account )  because newbie accounts cant join a campaign anymore due to the new forum rules not unless they will purchase a copper membership  .

 i assume that you are an investor ( newbie investor )  of these new ico projects ?  Well dont worry because you wont stay being a newbie forever  .  use your mistakes to try harder  and you can become pro in no time   . keep in mind that even veteran and pro investors do also loose . so cheer up

Is this the end for those who are newbies in cryptocurrency world? I think this would not be the end because until now cryptocurrency world are still regaining the losses that have been gained from those people in the crypto world. And for those newbies you've better first study what you are entering so that you may not lose any money and you will not take some failed projects. For me for you to earn some money or income in cryptocurrency you can play some games (https://vegascasino.io/casino/video-slots/wild-pixies?utm_source=ccwp) in order to earn more money than the usual earnings you are getting.

You followed for what? Why will it be the end of your crypto journey, in crypto, I have seen coins to reach shit from a top situation like standing on 3/4 on CMC which don't have existence now. Observe, learn. invest, learn. That's how it works.

In the first place you should know what industry will you entering. And this kind of problem like scammer is part of industry. If you are thinking to quit because of this I think you are have a right decision and you are not for this industry. Because if you are afraid to have an activity because on scammers you don't get any income amd benefits here crypto.

These days, most of the bounties are scam. I find it hard to find a legit bounty. Well there are still more ways in earning not just bounties. Right now I'm finding out more and learning more. I've been studying more on how to earn crypto as I explore this world.

For a beginner, maybe dealing with this kind of thing will make the enthusiasm decrease in searching for gifts. You should make this a lesson because looking for truly legitimate gifts is not as easy as you might think, keep up the spirit because this is just a process of learning, and take it your time to study and analyze a project before you join.

Well, bounties is available because of ICOs and most of ICO nowdays are scammy and that's why bounties is also not paid in the end. To be honest, bounties is kinda dead for me, it's really hard to find a good one that really paid. There are many other ways to earn crypto but it will be hard for newbie to join.

this would be the end if you will stop, and since you are a newbie dont expect to have a good profit doing bounty company just keep on moving although sometimes you will feel tired because of those scam project, have patience.

You can have better chance of earning on bitcoin signature campaigns if your rank allows you to join otherwise don't waste your time just try to get merits to rank up.

By the price of bitcoin starts to increase you can make decent amount every week so you no need to worry about the successful the project you were promoting you will get paid every week for your posts made.

There is so much too learn on this forum that if we could only find time to digest it more often, then we are arming ourselves with knowledge which maybe useful to us in the near future. I think its a privilege to be a member of this forum since not all had the chance to be part of this wonderfull community. Also, bounties might be good but we should prefer to be more competent by acquiring valuable knowledge in this forum.

If you stop learning, the newbie will stop, the newbie will not work, so learn for something more.
Learning is indeed not easy and requires precision especially in choosing gifts. The effort that you do will certainly be comparable to what you have achieved.

I think definitely not. The whole cryptocurrency world is constantly evolving. There's still lots of room for growth and learning.

If you are just a beginner and do not know how to choose projects, then this may indeed seem useless to you. But it is not, you need to gain experience. You know how many bad projects I did while I learned to choose.

Thats right, if every bounty you follow ends in a scam, of course you already have experience now. you already know the difference and characteristics of a project that will be ended in a scam right? take advantage of that knowledge and experience to choose potential and legit projects. now it is indeed difficult to finding one is potential, but that doesnt mean that all projects become scams. some projects are still legit and successful listed to the exchange

a beginner still has a good future if they want to learn to deepen their knowledge so that they can run the project well.
because anyone can succeed if they want to learn.
a good project and a team that can develop well so that it has a chance of profit, so choose the good one.

It is really frustrated when projects we follow turns out scam, but it not reason for give up. There are a lot of scam projects, but there are also good perspective ones, which can give a good profit. You just should be more careful choosing projects to join.

of course, my advice is to wait a while longer when the bounty has started to improve, then you can start joining again. when things like this, you are tired of learning and also wasting time.

For a newbie like you, it is really hard to earn here if you are depending yourself here as a bounty hunter. But comparing ico project so far to 2018, this season was a good opportunity now for the bounty hunters to look for ico project campaign. However, I don't think that this will be end for the newbies of course not. There are lot of chances for them to earn here more not only in bounty campaign.

I believe everything happens for a reason and you get to learn something from anything that happens.It's the same as "If you win, you win and if you lose then you get a lesson from it."
So even if you have lost time and effort by following so many projects at least you have got to learn that not to trust such projects and analyse a project thoroughly before investing in it.
Change your perspective by thinking that this is not the end but the beginning of a new journey.

Don't feel tired to learn, there are indeed many scammers and this is what makes us discouraged, but must be faced.
It's not easy to find a good and growing gift, but this must be found for the good that is in us, don't give up!

not really, you will surely finish if you stop learn, newbie can be expert but it all need time and effort, if you say this, you sure already finished buddy.

I mean that you are new and have encountered fraudulent projects. But that is not the death of ico's bonus. Learn and follow those who have succeeded in earning bonuses

Even a senior member like me suffered and still suffering from the scam ICO that I've participated as a bounty hunter and an investor, it's not only newbies and higher rank members, even outside of this forum have been scammed, not only one or twice but many times, we must help each other by reporting an ICO that you think is a scam site and this is to warn others.

Don't just focused with bounties, as I've said there's so much opportunities that awaits to all of us, yes including me. I'm not going with bounties and if you don't want to waste your efforts you better start looking for something remarkable and accepted through your skills. You may be a newbie in rank but I know there are people out there that has some exceptional skills to showcase not just for bounties but for different job offers.

Indeed, many bounties not pay reward to bounty hunters. I think its because the ICOs are scam or the project not reaching the target. Its not about rank we had but this is because the project are not legit. I am still believe there is many good ICOs and will pay us with good token

Are you planing to give up? You shouldn't ,everyday new opportunities rise in crypto space so just have the zeal in you ,have the right mindset and it will help you a lot,its not the end

it doesn't end, don't focus on 1 project you have to work on a number of projects and create quality content also do airdrop. everything starts from the small we get because from childhood we can learn to be big. don't give up and keep working

It's really a serious issue with the newbies.
I have seen newbies often invest in the coins in which they see that they can earn maximum profit in short period of time.
But that is where they make mistakes for which they face scams and losses in the end.
Before investing in any of the coins,  ICOS they should do a bit research. That's all i can say them.
And be careful next time all the honorable newbies.

Hello, if you are worried about scams in bounty companies, scammers have always been and it is very hard to avoid,try to be more attentive to the choice of bounty, but it will not give you 100% guarantee!

Its really a waste of time, in i was a newbie too here in crypto same as you. I followed many projects which is also ended as a scam and its makes me really disappointed but learn from your mistakes as they say. So for now i only followed a project thats really worth of my time and effort. Dont give up yet and learn from your mistakes and also be aware in the next project your in.

No it’s not a waste of time. You have learnt somethings. You need to change your approach and the way you do things so you can get a new better result. Patience is a virtue that is needed in cryptocurrency and also keep learning.

Anyone involved in cryptocurrency should constantly improve and develop. without this, it is not possible to achieve success.

Not totally waste of time. Didn't you learn something from those scammers? Like how good they are or how to make people to fall into scam project. I think you are starting to understand how they think and later in the future you won't fall to them. Everyone have ever been scammed, not just you.

We need a proper validation techniques to stop the scam. Since this field is new ,hopefully we can find those.

I would not agree with your post that participating and doing bounties is just a waste of time. Actually I think about bounties as having the chance to hold for a tokens and/or altcoins that perhaps could give you earnings and good fortune someday without the need to spend a huge capital as your investment, you just need few hours and a little effort to do the tasks with all of your bounties and that's it. I would not be here if I think that I am being scammed as a bounty hunter of any crypto project.

Let's make it a failure for better lessons and things for the future, don't be pessimistic if we are hit by a scam because a lot of successful people in the crypto industry are also hit by scams, the most important thing is that we know more and experience

It is good when you make posts like this to be specified to what you are talking about because I am so confused right now, what are you seeing as a waste of time, is it bounties or you are talking about crypto as a whole, and if you are referring to crypto, why are you saying that it is an end for newbies, just because you see one or two review of people talking bad about a crypto project doesn't mean that all project in the crypto space are bad, you have to gain experience also and you will see the wonders of the blockchain.

try to be more careful in choosing projects. all have felt the same way, ended in a scam project. as a bounty hunter it's part of the risk we work on. learn more, if you look at from your rank, you are still a beginner who still needs a lot of experience as a bounty hunter. sometimes it takes months or even years to succeed. no instant way to get cash from cryptocurrency bounty hunter.

This is not the end for beginners to get tokens from social media campaigns that you might follow, my advice is that you should first check the projects you want to follow, make sure they have a good work map and experienced teams.

As long as he can get something from what he got, it is not the end for a newbie, and even he can learn something as you said. We cannot force ourselves to get what we want because it will need time to see it will happen and only with patience, we can see if it will come to us later. Perhaps, he needs to spend more time to learn how to choose the right project and avoid the scam project so he can see that he has a chance to earn something good from the project.

it will not happen for all the people everyone who entered into this field for the first time it will be like a bigger thing to do but after sometime taking with the Crypto field you will feel that there is something available forest to make their future to be brighter so far that time you need to wait.

You do not even need to think about it, you need to go ahead and hope that everything will change in the future, if you are an investor or a trader, then you should invest in top projects, and if you are a trader, then of course you should always be careful in your actions, and if you perform bounties, then of course you need to study every project you entered.

I agree, every bounty hunters now must upgrade their standards on how to choose the right bounty.

There are lots of thing to be consider for you to be sure that the bounty is legit and has a high possibility to succeed and stay in the market.

Sorry for your disappointment bud. You are right that there not much trusted and real projects out there but don’t lose hope, learn from your mistakes, learn and study the project first before joining. I’ve also been scammed a lot of times, and sad too that though sometimes got paid but cannot get better price for the coins. I can say that bounty is like gambling, sometimes you are lucky and sometimes not.

All of us can encounter with such projects. Perhaps most of the projects you meet are scam, but this will help to increase your experience. Do not get tired quickly and turn your mistakes into advantages.

well that's true what you say, everything starts from failure. I mean learning from experience when following a scam project. I think not only those who feel it, but I've also experienced the same thing. from there we get a new lesson about how a truly good project to follow and avoid when looking at suspicious projects.

If the bounty campaign that you follow contains a scam, that means wasting your time.
This can happen because of your mistake in choosing a gift campaign program, you don't really choose carefully, starting from the team in the project or even experienced campaign managers. So you won't be fooled again.

I thought that you are refering to some campaigns and merits thing but i am a little bit confused on what are you intending to tell us. Im glad that there are still some newbies who are risk takers when it comes on exploring cryptocurrency. But if you noticed that there are mistakes then you should try another one. Dont worry about failure because its normal especially for a newbie like you. Dont lose hope.

You have just had a run of bad luck, I also had a lot of coins that ended up shitcoins, some are on a waiting list, with no idea if the devs of these coins are going to run away or will wait for the market to get better, but we are all in the same boat.

Yes, I agree. Just don't give up on having these bounty campaigns there are still a legit and paying bounty campaigns out there its just that you are being blinded by some over qualified projects. I suggest to research the project before joining or investing.

Well my advice to you is that it's just a learning curve.. Unlike when I joined the crypto space.. Today it's unfortunate we have more scams than legitimate projects. U have to learn from your bad experiences and make the ordeal a guard or principle to abide by so as not to fall into scams next time..

