cryptocurrency and blockchain technology offers a bright future if use in a right way and if the community keeps growing in the next coming years then there is no doubt that the mass adoption for these modern technologies will happen in just a matter of time.

i notice this recently that there are unknown exchanges and newly project conducting IEO because its the new trend now after having a lot of hype from Binance and now scammers made up some ideas to trick those investor so i highly recommend to all investors to make their own research to the project and if the exchange is well-known in crypto industry.

i think it depends on the project target audience and the country, social media has been a great way to increase awareness for their project but they also need to work hard on offline marketing.

some projects that i participated locked the tokens for big investors and bounty hunters while developing their working product so they can minimize the price dumping when it hits exchanges.

i think OP has recently experienced a biggest dump of his/her coins after the token sale or he/she invested on a fake project that turn the coin into shitcoin. i do not agree that new coins are worthless though almost 90% of them are worthless but still there some coins that is worthy to buy and hold because it has a big potential to grow and can solve real-life problems.

if the exchange is well known in the space then conducting IEO with them is a good idea but i see a lot of new projects doing IEO on unknown or new exchange which did not give them a lot of hype unlike the projects that was launch in Binance.

getting paid with USDT will give assurance to bounty hunters that their hard work will not be in vain but the rewards is not big enough compare to new coins though accepting new coins as payment is risky.

mining crypto though mobile phone is not new anymore but i look forward for TAU to achieve its goal where others have failed although its not clear for me how they will increase the demand for TAU aside from mobile mining.

i only a few knowledge about mining but base on what i on discussions, most of the miners is targeting new coins that has a strong team with a big community support because it has big chance to grow its price in the future while mining well-known coins in the market needs a big capital to set-up a good mining rig. it would be easier to just buy the coin directly on exchange and store it on a safe wallet that you owned the private key.

if its worth it and the coin itself has a big potential to grow its value because the team is reliable then i don't mind going through KYC verification. i have experience this before and i only give my personal information to those project that i know is legit.

the softcap or minimum funding goal will depend on their business model and requirements on building the platform though i agree that a new project should not ask too much funds since they are not well-known on this space.

investing on newly projects is very risky if you don't have a basic knowledge on how to study a project, it would be best to seek advise from your friends if they are into crypto before investing your hard earned money.

you have probably hear this "buy now or regret later" which is i think fits on the market condition because the price of Bitcoin and some strong coins is not getting any lower so it seems that the bottom of this bearish market has come to its end and it is now a good time to refill our wallet while the coins are cheap.

nice thought but i think if the bearish market continue for another year then only the strong believer will stay since most of the people here are into a quick bucket of money but sadly they had the bad timing on entering crypto. we are still on the early stage and a lot of changes will happen until the full realization for this technology and i strongly believe that crypto will never end because it will be useful in the future for our daily lives.

the community grow fast because they have launched the airdrop which is good as they get a lot of attraction in the crypto world. kudos to the team and continue to execute your marketing strategy!

true! i found it very interesting if a start-up project already develop their own platform because once the product is launch then it will pull the demand for their own coin so i like participating on project like this.

americans are still banned on participating ICO unless if they are accredited investors although they find other ways to invest their money but it would be good if their government allow its citizen to freely participate in ICO.

bounty hunters must be very picky on joining campaigns because there are lot of scam projects or the project itself has no future at all. if you want to get paid for what you've done then join on a project that has a big potential.

there are a huge number transactions for money remittance each day and if crypto penetrate this area like what XRP is doing then it would have some affect on the crypto market and may lead to the mass adaption for cryptocurrency.

the good thing is i think we already reach the bottom and there is no other way but to go up so whatever happens in the market there is true believer of crypto that hold their coins because they knew that something good will happen in the next few years.