It depends on the project, if the ICO has the potential of success, then it must better to buy during the ICO. Because it can create a higher value than the price you both it during the ICO, that gives you more profit in the near future. Buying during ICO you can get some bonus within pre-sale period. So you should carefully study the campaign in which you want to invest. Many times it happens that the coin prices drop to below the ICO price and thus making it worse for those who bought at ICO sale. This is not the case which we can call as rare but it always keeps happening because many times people who bought at ICO sale go crazy selling their coins when it is on the exchanger. So we may need to change thinking that the buying at ICO sale is very profitable.

Doing campaign on your free times can't be called waste of time since when you receive your award it is satisfying moment, all you have to do is do lot of campaign on other site too, so that at least you can expect something at the end of the campaign, one or two won't pay you but at least the other will pay you big, then its a risk-win-win sitiation. With respect to it being a passive income, like I said initially, it depends. If you are the type that gets the token, hits exchange and you sell off without bothering what becomes of the project in the future, then you may consider it as such, but I personally see it as more of a long term investment than a passive income, if you are the type like me that is willing to HODL.

Investing in Bitcoin is a safer option, but the growth in Altcoin is tremendous and quick. There are many Altcoin which grew around 1000% in 8 months. With such profit, risk follows. While Altcoin is riskier when compared to Bitcoin. Bitcoin has a stable growth & drop, but Altcoin growth and drop is exponential. I think you just need to look for a very promising altcoin but no one can assure that it will ne successful. But I think altcoin has its own place in our society, it just need to prove itself and not try not to be dependent on bitcoin. The main rule is to buy at the bottom when you the chart hit a support and sell when you are near  a resistance, if you don't made profit in 6 month following this rule you have a real problem, try to determinate it and fix it but never give up. Invest and be patient.

Many bounty hunters sell their tokens immediately after they receive it, because they do not have experience in crypto analysis. Many simply do not know what to do next and do not have a clear trading strategy. Who knows the tokens have good project and start to pump the price after a few weeks or months. Not all tokens are going to dump and not all tokens are going to pump. Its your choice to sell it immediately or hold until it reach high value. Also, owing to the fact that they participate in many projects at the same time, most especially those who are into social media bounty, where so many bounty can be done at a time. In short it depends on you; If you think the token will increase, hold for a while but if you find it difficult to increase, it is better to sell it.

Most of the time, campaign managers don't have the funds. Meaning, the developer team itself holds the funds. They are the one who will distribute the tokens to all the participants. But it is unusual that payments will take 6 months. Most of the time it will just take 1-2 months. Since the ICO process is not regulated, the problems with the delay in the payment of tokens after the ICO completion do exist. There are many such examples. Participation in signature campaigns is reminiscent of a gambling game, where the win does not depend on us. However, do they tell you why and when exactly, can you ensure that it is not a scam or If the announcement is clear, never worry about it, just be patient and wise for the distribution.

No one can predict the price movement of crypto like bitcoin price on december 2017 suddenly skyrocket. Crypto is around the world every person who engaged in crypto has a dream to have profits for their holding coins and tokens and continue seaching coin for the best one to invest. I can not see anything that would cause crypto to take so long to recover and I don't even think it needs to recover. Mostly, it seems like you are feeling down and pessimistic because you aren't becoming a millionare yet and then going to the extreme speculation that it will take 2 years for you make profit. So long story short; Let's get back to two years and imagine if we could see this crypt growth as recently? Of course not. That is why it is senseless to talk about the restoration of the market, it is in a beautiful position.

it all depend to the kind of project you joined into. I think it is really important to do some research before joining so your time and efforts would not be wasted.  To consider in general, it is even a very decent income and a good addition to the basic earnings. In some periods, this earnings even far exceed the wages for basic work. If you pick more campaigns carefully , I guarantee you it will not be a waste of time. It is still by far and away the cheapest way for a company to promote its sale and services so both parties gain from the situation. But still I think  bounties need some change on bounty rule and take limited participant on bounty program and then you can get good payment.

I usually get similar looking names, even fooling me sometimes. AirFIame definitely got me in google docs sans serif font... Writing in here with this font shows up the difference but that one definitely got me, I'm not even mad! (Oh and he was banned long before I noticed him)

Well you lucked out mate... I'm sorry for your loss but there were much, much better ICOs going aroudn when these published WPs... Research better next time, those tokens won't go anywhere, sorry.

It's not that popular in Thailand? Dude you being serious? Indochinese people are by far the largest contenders of ICO bounties and airdrops. Don't take this personal but usually they are a bit short on intelligence. But half of them can't even understand what you wrote.

On the other hand, that is great news! They'll delve into the potential of blockchain, more research, more and more!

bitcoin is the king of crypto, gold of internet. It will always be the most valuable coin in market. Ethereum is more useful it's ROI is higher but bitcoin is pretty, prestigious; just like gold. Ethereum can never match bitcoin in value.

So many bad marketing, so many scam ICOs. I mean the cost of marketing of some scam projects are ridiculously high... With that money they could have made more money legally... And believers of these usually end up losing... Please don't fall for that.

6 months sounds too long frankly. You should start to prepare yourself for bad news if you haven't already. Be more careful when choosing ICOs for bounties. There are more than many scams out there and that effects us as well. If you have no clue, follow high ranks  

Learning is a neverending activity. You keep learning for a long time, so long that I have yet to see the end. Once you have basic understanding of how things work around here, you can dive in and keep learning on the move. Keep learning by making mistakes. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Although never play with more than you can handle losing.

There are many reasons for failure.

Although sometimes it's just a scam, most of the time, they just set a goal that is far too ambitious.

Sometimes, a team is disbanded for some reasons and they can't carry on working ion the project.

Sometimes, they can't set budget properly.

But yeah, most of them becomes a scam because most of the time because all the problems that can't be solved are usually seen before the ICO.

There isn't just one reason, there are many factors leading to it.

1. bitcoin pulled the biggest bull run ever seen and most people think they missed the train to BTC, so... ETH is their new target.
2. Ethereum blockchain is much better than bitcoin blockchain in technology so, many people belive that it should be the main runner.
3. The price difference is also an important aspect, Ethereum being the underdog, is the easier option to invest.

They're getting paid! If I can get my ICO listed higher the more I pay, I can't trust them to be honest on other ICO's. They are not anyway, I learned about their pricing some time ago but I forgot but be sure, they get you listed higher the more you pay.

I'm not gonna say "keep your private key secure"

Never mind the software wallets, if you are getting in the crypto business for real, use a hardware wallet. It's the most secure way to store your portfolio. If it's hard to obtain a hardware wallet in your location, you turn an external hard disk to a hardware wallet, if you want to know how, use google, I'm not a tech expert.

Well, thanks for the info, indeed bountyhive is great indeed. I've been using it for some time now, you can know exactly how much you will earn from the bounty with bountyhive. I suggest everyone to go take a look!

Consider new projects with some promising aspects. If you're too lazy to research on your own crypto market isn't for you at all but for once, I'll give you a slip. Nowadays the project named Zeex looks like the biggest opportunity of 2018. It will be an app that lets you convert your cryptos directly into gift cards, hence giving you the ability to use crypto in the real world. Do your own research, make up your own mind.