I don't agree with that because there are still some of the projects that is not scam but the issue is how to know real project.

Same old bounty campaigns are here always but catching the best is not the responsibility of the new bounty hunter in my opinion. Legit bounty campaigns are using different bounty platforms nowadays and they prefer to distribute the bounty tokens after months. Scam projects also don't pay or they found situation suitable excuses for giving less than promised.

What is the reason why you can say that it is the end for the newbie? There are lots of successful bounty program you can find. Don't lose hope, not all bounty program are successful or gives a big token. Its just a matter of trial and error process.

Standards will depend on how you look to the bounty. I can't say more of it because I don't join any of them but I can give my opinion and perspective with regards to the worry of op as a newbie. Like what I said, you need to look for some place to improve yourselves, the opportunities aren't just circulating with bounties and if you're too skillful enough, you will not worry with the goal that you are trying to aim with bounty. Because later on, you can leave bounties and expand with another industry.

is this about bounty?
if yes, now it is indeed very difficult to get a good project. you have to learn more about the projects you choose, don't just choose without looking for the purpose of the project. the current market has shown a bit of recovery, don't let you give up because you feel this is wasting your time and losing the opportunity to gain profits in the future.

be patient a little more and find some good projects. i'm sure you can do it.

from the question above, it is possible that the OP was disappointed because he participated in a prize campaign that ended in fraud. yes, that is the risk of this work. before taking part in it must remember that everything is at risk. so that at other times it will not despair when it occurs as it is felt by the OP.

I would not say that. All comes with experience. First, when you find your criteria for evaluating projects, everything will change. Do not follow all the managers. Choose only real ideas. And you can earn a little.

I think you have to learn about cryptocurrency because if you only learn about bounty or just smell about profit without risk it's just rubbish

You need to understand that there's no permanent position in life. The hero and legendary members you see were ones newbie and passed through the same stages of making mistakes and learning from their mistakes.

Nelson Mandela, an ex - South African president ones said, that there's nothing like failure, you only profit from your success or from your experience.

Experience, they say is the best teacher, you need to go through the hurdles of tutorship to have a perfect understanding of the crytocurrency space. Strive to enjoy the experience at all levels, they are necessary for your success at the top.

Nope, i don't think its the end of newbie, i think its just hard to find new bounties right now because of the current situation we are all facing now, yes, there are lot of scammers right now , and it is our fault that we are being scammed, all we need to do is reserach about this and keep learning.

Those newbies who have this kind of mindset will never succeed. If there's a failed project then try to become a trader or try other ways to earn cryptocurrency remember that bounty is not just a way to earn. Don't think that you waste your time literally, because you learn a lot from that experience and next time follow the project who are already a trusted one.

this not only happens to beginners, with the present situation, everyone involved in the campaign feels the same.
Therefore, let us help each other and analyze bounties that are truly worthy for us to support and follow.

I think here you can do anything not just to become a bounty hunter. especially if you have knowledge about trading.
now if you are only relying on being a bounty hunter it will make your time narrow and its acquisition not like a few years ago. I think you should increase your knowledge and experience again if you still want to be involved in the crypto industry.

there isn't much that can be expected for a newbie, yes I think it's only a small expectation to get great results from the campaign.
so you should not be trapped to benefit from every campaign. as you say
at present there are many campaigns that become scams.
I guess you can try to invest

I think you should not be afraid of difficulties. Simply better follow experienced users. Do not do the work without analysis. It is better to spend a couple of hours on studying projects before advertising something.

Yes, it is a waste of time if you just go on to promote projects that you did not verify if legit and with good potential, people are quitting because you hardly can find a good campaign to promote but if you still believe that there are still good project and there are still hopes for bounty campaign, then just double check all the project that you will promote.

Many people experience like you, but don't get discouraged, all of this is learning for the good. Learning continues because learning does require time and space to make increasing insight and knowledge. Many scammers but this make us stay optimistic about crypto.

Not only you, I think a lot of people start like that. If you can overcome it, you will accumulate experience and choose better projects

This is why I always tell people,,, do not follow projects you think will be good. Do it the other way round. Find out what YOU like,,, what YOU are interested in,,, and even what YOU are good at. Music? Art? Logistics? And then,,, look for projects that fit your interest, then you can be motivated to contribute and be part of it. Then you do not need an external push because the interest comes from you.

Being able to identify legit and profitable bounties on the forum is very difficult these days not only for newbies but even experienced members as well. Don't lose hope yet. You can try the Veil bounty. It is already trading and you can earn some good money from it.

For scam project yes it is waste of time, but you should not give up there are still some good projects just research first before you to join the bounty campaigns.

As long as you want to learn and try, you will not waste time. If you have not received financial benefits, then you should have gained knowledge. An ordinary thing if you are stuck in fraud. As well as me, I'm not free from being a victim of fraud. I made it a lesson and experience to make me more developed. There is nothing wrong if you want to continue learning. I'm sure your knowledge will be useful someday to develop a strategy so that you can succeed through crypto currencies. Crypto currency business will increase because now the price of bitcoin is getting better so that the future of crypto currencies is a little more enlightened.

It's just a matter of luck. Many people who participated in the end of the project followed ended with scammers. But behind such an event, carefulness is needed in seeing projects that want to be followed and high patience to get something to be desired (profit).

Well you need lots of experience to be successful in crypto world or anything else for that matter. We all went through thesame difficulty as newbie.
Lots of researching, questions and learning would help.
Have you tried trading?  Why not give it a try. But you have to learn it first. You could learn via demo trading(practice trading) on a cryptocurrency exchange.  There are couple of exchanges that offer the demo trading for free. You can find them via Google.
You can also find lots of trading tutorials on YouTube.
Good luck.

It is true that it is very difficult to determine which is the legit ICO or bounty project. Some legit project can be also be an unsuccessful one when investors don't support them. What I want to share is that, don't lose hope. Just simply think that you are learning from all the bounties from which we joined.

No I think its just a test of time for you. Let not be much interested in the monies we earn from bounties but always try to upgrade our knowledge in the crypto field. Unless you become abreast with things you will always it's only bounties that could make  you earn but there are people over here who make it big without participating in bounty projects.

If your main purpose is to dive into a bounty with your newbie account and you got scammed by the project when it does not keep to bounty agreement, then is a waste of your time and you actually don't have business on the forum but if you want to gain knowledge about crypto, then even when you don't gain from your bounty, you would have gained some knowledge. Don't give up if you are seeking for knowledge too.

no one predicts and knows for sure the development of crypto currencies and in my opinion the investment in the crypto currency depends on the confidence and patience of each investor at this time is indeed experiencing a decline but tomorrow no one can be sure

You are right, my friend, it is a waste of time!) Unless, of course, you are interested in technology and ideas from the creators of various projects that can bring humanity to a new level of development in the future.

the fact is that now we cannot even guess which of the existing projects can really bring some real benefit to the world

Yes surely all of us are walking on the same track so I would also suggest all new and old investors to wait and let’s see when the market gives us green sign to sell, now bull just has begun so it is good to keep learning don’t stop even if the market is down, everything takes time and requires patience.

I do not believe all the projects that you are following are scams, because when I started a scam there were only a few and the current conditions to start were something that was quite good because now the small gain like airdrop is already very much and has started to improve the reward they offer is just here the fortune system still applies because it does not guarantee that the promised rate of airdrop will be the same after entering the market, for the bounty itself many people are just starting out and it looks like they still get profit from it

Most people who achieve success in the crypto market and did not participate in bounty campaigns - I have the money to invest.

Becouse you are newbie its a normal bro most of the newbies has done that way the first ico i invested was scam yep i sold them (i mean tokens) but i was in big lose so try be informed chek projects before investing don't give up everything will be fine believe me.

I totally do not understand what would you like to say.
I see that your rank is newbie and maybe your problem is that you can´t join bounty campaigns, right?

Of course not, because the business associated with cryptocurrencies is growing rapidly, which means that many will need PR services. You need to learn how to select good projects and then you can make money from it.

in any type of situation the beginning is always the beginning you cannot change it because all the situation will be suitable for everyone in cryptocurrency if you had the money in your hand then it will be the most useful investment ever in your life.

By the time you have to ask teh question, Is it a waste of time? The answer will most likely be: yes.

But I can assure you, crypto is not a waste of time at all.
Just chagne the way you invest and trade.
Just about eveyrone that starts off investing makes poor choices and ends up with a shitcoin or two (or more).
Learn from your mistakes, research different strategies, and adapt.

One of the most important things to do, is to ask yourself, what your goals are.
What lifestyle do you have, and what kind of trading would work best with that lifestyle.

For example, ifyou have a full time job and steady middle class income, the best thing you can do is straight up buy more btc or eth every month.
If you have limited capital, then look in to day trading.

If you do not first examine the project you are going to follow, it is likely that it will only end up in vain. If therefore you feel like a failure then you will not be able to achieve what you want, try again and don't be lazy to do research first.

Maybe if you already think like that, you need to learn about old project that still exist. Actually old coins not really bad to trade. As long you understand how chart will go, pick old coins can be alternative.

If all the projects you joined ended up as being scam, it then means you have not been doing your research.
Research is very essential before joining any project.
Invest in viable projects. If there is no genuine product, do not invest.

Never a waste for newbie nor waste for anybody, though most of this project are now been confirmed as scam project, but there are still good project to work and invest in.

Why would the things you've learn be wasted?
You are the one who waste your time chasing those project ,
You should have search for a better one and sure there are tons of scam project out there ,
That is why it is our duty as an investor/bounty hunter to do our own research about their project if they are legit or not.

Well of course it will waste your time because you always get scam projects, but will you give up? Of course you have to be smarter in exploring the projects that you will follow because you often get scam projects, of course, your skills in choosing a project will be better and may not get a scam project later, then if you give up now what about your time sacrifice it?

Nothing ends, it depends on how newbie wants to learn, because in my opinion, this is only a matter of purpose if you learn about cryptocurrency consistently in my opinion, nothing is impossible, different from just learning, but there is no consistency at all in my opinion it is the end of the newbie and a lot the guide on this forum is very helpful

Almost an ICO have failed raised their target of coin sell and have big effect for bounty campaign without paid, but is usually happen with many ICOs was not get their coin sale target and will refund for all of investor's money.

no one can succeed without having to go through failure, never give up, keep learning from failure because every failure will become your bridge to success.

It is like a msytery box, investors don't know it is legit ICO or not. Scam projects make newbies to quit early the crypto industry but they gain an experience at least. Newbie trader should use demo accounts for learning the basics of trading before starting their new real trading journey.

In my opinion the right way of learning will give maximum results, don't rush to think you have to succeed in an instant way. But we do step by step. Learn gradually and ask for opinions from people who do have a lot of insight about cryptocurrency.
I don't immediately become what it is today,
I was just like you, through the newbie,
live according to capacity and like what I said before is to learn slowly.
Experience is a meaningful thing,
Tips for avoiding project scammers are:
1. Find information about the project in detail, (Team Founder)
     you must know the background.
2. Look for projects that many people recommend.
and many more tips that you will get from other people in this forum.
Hopefully your spirit will return to learning Cryptocurrency.

It is waste of time if you will not use what you have learned. Since it is already a mistakes and you figure out that it's a scam, then learn from it and find another way to earn. There are different ways  to earn crypto so don't lose hope and seek other crypto  related earnings aside from ICOs.

I believed you felt disappointed based on your participation in bounties whether as a hunter or investor, you might have read articles or testimonies of previous participants earning alot of money without reference to the present condition of market.  ie market had been very bearish for long thus making it difficult for any ICO to succeed invariably affecting the price of the tokens paid to hunters after listing in an exchange.
Now the market had started it recovery perhaps bounties will regains it's status of earning good profits in days ahead.

maybe you've learned very little, so the results of the projects you choose are mostly scam. You think it wast time but not at all. I bet you have learned a lot of lessons from past mistakes. And as a newbie you will have to continue to upgrade yourself by learning more about Blockchain and non-Blockchain technologies so that you can have enough knowledge to monitor, audit and evaluate a potential project. When you upgrade yourself to 1 level, the amount you earn will increase by 1 rank. Dont give up, good luck

Yes it's a waste of time, this is one of the big reason I'm taking absent from doing ICO signature bounty campaign, 10 signature campaign for the whole 2018 to early 2019 with no profit and some still to make a profit, even old timers are victimized bt scam projects, don't blame your being a newbie.

No, you need to search more carefully for the new bounties, research the bounty project team, idea, technology, etc. before participation. There are many similar scam bounty, need to learn to distinguish them from real projects. Also, need to look at the bounty manager and his previously bounties.

It's sad that scammers are everywhere and they will continue to exist. And I think the Audit Team must be formed to examine new or ongoing projects. If this Team can be formed and run, I think it will be very helpful to check and limit scammers.

Yes obviously, you have wasted your precious time, efforts and energy to scammers. You and we all know that the market is filled with also fake projects who are looking to deceiving investors and bounty hunters and looting them. In this situation, we cannot do anything rather than being aware and making people aware of it. So what is needed to avoid fake projects is just research. Read website of a project completely. Look at its team, technology and goals. Are they following its roadmap?

  We have to be aware for every site we penetrating in order to evade from scammers, because scammers are scattered every corner and it is hard for us to choose on which is good and liable. People with knowledge and skillful ideas can create strategies to evade from fraud and be a successful one, but people who are lack of wisdom will came up of loses. And newbies must be cautious for every action and deliberation.

Then you are still not doing the right thing, obviously you are picking projects randomly out of intuition.

You give up too easily, I think many newbies like you are here but they find their potential to get something valuable. you can find it and read it where your potential, as a trader, bounty hunter, miner, or other job that makes money.
it depends on your wishes.

You're talking about bounties I think.

Before you join in a bounty campaign, you must make a basis into which campaign are you joining. One of my basis is a reputable campaign manager. I know that there are some bounties managed by a reputable campaign manager ending up being a scam coin but the risk of getting scammed is lower compare to those newbie managers. Second is the website. Make sure that they have an attractive website :). That are some of my basis.

No! It will become your lessons, for every scams you gain lesson. If you encounter scam project, you will recognize another scam, it's not waste of time. You learn something good and you gained benefits on it, knowledge benefits.

yeah that's right, let alone a newbie even someone who is longer here wastes a lot of time for things that are uncertain. and that will continue.many still survive this position

It's not the end some people also feel the same as you. Make it all a lesson and experience for you, for the next projects you should be more careful to choose and analyze deeper before joining on the project.

This is not just looking for pennies, in this forum you can get a lot of information and knowledge about crypto. So don't be sad

Beginners in the crypto world will definitely experience many problems and even losses in trade transactions that can weaken the trade mentality so many are giving up and frustrated, which will add negative stories about crypto trading.
Even though it was all due to the rush to enter the trade, it did not go through the learning process in the crypto forum so that it did not recognize the characteristics of traded coins, especially what news could cause crypto prices to rise or fall.

what kind of failed ? bounty failed , invest , or project or being scammed on someone
if you mean failed on bounty then you should learning more on this forum . many information on website or their whitepaper or social media. do you own research before join on bounty

I think you are not wasting your time but you didn't pay enough time for it. There's still many good projects to follow out there. You need to learn about Blockchain technology, related things of each project, find out a good project is not easy, as out there thousands of startups fail everyday and very few success.

Now is a time when there is no need to invest in ICO because all the top Altcoins are terribly undervalued and in the future will give investors great profits. People do not want to take risks, therefore, invest in the top 20 cryptocurrencies.

Do not worry friend. Keep seeking good projects instead of wasting time and energy on a bad project. After all, you are not alone facing such situation when it comes to bounty campaigns. I have also faced such problem in the past and am facing so. Some projects ended in scammers, while others did not pay under various pretexts. So research thoroughly before joining any bounty campaign.

yes, be careful to determine the good and to be able to walk well and make a profit.
for beginners you must learn before joining and for anyone to learn to understand it.
lots of bad projects so be careful when choosing them so they don't get stuck.

I am assuming you are talking about bounties. Well, even higher ranks than newbie also feel so sad when a project ended up scam or the bounty rewards has really a big negative difference when it enters in exchange.

At the end nothing is a waste since you will always a tale to tell, maybe others will have to take caution from your experience. I can't tell what you exactly talking about, but never invest in a shitty coin or a shitty project.

We need to think about the future then only it will give the confidence for everyone especially if you are a new people who are entering into this field will had lots of confidence about this field in this time the market condition is developing so how can you perform well in this time will result in the end to be good.

Did you ever take your time to learn first before trying ways to earn in the crypto space, such as through investment of trading.
There are rules that guide all these process, which if not duly followed, it might result into lost of fund.

Newbies might not have experienced much loss as compared to those who started in the early time because they had not enough experience and now the current market new comers have all the experience left by the experienced ones. Newbies are now more efficient than the existing investors and traders about the new projects because they have learned more techniques and the old investors do not have much idea about newly launched projects in the beginning but newbies are efficient in exploration.

If you have received tokens of these projects then it is not still bad. In the future, these tokens can raise their price or remain wrappers. I think you will be lucky and you will be able to benefit from the waste of your time. But for you it will be a lesson not to follow different ICO projects. Many of us have faced this problem but we have come to conclusions and have moved on.

Yes, unfortunately, many projects are now scam. I myself have fallen into this trap many times. However, there are projects that will bring you income.
If you have enough time and desire, then learn new projects. Perhaps you will find something useful and profitable.

Everyone didn’t just become perfect too overnight too; it was from our past experience that we learnt from our mistakes which makes us a better hunter. HE should just learn from the storyof many hunters who have been successful and see how they were able to continue overcoming this period of time where we have scam everywhere in the market.

At the same time, we still have lots of hunters like me that are still getting very good projects to campaign for and even if their pay is low, but at least they still make payment, and it is now left for me to think of how to multiply the payment to compensate the time I have spent on the project.

You should see this as your first exam and if you walk away, it will always be difficult to return. Because in your brain, crypto trading is going to be difficult, and it will force you to leave. Try to train yourself.

so in all business which people start happens like this. if they quit something, then most likely they will no longer return to this business. they give up because they cannot survive the mistakes which they made. But they just need to understand that mistakes are normal and they can be made by everyone. Money loss is also not the end

patience is virtue, experience is the good teacher just keep moving in doing bounty campaigns, when i was a newbie like you almost all of my bounty project i join ended in scam, but i keep moving right now i earn alot of profit in bounty campaign, learn how to identify legit projects.

forget the bounty for now. and if you join a campaign, it should be a side job.
I think here is a lot that you can take to become experience and knowledge. you can trade or invest in altcoins.
I guess you should try to look for other options

Hilarious! Quite a misleading topic. I will assume you are talking about bounties and airdrops so my advice on how to keep the hope alive is
1. Lower your get rich quick expectations
2. Learn and research more about Crypto because it will give you the wisdom to choose the best viable projects
3. Participate with an open mind

Perhaps you should take a short break,relax emotionally.no one said it would be easy,so if you want you need to learn to better analyze your mistakes.Without good analysis, there will be mistakes everywhere.

I will partially agree with you but I will not completely judge him that he is not doing any research at all. I remember when I first started bounty campaign, that was when we had little scam or no scam, so I didn’t see any reason to research on them, I just check the allocation and the number of people participating before joining, never knew I was doing the wrong thing until ICO scam became rampant and virtually all projects I was later participating in using emotion to select, ended up being a scam project.

The moment I started doing very thorough research on these projects before joining drastically limited the number of scam projects I am participating in, I must tell you that we still have so many projects that would not scam, they are right there, but we can only get them out through a vigorous research.

You needed to take some time to review and understand everything before you take your part, investing is not that easy if you think that its a go to richness scheme, you have to pay attentions in every factors that affects the market and you needed to work with your own assessment, never to
make any entry without proper knowledge.

I would say that this is a very bad start) why not spend time on a lot of projects, but analyze and select worthy ones? in your failure you are guilty and your ignorance of the topic in which you are participating .. I usually advise people to have patience, read more and develop, but you ... I advise you to give up cryptocurrency, it is unlikely that this is your niche.

No it is not a waste of time for you.. use this experience to learn and make more vigilant of joining in different project so that you will not get involve those scam projects, if you follow the good project i think you can get extra income from them.

It means you learned nothing. Everyone has every fallen into a scam, at least once in their life. If you stop just because you got scammed, then you didn't learn anything. Just move on, learn from your past and be better person to find a legit project. Let me ask you one questions, how much is your loss so far?

You need to learn from the experienced that has been passed. If you just blame yourself then it's not good idea because you will fall to the same mistake. But I believe if you learn and evaluate yourself with your mistake before mean before you choose bounty campaign or ICO project for your investment then you need to compare with the project that has been passed by you. Detect the characteristic for each project and if there are similarities from the new project and the old project then you must be careful from the project. Don't take a more risk and don't force it, find another project and do the same thing.

It is obviously not a waste of time; and you should see the lessons as a transition
So learn from it and don’t dwell on the mistakes

Crypto currency is for us all; if only we accept it

Agree, although there are too many scams on the market but the market also has quality projects and since we joined, we know the risks such as projects are not listed and do not pay participants, so when newbie faces the first failure, they should not give up and feel that this is a waste of time, this is an experience for them. It will help them make better choices in the next time, if they cannot overcome these problems, the profit portal will always reject them, success is need of failure and patience, it cannot be too easy

You can still find good projects if you use little efforts in this regard. It is true that there are many scammers who are always searching for potential investors and bounty hunters to loot them. But there are good projects too. What you need is research yourself. Some of the clues to choose good project is that strong and reputed team, technology, goals and the team's action in achieving the set goals. You can research thoroughly before investing. You can consult with crypto experts.

Do you even search the project before taking part of it?

We need to be cautious to prevent ourselves ending up in a scam project.

I think it would be better if you stop participating in bounties for a while and take time improving your knowledge about crypto.

I know how the feeling is like buddy but trust me this is not the end of newbie. What if the extra projects you get involved in does not end in being scam? What if the next project you are about doing is your breakthrough? Scam projects are real and so are legit projects too but you've got to do a thorough research before jumping into any project. Seek for projects with products and already trading and not just any hyped project with no product.

Hope it's not a sign of giving up following the bounty because the more you get stuck on a scammer project, the more you know how the project has an indication of a scammer, keep up the spirit because I'm sure you will join the great project

A lot of projects came in during the ICO boom and hoping to cash in on the huge amount of fund being raised via ICO investment. While a lot had bad intentions and exited scams the few that managed to pull through were subdued by the market condition and were not able to raise enough fund to continue. Now the trend has changed.

First, I thought that you are talking about cryptocurrencies, and it surprised me a lot. However, I understood that you mean Bounties. If it is right, then you should really better quit them. You can trade!

Because you didn't know the concept of project itself. How many project that has been scammed you? Just learn if you got scammed don't just let's go away. Actually I'm not bounty hunter I only participated with airdrop when I was newbie but I never got a profit form it and even I only fill lots of telegram channel of the project and end up with useless. So, I decided to find some ways which I can make money from it such as trading and also I learn this forum with hard in order to I can make money from signature campaign with BTC and I got it. Just find some ways that you can make definet profit from it, and if you find useless way you need to stay away from it.

From the topic, I don't think it is the end of newbies, the thing is that the newbies have to work hard o make t, it is not easy any field of work, so it is in the crypto world.

work hard to be able to keep up with market demand, where regulations are now getting tougher, and everyone must also grow their capacity to continue to compete in the market. not only new people, even old people have to make these adjustments. otherwise they will be discarded from the market.

no,dont think like that you just need more experience to research and find the great one project.
we know many project now its a scam or low price after listing, but if you learn from im, you will know which project better/not.
it may not guarantee 100% but atleast you not just joining bounty like someone who is careless.

Mate its not the end of the world same with bounty if you just experienced unfortunate events in your life like doing a job with no payments like bounties you are doing then you have to research well next time you join, there are many legit sites that offers legit bounty like bountyhive, and in this forum you must join only in trusted managers who are handling bounties. 

it's just a stream of bad luck, despite the mood of the market, a lot of companies continue to work, many reach their goals ahead of time, I think yes, try to do a little analysis of companies you are participating in, and do not look at big promises, as any project even with small awards can bring you a good profit

Lol.. if you're ending up with scam project is because you just join every project you find without any research.. as for me..  I don't participate in projects without an ico or IEO scheduled date..

Before taking part in various bounty programs you could read the forum and reviews about this industry. But you were lazy. Now you have to learn your mistakes and take part in IEO)))

If you end up scammed by some bounty campaigns you joined, dude be patient, your a newbie as what you have said, you gotta learn from your mistakes. Maybe you can change your plans on joining some campaigns, rather make some research before joining into and read their project plans and platforms and also check if the who is managing the campaign if he is a trusted manager.

Actually income from virtually is very difficult every time. So Don't be upset and be connected with it always. I connected with bounty last 3 years and did many bounties but very limited bounty that i income. But one thing happy that i made income from bounty that is my extra income beside my job. So i suggest you take bounty like part time job and you will be happy here as newbie.

Best of luck.

Not only for newbie even for the members like us more than two years some even more than 5 years also fell in this trap . Last year most of the ICO happened just intention of raise money and disappear there is lots of ICO made it some are like hero token or pawn hero it was the major disappointment for investors.

If you are talking about bounties then i will say no to your question because there are some good projects out there though the rewards are not like before you can still make something for yourself if you can get one.

I think about the time you take part in the bonus is 2018. 2018 has a lot of scam projects. almost everyone encountered. Up to now there have been many serious and very good projects. I recommend that you choose reputable bonus managers and have a lot of successful ico

Maybe you’re the one who is not making the right choice cause if you are not making the right then you will be ending up with scammers , cause they are just everywhere in this forum. Some of you newbies don’t even research properly before you join any project. You should learn to do your research and even ask questions in the forum if possible (even on reddit), so that those who have been into this for a long time and understands how it works can then reach out to you and give you some help.

I think not almost all but only few of the projects are considered scams. Some projects are also failed last year because they are affected by the bearish market that lasted for more than a year and these failed ones are not scams. To avoid getting victim of a scam project and save your precious time, do your own research first to find the legitimate project.

Sure, all of them have been set up, however, if it is indeed the quota for our authority, it is difficult for others to learn about the projects that we follow all of them, so all that is certain that we have the right to get it right

I can't see any relationship between your subject and the body of your message. Trying to understand what you meant by if this is the end of newbie. You are not the only one who has been involved in a scam project, and it has nothing to do with being a newbie

I actually understand your plight.. As a newbie in this arena,  you must come in with so much vigor to get involved in as many project as possible; making count the advantage this platform has made possible. However, one must be extra cautious looking at how so many projects out there are barely making anything. This will save you for time, efforts and resources wastage. Watch out more carefully.

It is necessary not to be lazy and take the time to check the project for authenticity.  And then begins to work with him.  It’s not so easy to trust people here.  Then you will not be upset.

For bounty hunters, especially newbies, encountering scam projects is inevitable and that goes for even the most experienced bounty hunters. You'll just have to learn from your mistakes to avoid wasting your time working with scam projects.  Checking bounty red flags should always be your top priority. But still, there is always a risk that it might end up as a failed campaign, or worse, another scam. Your experience will always be your best tool in reducing your chances of joining scam projects. So, keep on joining and don't stop, you will eventually get rewarded handsomely for your hard work.

I think it is very inevitable to fall for scam projects when hunting bounties especially when you are starting as a newbie in the crypto space, but you should look for ways to avoid this from repeating itself, I.e you should research the bounty project before participating. I personally research any bounty project very well from an investor point of view before I decide to go into promoting the project. Because it is better to wait for a while to get a good project that will reward you than to promote a scam project.

The fear of scam projects is treat everybody not only bounty hunters but investors and cryptocurrency in general. Check the managers, team and the product or service before rendering your service or investing.

It was hard year for crypto sphere, and it is not correct to name all the failed project a scam. Some of them could not compete, or had not enough investments. Unsuccessful project is not always scam. Detailed researches will help in investment. Newbies can use the experience of professionals and have to waste some time to get investment indicators table.

First of all, you faced a letter scam because they are maximum right now and you have to start making stupid decisions. If you want to make money you have to invest your time and effort into it and not just follow others on what they are doing. If you really want to make money you can go for alternative methods such as advertisement or freelancing or maybe anything else but does something constructive. And on the second thoughts, there are a lot of people who do not even know about Bitcoin right now maybe they have heard it for a little and maybe they want to learn about it but their personal life keep them busy and they do not even have anyone to help them with their learning process.

It seems to me that a significant part of the projects, which are usually called a scam, are in fact simply those who could not succeed in developing their business. They wanted, tried, worked on it, but failed because of the difficult financial situation on the cryptocurrency market, which has been going on for more than a year. During this period, a newbie could learn a lot and now he would be ready to work in this market.

there a lot of opportunity in crypto you just need to know what you want to do
for the new project you must be vigilant and make a lot of research

Every knowledge you get from Crypto is never a waste, what type of project do you follow. Do you follow the hype based on hear say or you try to make your own research before joining a project

Knowing how many scammers are spreading here in the forums so you really need to translate it thoroughly so that you will avoid scamming project scams like bounty bounty bounty bills that are spread here in the forum but should only be done before you go with the bounty to read your projects carefully and identify the admin or founder and team of projects because it will not be lost especially be careful of those who want to invest in ico or investors because many ico also the scam and imitating other websites to get people to head up so before joining can only review their website and admin well and if their project is potentially so it does not mean that your funds are in the hands of the ico also in the bounty.

Did you just joined forum to earned? How about the significant knowledge you can gain on reading some worthy about btc and altcoins progress? Its not all about doing some bounties. If you like to earned from it learned first how the blockchain works and Im telling you, you can easily identify the good projects from scammed one. When I was a newbie here in forum all i want is to learn and eventually given me opportunity by wearing signature. Later on its easy for me to pick which one is best for doing campaign.

Not all projects are scams. of course there are projects that produce, it's just that we need to research and see which projects are good and which projects are scam. the problem is that more and more people are interested in bitcoin. sometimes a lot of people are also wrong to use bitcoin. so indeed we need to be careful again.

I think there will be no next time for him anymore as he really quitting. Too bad he is too late, it was not his fortunate time to encounter profitable bounties. Maybe he was just referred here by some of his who actually earned a lot and he does envy it leading to be here and look for his own fortune but the sadden truth encounter him and breaks his spirit. Why not just buy Bitcoin or eth for you to be sure, just hold it a little longer or maybe if you hold it for a year you could gained double or even greater profits.

I would say there is value in discovering scams, because it makes you more careful and gives you insights into human psychology. There are steps you can take to reduce the risk of falling into scams, and over time you should be better quipped to detect them.

Is this bounty? if it is then at the very beginning you should know that not ll the project was legit there was a lot of scam being a newbie is the start of everything learn from your own mistake and elaborate your knowledge not stock on what you've learn go and lean more, make a research and do not join because of the hype look into the project and focus on what you are doing.

In order to easily find references about the projects we want to follow, it is better to ask some communities so that we ourselves can conclude that the project is good, although research on our own is also very much needed so that we ourselves can also judge which are good and not good.

Is this the end of Newbie? What do you mean? are you referring to bounties, if thats what you mean then you are right. Its totally a waste of time if you promote a project in many months and ended up nothing thats totaly absurd. but in the other hand if you are referring to investing on ICO tokens or coins for holding well i can say that not all is a scam some are still credible and worth for holding.

It's not just you. But, almost "all" of those that are trying to earn something through bounties ended with disappointed. Even, they were doing well on ICO phase but once it got listed on exchanges, everything are the same and ended on same hole.

Of course lol. If you working with all your time wasted so long and you had received nothing, its called waste. Try to find a guaranteed job that pays you in fixed amount.

I guess it, you are talking for joining bounty campaign. Actually this time very bad for everyone bounty hunter. Because personally me , I can't find stable project right now. I think it's time for your best to keep learning about crypto Market. Hold ,invest, trade everything then you will find one ways to eran money.

This is not a waste of time, and precious experience that you get studying such projects. Over time, you will automatically filter them out when you create your own selection criteria.

Wise

Research on your own about the project in which you want to invest, don't follow blindly to the advice of others if you want to be successful in the crypto because if you do then that will 95% of the time will lead to scam projects.

DYOR is the key for a successful career in crypto remember that.

I agree with how we need to support Afrihealth. Any amount of help would do and honestly, there isn't any negative side in helping Afrihealth to spread. Just the fact that it provides medical solutions is a case of a good sign that it would be a great project to partake in. You can help those in Africa just by joining the bounty they provide. The fact that medical solutions can be given to those in need in Africa is very fulfilling and since the services they provided can easily be accessed, it's quite user-friendly and can easily be used in case of emergencies in which Afrihealth would provide the medical faculties and supplies that are in need.

I agree with you, of course I will not want to spend a lot of money just for a project that we do not know whether we will be paid or not. it's just that it's a side job because it also depends on my luck. if a project like 2017 is not a problem if I spend heavily on a project.

    Yes you are right about that. I agreed that its not the end of newbies, all of us here has a chance to level up our rank. There comes the times up that some bounty did not accepted newbies because of some reasons. How I wish some bounty give chance those newbies to join in campaign so they can push theirself to be industrious to rank up.

Things have changed, 2017 is the year where bitcoin had a bullrun and ICOs somewhat ride with the wave but unfortunately many of those ICOs were scam thus driving investors away from it the following year. There are good projects right now but sadly they are not doing any bounty campaign, you can invest on those if you want but you should research first.

Don't get discourage if you're unfortunate for bounty campaigns you had joined in. Just keep on joining bounty campaigns but be diligent enough to loom for more legit campaigns. Most of the high ranking accounts here, for sure were able to experience the same unfortunate things back then. But, they are still here to stay.

No this is not the end, but yes you have wasted the time.
Why you choose to follow a project and not another one? Just the perception for an easy earning.
Otherwise if you choose carefully the project to invest you can only hit real project (and profitable!)

No, you do not have to worry about this often with newbies as they have experience and often it is for this that they end up in similar projects. I will tell you what you need to carefully check every project in which you want to participate as this is your time and resources and only after careful verification make a decision on participation.

No, no that early to give up and say it's the end for you, newbies have a lot to learn you need to do some research first and be educated about the crypto environment keep learning new things and be a great crypto enthusiast that you ever be.

No i think you must focus more effectively now because now the market is improving and with this the percentage of scam project also reduce. You must di your hardwork because crypto will definately give you good return. You have to use your analytical still to find a good projects and then work on them

Most of the projects that accept newbies for their bounties are scam. Find ways to earn merits, in that way you can rank up your account and then look for a good campaign which you think can benefit you.

i am very much like you have a similar experience. i do not think so. this is a learning process for us. we have accumulated a lot of valuable experience. u will find some quality items

all have been newbies, you have to try even more to learn about crypto especially in the bounty. Scam projects can be experienced by anyone, not just newbies even those who already have a high rank can experience it. need carefulness in choosing the projects that we will participate in ... this will not waste your time, you can make the experience not repeat itself

According to OP you wanted to talk about bounties and newbie. Yes now most of the bounties are exit scam. Very rear are keep alive their project but may be they don't accept newbie for promoting their project. And which bounties accept newbie, have more chance to do scam. So you should upgrade to atlast Jr member to join any good bounty campaign really. Good luck buddy try to do constructive post. Thanks 

From the start, promising projects often dont use btc talk bounty or in the case of using btc talk, they dont hire newbie. there are much example like that. $HYDRO.$GRIN,$HARMONY(hire higher than or equal to member )

then, you need not sticks to using btc talk. promising projects often recruit help on their telegram mail and discard and so on of course they pay reward. e.g. $ONT,$HYDRO,$QKC. In particular $QKC provided expensive bounty program in the past.

Even so, when i join btc talk bounty, i always check following
・there background
・partner company
・there fund

A while ago, i cehcked SNS influence like twitter follower, telegram group and so on. but there have been many bot and cheated accounts. then i recently not consider them for DYOR.

Most likely you are just not an experienced bounty participant.Try to register on special bounty platforms.The risk of getting on a fraudulent project will be much less.https://bounty0x.io/ (https://bounty0x.io/).As an example, start by exploring this platform.

Newbie ???
If we see Newbie Account to join bounty hunter, it's die for Signature Campain and Jr. Members also start rarely accepted.
The standard for joining Signature Campain now is a member account and it is very possible if later all member accounts will be deleted as well and the default is Fullmember.
For the Signature Campaign, indeed, Newbie has died but to join the others can still participate.

I understand you really, it will decrease your confidence if you fall into many scam projects at the start of your bounty hunting. But don't worry there are still good projects out there, with time you will learn to identify them.

I won't call it a complete waste of time. We all thrived this way from the beginning. I have personally participated in countless number of bounties without any reward. Just remain patient please.

We all trying even the jr member, hero member is doing scam project alot of scam project cause all we can't get raid of it we just have to be careful.

If you are talking about Bounties, it is true that there are too many scam projects, and the worthy ones are limited for Jr.Members+ ranks. I think you should do your best to increase your rank on the forum.

a trader does not always run smoothly there must be a failure or get stuck in a project that is not clear "cheater" but knows that not all projects are bad. We can compare several concepts, white paper, TIM and products can usually distinguish seriousness or not, it's difficult and we don't depend on Bounty or Airdrop, we have to trade Altcoin when the market is stable but we have to be vigilant in buying.

Everyone will be a newbie at first then a trader. It's our attitude that will put us to gain in this market, we must find sources of way to earn thru it be in crypto or in personal life.

Newbies need to add something special to get a merit point. However, even if you get to junior it won't be worth much because the quality of bounties now is so low that many people are giving up. The projects aren't as good as they used to be and bounties and becoming worthless

not the end of the beginner if a beginner wants to try hard to maintain it.
there are still opportunities if we want to do it, because knowledge and experience really helps us in choosing projects and running projects.
learning is needed not only for beginners, for anyone who needs learning.

The OP must be following someone or didn't do his/her own research about the potential of bounties but instead, i think he/she may go to the most profitable one that he/she thinks that can give him/her money. There are worth bounties out there but you should have to look for a reliable source to know what is a scam and what is not.

Such projects is kind of experience for you. Think about it as an experience. Mate, you can easily waste money in scam, but later you will be more experienced.
So you have to try it

Just dont do bounty campaign for a while dude,market downtrend affects bounty much that icos fails because of the value.of coins getting down,youre not wasting time you just need to be in the right time of joining bounty and youll be able to get good amounts again

Earning merit is easy if you are a real contributor to the forum, but being a newbie doesn't mean you don't have a chance to earn in bounty.
OP is making bad decision joining bad projects and ended him with nothing, but he needs to learn quitting is not the solution and that negative mind would never help to improve. As they say, we need to rise every time we fall.

You will not waste time in this forum because there a lot thing to do here. If you learn how to then you will know what to do and make money with your knowledge. Though most projects most likely ending up to none, there are still bounties that pay you with tokens you deserve to have. You might even paid through btc and ethereum if you can find one.

everything we did in this forum usefull someday.we could earn any money in this forum by doing anything.if we doing alot we will have important experience then especially to find which is best projects and which is worst projects.

Don't be discouraged from talking about bounty projects, there is still much to be learned and picky to know which projects are worth doing, but the selection is not easy sometimes those who already have experience can experience failure

I think you are the investors of the ICO right? I don't suggest for this time to invest to the project but it depends to the belief of the person.  They have project who still good but you can count it to your finger and most of the percentage is scam. You can transfer to the trading instead of choosing ICO. It is more less risk because the coin is tradable and you do not have worries the coin being scam but the only you need to worry if the coin dump.

I'm not sure what yoy referred by "I have followed." Have you invested into any project? Or you are talking about the bounty? If it is bounty, it's nothing but waste of time. Don't waste your time on bounty. Rather, research and invest.

The cryptocurrency industry is rife with scams and projects that are based on nothing more than vaporware, but this shouldn't discourage you from taking an interest in these types of technologies if you are curious about what they have to offer because there are many startups that are developing innovative platforms, protocols and dapps that have genuine use cases so just make sure you research each one thoroughly to ensure they are worthwhile

it depends, but for me its to late for the newbies to join, because its hard to them to ranked up because of the merit system, you need to get more merit to rank

Well, what is OP said is also true though. Most of bounties nowdays are scam, yes there are so many bounties but only a few bounties that really success or at least get the softcap on the ICO and get paid on bounties, the rest are not success and failed to reach softcap and in the end, the bounties get nothing.

Most of the time it's ended as a waste of time, seeing the bounty failed and if you consumed months or years participating with it, but that's how it is, so everyone needs to do do good research and see if the project that they are planning to join will materialized and bring positive rewards.

If there are newbie now on bitcointalk forum, and aiming to get profit without getting any money to their pocket, Bounty campaign is their only way for them to get it. Though, there are few of the new ICO project that are accepting newbies to their campaign, were most of them they've accepted at least Jr. member. But of course for me it is still not the for newbie.

 :'( It is said in a senses. However, there are many non-project projects that are scam. All those come in the market and hit. But I can say that those who are unemployed for them, it is okay. There is some payment.

Do not give up. There a lot out there to join but you have to  do a little research for yourself. Go to Review sites and check projects out. You will see some with good pedigree. Although, it is still not certain anything can still go wrong

Your title does not correspond with the problem you have and its quite misleading.
The issue with scam projects does not have you alone neither is it limited to the bounty hunters but to a large extent the investors lost a lot of money too.
However, with the introduction of IEO, I think scam projects shall be reduced to some extent.

some existing projects can accept beginners to join in participating in promoting the program they are going to run, but before deciding to be able to join the project, you must do your own research first and make sure the project has tremendous potential in the future.

if you always fail in choosing a project and always end a scam then you have to increase your knowledge and learn how to find a good project,
it is difficult to find a good project now especially for a newbie, but don't give up because you will someday be able to find a good project

It is indeed very difficult for us to receive. That many projects are fake and just waste our time. But I don't want to just give up. Seeing that market conditions are getting better, I'm sure if there will be a lot of real projects. I recommend being more careful in doing everything in this crypto.

Of course it is a waste of time but not in vain because we can take our failures or mistakes as lessons so that we are not trapped in scam projects anymore, because of that we also become more careful in choosing projects and that is something good for the continuity of your job

add experience because a little extra experience is partly to increase knowledge and that can help you in the future.
nothing is in vain if you can increase knowledge, because knowledge is very meaningful and if you do not have the knowledge and experience you will be exposed to risk.

You would not think about in this way if you could have done a good bounty. Actually this situation is not a good time for bounty hunters but it isn't fully bad time. There is still chance for earning some valuable coins doing bounties. Never give up and always do your own research before selecting a bounty. 

Newbies can be change to copper members without get any merit, forum turn on this rules because newbies or copper members needs this forum. Newbies should avoid scam ICOs and can follow experience members. If you follow rules bounty don't waste your time.

hey buddy,  it probably might not be a scam but due to the fact that many projects has failed to meet up with its fund for development. So many of the projects were not sack. You were just unlucky with the projects you choosed

Very unlucky as a newbie and your first investment in a project ended up as scam that is so painful and so discouraging at the same time, but before you invest  in any project you need to make a proper check on the team behind it and to see if they already have a working product to support the coin with this you avoid being scam or investing on a project that is looking for found for development.

Certainly not the end of the Newbies. It is true that today it is a little harder to find a successful project, but you have to be patient and you will certainly find it right over time. There are still opportunities in bounties, where to find the right project.

there are much bounties occur in this market.maybe we could not work on all of them.pick some projects that allowing newbie to participate .we still have much chance to collect money although our rank newbie.

Everyone makes mistakes. But at this time you can not be sure that the coins of these projects will not cost anything.Now begins bullrun and many coins will raise their prices. I am sure that there are people who have in their cryptocurrency portfolio a bunch of unnecessary coins that are not listed on the market. So don't worry and keep exploring the industry.

2017 ago there were many ico projects that eventually did not reach the sales target and there were also ico frauds but for 2019 there were changes where the existing ico had good potential and a good level of trust.
the point is either a bounty hunter or an investor must be more careful before deciding on the crypto world

I believe that in any case, you need to try and not lose the hand.  Search for your project and analyze it very carefully.  Otherwise you will not succeed.

Yap, there is a lot of opportunities can newbie can choose. Newbie need to learn about the term of Patient and how to apply it to their self because this will be helpful for them if they now about that. Finding good project or even invesment is too hard even the older user here still waiting for the project who are promisinv because for now we are leave to onvest the project we are focusing in trading.

Judging by the activity of your account, on this forum you participate a little over two months. During this time, it is very difficult to understand the intricacies of the cryptocurrency market and even the basic rules for participating in ICO bounty campaigns. However, even older participants with many years of experience quite often join the fraudulent bounty campaigns of the ICO. Mistakes are unavoidable here, since fraudsters have learned how to prepare documents of high quality and are difficult to recognize. Moreover, we have quite limited opportunities to verify the ICO team. I advise you not to pay attention to temporary setbacks and gain experience.

I like what you say. Even experienced users are often mistaken. And even just projects with a sunflower sometimes do not collect the necessary amount. For a newbie, the best way to find projects is to have good managers. Usually these are taken for good projects.

Are you talking about bounty campaigns here? If indeed yes, I suggest you learn to see ICO projects more closely, because not all many scam projects are also good

no, the newbie will not have to take part, now you're adventuring to be made an experience. besides that you also need to consult a lot of seniors in this foru. as long as there is a definite intention your goal will be achieved.

There will be more and more people getting to know about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies along with the way of its working. We need to get newbies coming to the market regularly, and only with that the market gets widened. Newbies find it hard to get into trading, and particularly they come inside with the thought of earning good in a short which should not happen with newbies until they learn about trading.

Nope don't give up just learn well how to fund better project and how earn profuts at this investnent trading also fast and profutable ways to earn in crypto.

It is just that a newbie comes when the projects are not trusted and just become scam after you do a task or just fail to achieve their goal. You have to study it deeply to analyze whether it is going to gain success and make sure that manager is trusted. Maybe it is a waste of time for not gaining but time will come that projects will be worth to support again.

In my opinion it depends on what you understand in the whitepaper, if you follow it carelessly you might be caught up in fraud. if in my opinion we have to better understand and study the contents of the whitepaper and find out about the developers working on the project.

I agree with him to some extend. Obviously, no one can avoid being mistakes in crypto market, especially newbies. You should realize that nothing is easy  for us to reach benefits, especially in such a tough market like this. Making mistakes is quite normal with all new bounty hunters, because it's really not easy to know whether or not you participate previously  in a good bounty, i mean a bouty without scam; thus it covers a big risk plus wasting your time a lot if you get nothing at the end with a scammed project. Now you better determine whether or not you should be continually in this kind of work. If yes, you may identify your mistakes and then learn from it in order that you can reduce your loss or scammed project. If the answer is no, it means you get tired and wanna get rid of being a bounty hunters. Be calm, it's not a big deal, because as you know you can earn a livelihood by investing, trading and that sort of things. Hopefully, you are calm enough to make a decision. :)

That's right and I also believe that there will always be a way if we keep trying when investing in the Altcoin project, it's not easy and in fact there aren't many promising projects now. We only need to try again and again if it fails, but if it makes it stressful it is better to rest first while waiting for the situation to improve. I am sure that all who survive in this forum certainly believe Crypto has a good future.

The end is not very soon because whenever we are entered in this field will definitely helpful for everyone it don't consider about your status and your experience when you spend lot of time the experience definitely increases and the way of money making is also been available a lot.

This is not the end brother, exactly this is an early point the cryptocurrency will be developing to make the better system in the world. Not only a crypto, all thing should can be make a progress. So nothing time to complain yourself and lets change your mind from now.

if you say it's a waste of time, of course, yes but it is seen from the positive side that there are lots of benefits and lessons for the future so that it can be better than previous experience, so you can add knowledge at least from studying previous projects, this it's not over yet because my crypto future is sure to change even better.
You just have not been lucky enough to get projects that can succeed, maybe you should learn more in analyzing those who have more experience.

it will not happen if newbie might follow the guide / try to do research on the project that is followed and to guide itself, there are many websites that make it such as airdrop website and bounty list website, there they also provide reviews and also give my own personal rate sometimes just follow them just as a reference is not an option to follow it.

Undoubtedly, as time progresses, things tend to be more difficult for those who discover the crypto-universe and want to join to obtain important profits as it used to be before. And a sample of this are the requirements that now must be met in this forum to participate in bounties or signature campaigns. The faucets no longer offer significant gains, and trading seems increasingly difficult and unpredictable.

But you still have time to learn the basics of this business, and over time you may be able to find an opportunity to direct your efforts.

From now on it's better you spend more of your time studying the project before you decide, to avoid scam than you spend a lot of your time and it turns out you don't realize that it's a scam project.

You was born as newbie in the present moment who find a project that is not quality is a difficult thing. try Review from your experience so you will get new knowledge that will not make you regret for sharing your time here.

Don't be pessimistic, basically everything can be done by a newbie. maybe bigger.
there are many opportunities here and newbies are highly valued here. you just have to try and learn

one of the unfortunate things about newbies is that instead of them to pass through due process and the normal phase of growth on the forum, the first n their mind would be to start earning through bounty, which most times leads to lots of mistakes, such as being victims o unprofitable ans scam projects.

Don't blame yourself when you have tried, you are not alone in terms of luck. Scam is not only detrimental to time and even costs and energy also makes useless waste. I prefer to forget negative things so that our minds remain optimistic.

You just have to change the way you select projects. Study how the scam projects turned out, what they did wrong and what they didn't do. They are still good projects out there who will pay you some good amount of money. Don't give up yet.

If you had learnt a lot and enough, most especially if you had leant what you needed to know to avoid being in such situation as you  found yourself, you would not think it is the end. As a matter of fact, the whole situation will become more interesting to you, because of the new things you will find and that that will make things better.

for beginners it's not easy to do all this, and it requires a process.
Knowledge and experience are needed so that when you walk here, double your knowledge.
yes don't give up first there are still opportunities, so use that opportunity well.

everyone must learn, because this market continues to grow. those who are new can be smarter here if they are able to adjust and learn quickly. but those who have long also have to keep learning with existing reforms, otherwise they will be left behind.

I am sorry about your sad experience, it happens to almost every newbie that joins the crypto world. Also the point is that not all the the projects were scam, something might have been wrong why it happened that way

I think you are just out of luck, I have also positioned you first when you are a beginner and it was very annoying indeed but from there I began to have experience and increasingly knew how to choose a good project.


Yup, surely, there was a mistake he made. It's just that he has to try and keep trying to sharpen whatever it is from his experience.

This is the most correct approach. and only with such thinking people achieve good results. it's important to learn all the time and learn from your mistakes and move forward. Never stop  ;)

for new member in crypto market should learn from veteran member mistakes.we could take this lesson so we will not do the same mistakes with them.and as newbie we have much opportunities to be good investor.

No this is not good we should only keep learning good things about our projects, we should try to follow the rules and never look back, I am sure new investors will keep investing as this is forum which welcome newbie all the time, we can get in anytime when but for quitting we will have to think twice and observe the market movement we really need newbie’s in our forum,

You have really just a bad experience, or you have spent too little time studying really interesting projects. I advise you to be patient and see which projects are supported by the distinguished members of the forum.

learn and understand it, then you try to follow a pretty good project and if you fail to make it an experience, because experience also really helps you later.
if the beginner is able to face all obstacles and be patient in waiting for the process maybe beginners will be able to improve and can find a good project.

if you always take a scam project you may have to change your way of looking for a project, you have to do an analysis and research on the project will be followed, you also have to be selective in choosing a project, indeed it is very difficult to find good projects, many scam projects really make us in trouble

I think it's not a waste. At least you learned for yourself a lesson now: be more aware with projects. Invest time and effort in researching a project before you joining them. It's not only good for you but also good for potential investors that you're advertising the project to.

it might be better, than some new investors who just follow people's advice without doing their own research. it will make regrets if you invest without research and only follow others.

I think you're wrong. In this forum, not all are fraudulent. The problem you have really seriously studied and evaluated about ico? You lament about you being newbie. Did you think you contributed anything to the forum?

You have the right choice of investment but in just in the wrong time as you have joined crypto currency in a period in which market is in difficult before but now its look like the bullish is going to start therefore why not give it an another try and your time will not be wasted this time for sure as long as you will choose the good project too.

What was the amount of time you spent for researching about the project?

The first problem about crypto is that you have to learn how you review and gain info about projects. At short, you have to learn how to make the fundamental analysis.

To get a real and legit project these days is a bit difficult. But I can tell you that you haven't lost any of the knowledge you have gain on Cryptocurrency. Don't be too disturbed about scammed projects, take your time and you are good to go.

If we are talking about newbies, then unfortunately they may not be lucky in any direction. The fact is that the newcomer does not yet have experience and therefore undertakes any work that is. Moreover, beginners are looking for easy work, and as a rule, there is a catch where it is easy and simple. I believe that beginners should go ahead and learn at least from their mistakes, and at most from others. Nobody is born a master or a professional, they become thanks to hard work and training. It is also such a time when there are really many scammers and without experience it is very difficult to determine in which project you are participating, in good or bad.

you followed a scam projects and the is your mistakes but instead of feeling down you should learn from it and never repeat your mistakes again. there are a lot of tips and guides shared in this forum better search and read it. always do research because it will help you a lot.

it's your fault mostly in the first place for not figuring it out, you should probably do a research about the project first before investing or joining in the campaign, Yes if you think it's a waste of time.

to work with beginning chance as expecting with the new turns on results and manage to collects with nominal of profit as the decision on trading to run of one with selection as the appeals with use of models on application.

I think you shouldn’t quit at this moment. Market is showing signs of recovery and there are some good projects that can worth something in the near future. So keep working and do good research before entering a bounty (even after that you can be scammed too.)

I also felt like a newbie. There is nothing useless about everything we have done. If indeed all the projects that we follow are a scam then make it a valuable lesson. We must accept sincerely and learn from the situation. We can analyze the scam project from various sides so that it will be an ingredient for us to analyze later in following the project or future investment. You must not give up because the experience and failure that you went through is a process towards success.

I think that every newcomer goes a long and thorny path until he finally meets a really promising and successful project, with which he will earn his first money.  There is nothing to be offended because everyone goes through it, although today fraud is much more than it was three years ago.

The main thing is not to give up, there is always an opportunity to find something very interesting, and if you give up and quit, you will not find anything.

I fully agree with you, because If you give up all the time, you will not achieve anything in this life, you should always try to take risks and then you will succeed.

no, like you ii'm still a newbie (want learn more than now), don't this as mainjob just make a freelance job, because like you know many project are ended in scam or failed, if you think waste your time then participate in project as you can and earn money from them

True, the word surrender will not be suitable for use by fighters, because there will always be a way for those who struggle even though sometimes it is very bitter to do, because with us rising will make us as qualified individuals.

It's hilarious! It's either he hasn't learned right or he has not accurately exercised his knowledge. Determining fake projects is one of the easiest things to do, you don't need special chart reading skills for it. I suggest he go back to drawing board and relearn.

many world leaders who started from failure. I think how we deal with a failure becomes a success. never giving up is the best word to realize our dreams. learning from mistakes is the solution

Do not claim that the whole crypto market is scam. Have you ever thought about the problem? If you can do the right research, you can get what you want. Or leave everything here and continue from another side.

newbie bounty campaigns have seen series of failure that should give the forum concern, except for projects that the bounty manager has good track record but decide to use new account for campaign, such bounty manager already has a community he or she meet with his favorite hunters.

I believe you never took your time to research most of this projects you invested in but heee dint beat up yourself  every newbie have to go through something to make us wiser

You are greatly mistaken.
Of course, there are a lot of fraudulent projects now, but if you are competent in choosing a project and analyzing it well, you can choose something interesting from what is on the market now. I think that you are just unlucky. Keep working and one successful project may bring you as much money in the future as some 100 projects will not.

Starting from scratch as well as starting from failure looks the same because in both cases you are investing. In such case you should not think that you are a failure but you should consider that you have started from scratch. Only then you will feel better and start it nicely avoiding previous mistakes which will help you increase your chances of making profit on large scale, even small scale is also good as you are making money for the first time now.

If you're talking about bounty campaigns, I don't think you did enough research on the project before you decided to participate. I have long been a bounty hunter and I can assure you that the reward can be obtained even now, though not as large as before.

New bounty hunters and for new investors this is not the end for you because you can still learn and can still male profits in cryptocurrency but be careful because the risk is alreadyin your sides if you enter cryptocurrency.so i recommend you a altcoin to invest that surely you can make profits like  Dencoin tokens so this is a good project to make investments so must try it.

Very good if your research goes well but what about people who have searched in detail and got bad results? How?

beginners can still do and can benefit if you want to try hard and as  possible.
there are still opportunities, so you must be excited about learning various projects to make it easier for you to do any activity.
your knowledge and experience really helps you, so don't give up easily if you haven't tried it, this isn't the end of you.

If you aren't good enough in selecting projects, then get top 10 crypto and forget about research or I suggest you to follow ian balina or suppoman, these guys know their job in selecting good coins

Newbies all have access now to many ideas and learnings available in Internet as well in forums discussion, there are tons of telegram account that can help them in where to learn. It's good to start as newbie then managed to learn at our own perseverance.

If op is disappointed with altcoins projects, better to try to earn from another methods even if they aren't related to crypto currency and internet. The biggest challenge is to find an initial source of income to start earning money.
Once he does this, everything gets better and it's possible to start thinking about investments, then crypto currency becomes a good option. But I must say it's too hard to start from zero in crypto currency space nowadays.

I don't know if you say newbie is about bonuses or new participation in cryprto. but you were wrong to tell it to stop. If a newcomer is hard-pressed to learn, research should be better in crypto

I started from a newbie, I learned everything about cryptocurrency with an open mind and a strong desire to learn it all. Indeed, time is not like today. At present the competition is getting tougher. But it must be a strong motivation to pursue what you want.

You could not have correctly thought about those projects, so that you have slected the wrong projects. You first need to know which projects are really real and Projects will perform well in the futures but yes many times a lot better Projectors are not able to perform well, but they can not perform better performance at one time or the other because it does not mean that all the projects will be bad all the time and that the projects you have selected wrong because I'm sure you select those project without any research. Do research taking  time, then you can understand which project are pretty much good.

don't worry this is not waste of time, you got some information about scam projects,here have more scam projects but you should very carefully, when you going to join bounties that time you must check one or two times,it is good,then you can join.

Yes! It is just a waste of time for you and for me. But you van change it by adding up more information to your mind. We have also the same mentality back when I am starting to adapt in this industry. But I learned that I should be filled my mind on different things and strategies on how to earn cryptocurrency. I learn time by time that it is not a waste of time rather an opportunity for us.

Maybe for some people in here, what they aim is earn money in bounty campaign. So they not learn anything beside it.  ;D Actually what you said is good, with that we can choose which is scam or maybe project that not good and project which is good to pick.

We all are Newbie from the beginning, and gradually time and errors make us wise. So the first time is really difficult, but if you want to succeed, you must always try

Let me believe that you are not planning to quit. If you failed attempts will make you to learn your lessons and make you better, i would advise you keep trying. Winners never quite and quitters never win. So strive to learn from the mistakes you have made, because that is what is going to help you achieve your aims and objectives. A newbie today can becomes a legendary tomorrow.

New bounty hunters and for new investors this is not the end for you because you can still learn and can still male profits in cryptocurrency but be careful because the risk is alreadyin your sides if you enter cryptocurrency.so i recommend you a altcoin to invest that surely you can make profits like Dencoin tokens so this is a good project to make investments so must try it.

I think your point is about bounty which you had participated in but some how end up as scam project.

Hen if that is the case , it means there are some things you never get to understand what to look at for when participating in any project and it has to be view not just jump in to any project you see their thread here with a full research about the project and the team behide it before you could put your blood on them .

Newbie doesn't mean all newbie got in to scam project so its you that need to understand what you want and how to know which and what project is real.

It's not! there are millions of different projects. Find out what made you follow scammers and try to avoid in the future. Don't get desperate!

There is no point participating in bounties randomly, just research well before joining the ICO projects, if you are a bit lucky then you would be successful in future. So don't lose hope.

If it's a waste of time for you, stop following scam projects and apply what you have learned by investing to the legit projects. Teach yourself to move on and grow from those mistakes from the past that you had ever encountered.

If you think that your presence here is a waste of time, then you are looking for other ways to make money. Because there are many ways to make money. Depending on each hobby. Maybe you like office buildings, so you go there.

I think too much failure has made him fall into a negative state, very negative in thinking when he doesn't get anything except fraud but if he looks at things from an objective perspective, I believe he will not feel the work here, what he is doing is wasting time because he learns so many things from the events he faces, understanding that no job is easy, everything always fails and scammers. If he does not recognize these problems, the real office is where he should return, this place is not suitable for him.

There are many bounty hunters are acting newbie in this forum. They do not anymore look at the credibility of the project rather they watch the preferences of other hunters too. If a certain bounty campaigns followed by lots of hunters, then they follow easily. In order to avoid scam project, try to be resourceful in finding information about the project as well as developers.

If you think so, then most likely participation in bounty companies is not suitable for you. The fact that you constantly fall for fraudsters means that you choose poorly or do not know at all what criteria you need to make a choice. I would recommend you spend more time studying bounty. It certainly does not give a 100% guarantee that you will not fall for scammers, but still you will have more chances to find a successful bounty and make money in it.

most of us are facing a horrible frustrations when it comes joining bounties because of ico failed and worse ended scammed people. but i think we dont need to stop or give up, because im sure you will always be back here, asking question on how to revive again or even inspire people here of your own stories. 

I think asking for advice helps a lot. Researching about a project while you're still new is really hard and the same thing goes for me when I was new here. Wapinter is known for managing bounty campaigns and I haven't been scammed in one of his bounties. This should help you to be safe when it comes to bounties while you're still learning how to research properly. There are also tips on the internet on how can you detect a scam bounty.

Just invest some more time in researching projects before putting your money into them. This would help you to save a lot of money, because you will be sure in an ICO/IEO/STO from the very beginning that it does not end as a scam.

end of newbie ? or bounty campain scam ?
tittle is so different with your words in thread.
OK it is not a big problem, project fail and scam i think that is right but don't easy to give up.
i joined over 500 campain and just 10% of all going success and others is scam, fail, not get listed, not paid, cheating and other.
don't give up because someday i promiese you will get a good bounty next time.

yes means you might be unlucky.
try again there might be our mistakes in studying the project and not all projects are scam. especially in 2019 I think there is new hope.

hello mate! I don't think it is the end of newbies in crypto world. we are just having a hard time looking for a legit project to join in or sometimes our proj got listed in the market but earning less than what you are expected after promoting their project for months. A lot of bounties I joined in, ended up to be a scam. running away with investors money. but for me, it is not a waste of time if you enjoy using it. cheers!  

if he starts in 2018 maybe now he has lost a lot of investment in the new project. because indeed he came at a time when the new project was very difficult to get investment. some projects are still running and extending sales and surviving until this year. hopefully this year will be a good year for investment.

Its not the end for newbie, make this a lesson for you. Everything can happen in crypto, keep working hard I'm sure you will get good results.

Evaluation of the failures you experience needs to be done and make it a learning material to work better in the future. Do detailed research before joining a project and choose ways to get higher profit opportunities.

This year there are not many scammers because the project now uses IEO instead of ICO anymore, the IEO is safer and on the exchange as its broker and has been a lot of success this year, even investment is profitable.

If the majority of the companies that you did were unsuccessful, then most likely the source from where you take these projects of the bounty companies should be forgotten.  Be more selective in your choices and your time will not be wasted.

Most of those investors who failed due to the long extend bearish trends are still trying to make it work this time, trying to assess if the market
will bring them something which allow their investment to grow again, it's hard but if you are willing to take chances there's always a good outcome
if you will hold and wait.

people do not want to learn from their mistakes and do not analyze the companies  which they have chosen and that is why they continue to make mistakes and waste their time

You just need to gain experience in crypto to make the right conclusions. And experience can be gained only by watching the market for a long time.

Scam projects always have been a threat to ICO world.

In the past I have unfortunately gotten into 3 scam projects which for one or other reason went down. I did a good research but it did n ot help in the end, me and many others fell for their fairy tales. But nowadays it seems that number of scams are going down.

After the raise of IEO we can see the reduction of scam projects in the marketplace. We do not need to believe the IEO or even ICO when you want to invest on the any tokens.
Nothing will be helpful for you unless and until you take the action and learn more about it.
If people give to time examine means it will be helpful to investors to pick the right one.

As we have seen that the rankiings here in bitcointalk is getting worse.
We are in the time which we need just to be a JR.
 but what arethey are asking now?
 it is easy or not?

yes it seems that the number of scam project is going down
but the risk is the same its still high not only in terms of investing but also in bounty campaign.

I don't think that the number of scaming projects has decreased.Many believer that IEO gives a positive result to this phenomenon.No,the scammers have changed tactics. They now block distribution to bounty hunters, transfer deadlines and sometimes completely change the team and concept of the project or take time-out for the further development of the project. Unfortunately such was a project Loveaircoffee  with the Ukrainian team

Yes, it will be difficult for a beginner to get a good profit from the bounty. But in addition to bounty there are many different ways to earn in crypto. You need try something else and you will succeed.

You should not think that wasted your time and earned nothing. You have more knowledge about cryptography. Making mistakes, a person learns from them and does not repeat the same in later life. Now you can start learning a new way to earn cryptocurrency, such as trading.

All of us started with this and all of us made mistakes, but this is not a reason to give up and throw everything. There are a lot of scams now, so you need to pay more attention to projects and choose proven managers.

Most projects do not actually have any idea about what they intend to do but we happily follow them because some of what they say are very interesting if they can be done in reality. One of them is the introduction of a debit card system. Many projects have done this and failed because they get issues with the issuers of the card. What happens is that they project fails in the end and their coins become a piece of shit :D

Maybe you should be choosy next time you join on a bounty campaign. It's an experience for you that you have join in a scam bounties, but next time see to it you would participate with a legit one and choose the project that has a trusted bounty manager.

there are still many new ways for newbies, right now if the scamer inhibits learning, I think it will only make a loss. so I think keep going and don't just end up finding new ways and getting profit

Try to learn first , Do not get cheated. I also had same problem in first days. Research about team and white paper. Dont give pvt key and other details to strangers. keep in secure places.

now the time for small investment , research about coins , invest on reputed coins

If you think this is a waste of time because many scam projects. Of course all you have to do is take your time to analyze the project. So you have the opportunity to not participate in projects that are not good. It's better to spend your time than you have to lose your time just to participate in a scam project.

Winners never quite and quitters  never wins,  you only need to take your time on the bounty you will join.
You can meet some people on social medias chat them up to know current and good bounties they are into,  they will connect you to the right part.
You can follow some bounty managers (those that do manage good bounties)  on twitter so as to get updated when they have another good bounty.
ICObench is anothey place to check about ICOs,  from there you will get summary for ICO and kown the better one to go for. 

It all depends on your perseverance. If you are ready for difficulties and can safely overcome them, then this is not the end. You can always find some way to earn money that suits you. So don't be upset.

I do don't see it as a waist of time because time will come when some of the tokens you are promoting will bring good return in your favor. The only advice I will give you is to study the bounty well before you join so that you will not end up promoting scam project that will not pay you for your work and at the same time go away with investors money because of you advert.

not the end, If you only participate on social media campaign not only a newbie but all ranks faced the same problems. but when it comes to signature then it's really not worth it to participate, you need to rank up your account to atleast a full member, but thats the problem though since you need to earned a certain number of merits to lift up your rank.

this has nothing to do with newbie but the problem of you learning and trying to understand the community you are in and how it works around here. You need to bring out time and study each and every investment you are trying to involve yourself in. Be careful with your investment

I also feel the same way, that most projects do not pay their bounty participants, probably because of the failure of their sales. But I never broke it or said it was a waste of time. Because I always find good projects for me to do there. So take a little time to look at the project's prospects.

our time will not be in vain.we could take important lesson from each campaign that we participated.we will understand how to analize which is best project and which is not.its be our risk if there is campaign that not paid us.

You need to share your experience as you are looking for the best projects. I think that newbies are very important for our community and we should always train them!

I completely agree to beginners. We really need to give good advice that they will use in the future. We need to train our newcomers. By how much we need to develop cryptocurrency and communicate with smart people.

Did you mean bounty campain or you invest in scam project.
Guys, scam projects is everywhere in out there we must becareful to choose ICO.
If you are a bounty hunter, yeah maybe it is little too late for you to join here, because now is not like before when newbie can grow easy to jr. Member and keep grow.

It's really hard to determine if that project is a scam because even if the there are legit team developers and they are active, once they've reached their soft cap or hard cap, they're gone like a bubble. They don't care about those investors and bounty participants. Its hard to find a profitable and legit ICO nowadays.

Do not think about that that you are wasting of time since you are newbie here in cryptocurrency it is been natural for you that you follow some project are scam because you do not have enough knowledge to determine the good project.

if all the projects that you follow are SCAM projects then it will waste a lot of your time ... then please leave this forum, if you want to learn more about it then I am sure, this is not the end of your work on this bitcointalk forum ... because there are still so many projects that still pay to all bounty hunter participants ... so, please specify your choice ...

What I can say is that the ranks of newbie's in the forum can not be increased because the moderator has removed it and replaced it with merit so no matter how much your activity and posts will not increase your rank when you're newbie.

It's normal thing that a newbie would experience fail projects on joining bounties. Even me, i remember my first bounty campaign that i joined almost 3 months and ended up without meeting a soft cap and leads to unsuccessful project, we were not been given any rewards, but i think its just a first time, and after that i earned and given rewards by some campaigns. So don't lose hope, there are still bounties that you can get earn money from just pursue and continue to join.

but it makes this forum more qualified. it's better than this forum but it's crowded with spam everywhere. really not nice to see. and now those who come must indeed develop and study harder. not only those who are new, we also have long been here to learn and develop. if we don't want to be left behind.

It is always important to research the project before you join the bounty. Don't just go for the one that claims to offer highest reward. It is better to get a small reward from a good project than an apparently large reward from something that will fail or is a scam.

You aren't alone here, everything aren't knowledge about some thing will be waste your time to continue.
Alot of people here such as newbie and higher rank are have same problem with you. about scam project and shitcoin are you followed.
don't worry, you have a time to learning here, we are newbie here.

No, Every crypto users starts with newbie and if you want to succeed in this crypto world you must be optimistic and open whatever happened just think positive and work hard. And also as a newbie  it is really hard to determine what is fake and not, just be careful next time and observe the project first before you join in order not to scammed.

I am not agree with your opinion as i am doing bounties from last 2 years and i got handsome earnings from these bounties. It is a difficult task to found good bounties but if you do some research then you can found them.

No. This isn't the end of newbie especially when things aren't going well. I believe everybody faces the same challenge of ups and down at a certain point in time as a newbie but shouldn't break you down and lose hope. Knowledge is developed overtime.

Indeed, now is the time that even beginners can adapt to everything that happens in the cryptocurrency market.  Each user of cryptocurrency understands that only the result of his work depends on him, and this is primarily knowledge and experience.

Its only because you are still learning. I know how you feel i still sometimes dont get paid but try remember when you do get paid its normally quite a substantial amount in comparison to its worth. If its a good project you can even keep the coins. No need to invest in the ico project when you can earn thise tokens. Try stay away from generic look ico with generic websites. A lot of what you see is copy paste stuff. Always ask plenty questions in the announcement threads too.

Yes, now most of those projects that did ico Scam , better learn to trade in the market is much more profitable than waiting for payment once a year from the project.

As a newbie, it is natural thing to think that all your efforts were not worth it when you do not received any rewards. But if you will ask those who became high ranking members, they will say that they also experienced that. Knowledge and skills were gained and that is the most important thing for now when you are starting your Crypto space life. You must gain these things first and income will follow. Definitely, not a waste of time.

Every defeat doesn't mean its the end, instead call it as a stepping stone for you to become wise in the next. I think its a natural reaction to become frustrated but learn to have an emotional stability. Try to assess what should be the right and best.

Lol  ;D this is just the beginning of losses, get used to it. For every successful project, there are a dozen unsuccessful or fraudulent projects: this is the market, nothing personal. Once you find your gold mine, you need more experience.

Try to search some bounties which have proofs. Like having press or some documents that tells that it was legit. First, we really have some bad things but in the end we can be successful. We just need patience, hardwork, and perseverance.

I think all the ICO project accept Newbie will be not potential and highly scam. All the ICO campaigns I joined, the minimum rank required was Jr. Member. So that you should find carefully about ICO project before joining and doing bounty :))))

Of course it will be a waste of time if you don't get a reward for the hard work you've done when promoting a certain project once they turn out to be a scam.

But if you have been a victim, then you should learn a thing or two and not repeat this mistakes. Check the project you want to join, do they have real real people behind or just some face stolen from the internet? Most of the time, spending some time by DYOR will save you a lot of time and effort, just saying.

These days it is quite hard to find the one that is legitimate in its services. Everytime you get into a project be clear about the manager associated with all the dealings. These days most of the campaigns have managers just give the respective count to the authorities and the rewards were given by them.

Here we can't blame the managers, because they do what is assigned for them. Some projects have left the managers go unpaid. Even here luck is needed to get things work on the right way as expected.

You have to research projects that you follow, don't just follow the bounty, but don't see the whitepaper, team and project development. you can start by following the social media bounty.

If you are talking about bounties then its not the end ,all you have to do is learn how to detect very good bounty projects and you won't have anything to regrre anymore

If you don't analyze by reading everything that is important for the project you are going to follow, the risk is that you will waste time. You say almost all of the projects you follow end with scammers, is this their fault?
Or is this because we are not careful.

the quality of the project is indeed very far from the 2017 project, now there are many scams that occur in every ICO, this is because many people are greedy with money so they try to commit fraud against investors, but I don't think all projects are fraudulent, there are some projects that are serious about running the project, you don't waste time, it's just that you have to try to be more careful in choosing projects.

since cryptomarket be legit place to earn money, many scammers come to this market and trying to build their own projects.and unfortunately many investors tempted with it.they just wan to earn money easily and leave it by many methode.

Nowadays mate its hard to find a legit bounty projects that's good to participate and make for it, especially these days which is still considered in a declined market. In my part I keep try doing signature bounties hoping that will get success soon and could make earn money. I'll just put all trust into my bounty manager and the project that I supported.

first, you need to do research on the project. even you going to join in the bounty. Actually many projects these days are fails because of they couldn't able reach their softcaps. But if you do good research you will able to filter out low-quality projects.

A project could well indeed be viable and the bounty in turn, real. But market conditions can and has played havoc on many. I've seen some projects take off but they they turned out to be exit scams, whereas legitimate ones didn't take off because of zero 'hype'.

it's true that for now the rank of beginners is very rarely allowed to take part in prize camps and at least Jr. Members are still allowed.
but for now there are also many gift camps that require ranking members to be able to follow that gift.
I think it is already too late for beginners to try to join the gift because of the Merit problem that is very difficult to come by, I think the alternative is to follow Airdrop which does not require a Bitcointalk account.

Making mistakes or getting scammed should also have educational effects for you. Sure if you fall for the same things three times in a row that's concerning, but if you pay close to attention to what you have done wrong in the past you should become better at these things in the future.

If you just pick any project in the announcement thread and on bounty section you will end up not getting anything, compared two years ago, the risk is so high now, almost 8 out of 10 projects are either scam of a failed project, bounty hunters are having a hard time making a profit.

And what it has to do with your rank on this forum? Almost all of us are loosing money in the bear market and bounty campaigns are not as profitable as years before. But we believe that one day our work will be evaluated greatly.  8)

It seems that you have been unlucky in choosing good projects to work with them. I also experienced quite a lot of bad projects and they didn't pay me token.
But we must not give up. If you do not have knowledge of project analysis, you should join a team that can guide you better. Do not work alone, you will encounter many difficulties.

Projects with jr member are also able to make bounty get bounty hunter cheat to make money. So it is best to participate in signature campaigns that accept rank high than members

If your talking about bounty then it is really hard to join if you are in a newbie level. But don't get me wrong, its not the end for you. Its true that there are many scammers out there but there are also worthy projects. You just have to see which one of them is. But first you have to rank up because you will not earn any significant amount in that level.

It is very much sad when you worked hard for a project, but the project ended up being a scam project. I have also faced this condition. But I want to assure you that not all projects issuing coins will be a scam project. There are also good projects in the market. Do not lose your patience. You need patience and hope in this market.

When you fail in cryptocurrency, perhaps in the  process of investing or trading, it is usually an opportunity for you to learn more. It is like gaining more wisdom in order to combat any future problem or occurrence of such. Experience in life us usually the best teacher. Gain experience with every exposure and become a better person.

no, because everything will need a process. I also first entered the crypto world thinking like you because what I got was not what I expected before. but the more my curiosity about the crypto world made me learn a lot about crypto. so that experience is important especially for beginners like you have to learn a lot to be successful in crypto.

How many coins or campaign have you participated in, and all of them comes from ICO? participating in bounty and investing in a new coin or even a coin in the market is not a walk in the park, you have to make due diligence, even old timers are making mistakes participating in a project that turns out to be dubious if are having a second thought on a project, don't invest yet and ask old timers but in the end it's you who should decide.

As a crypto user and investor I will give you an advice. Don't be surrender because this is part of the challenge here in crypto industry because all that trial that you encountered  makes you strong and you need to have some research about the activity to make income here in crypto world. But if you don't have a lot of patience it is better to escape to this industry  because this is for the brave man and have a lot of patience and strategy.

Not all waste of time. But it is an experience for the future. You already know how the characteristics of a good project are scam. But it is in vain to give up

Having an extensive research and extra careful can prevent anyone from joining in a scam project.

Its part of being an investor/bounty hunter but from that experience you will learn something and that's what matter.

Dont give up and be a better you who cant fool by scammers.

My friend, you need to take for granted a very large percentage of scam projects in the crypto industry. Well, experience in analyzing projects will come to you over time, after participating in them for a year.

What do you mean "projects you had followed"? Are it is about you buy a coins or did you take part of the ICO? But in any case, it all depends on you. All of us, too, were newbie and have gone this way. We were also mistaken, sometimes supporting fraudulent projects (this applies to the ICO and buying coins of bad projects). You can not achieve something meaningful without making mistakes. Mistakes should not put before you the question of leaving crypto trading, mistakes should show you how you should not act in the future. So no need to think that newbie can not successfully enter the market of cryptocurrency now, because such a statement doesn't correspond to reality.

Maybe OP need to start with basic first and follow some ICO project or maybe new project that just born, not fit for him. He can change to trade like usually people do and get some old coins. At least he don't need to speculate much.

Instead of taking part in every single project that is appearing on Bitcointalk, invest more time in researching projects, read whitepapers, follow their social media, check the community and the product development level. If you do this, you won't enter a scam project anymore.

This is a difficult time, I am not a new person, but most of the projects I participated in had similar situations. Hopefully with the failure you will learn the lesson, if you still want to continue with this work