i agree with you it's tough as hell that's why i started learning technical analysis a couple months so i can learn to indentify entry and exit points for my positions otherwise i don't know if i'm buying high or low and i'm decided to not put my money in any coin until i can understand TA a least in a simple way just look up classic chart patterns for an introduction.

while i have no problem with investing only in an idea if the idea/Team/Roadmap... is reliable i think in this moment there are too many projects out there and to get me to put money on a project you need at least an MVP. i will not invest in a project with no Prototype/MVP/Product.

i don't know man but what i would do is i would put the time to research a good number of projects (small mid and big caps) let's say between 30-50 even more depends on time and you keep a shorlist of projects you would like to invest (forget about icos you can get them cheaper on exchanges) and then set you entry target for each of them and you go to an exchange set your orders and be patient wait for your bags to fill and based on your goal of having 50ETH you again set targets for profit taking.

i agree a good number of altcoins won't be here in the future but i don't think that only those who could compete with currencies will survive i think there is some utility tokens that have a utility in an ecosystem and also security tokens all in all i think it depends on what the project is working on, what it's trying to achieve and the ability of the team to achieve it but i think that we're still early from that point.

hi Niclaus, well i don't think that icos will end at least not in the forseebale future i mean more and more projects are opting for this model to fund the dev and marketing of there projects and that's honestly why i'm kind of fed up with them i mean not every one of these projects needs $10M for developping a Dapp but well people seem to be willing to give them there hard earned money so who am i to judge 

Yeah i think it can go as low as 3000 and i don't now if it will take 2 years to reach it's ATH again but yeah i get the idea it's gonna take some time to get back to those levels but the important thing is the trend reversal as long as we know that we're no longer in a bear market then you know it's just a matter of momentum but people need to keep it real it may take a while to see that $20 000/BTC again

how i see it and from my understanding is that NKN is on alot of people's radar it's just that they see it as an experimental project and hence don't expect much from it ROI/invest wise so i think this is what seems to people like a lack of intrest

I think NEO can reach higher than Litecoin and still has room for improvement plus the chinese market treats there projects good and the fact that the goal of NEO is to have an ecosystem of applications with a wide variety of uses and smart contracts so yeah i think NEO for sure

Well all i can say is that it's highly unlikely to happen + if it goes even to 3000 everyone will be buying there's just more capital this time around and bitcoin is more publcized now for it to go down that much and even so it will rise again to it's ATH but it may take longer that you would expect.

Yeah i agree people need to start doing there due dilligence on projects before investing, regardless of scams i think that alot of projects even good ones do market there ico's too much and promess too much but i don't think that's the problem i think the real problem is not meeting the deadlines for milestones you set for your self as a project and team and a lot of people feel like they've been scamed or cheated. i think that every project that's worth it's weight will take the time to develop a fully functional product they just have to be honest about it from the get go.

DEF agree same here i did that with a couple of ico and even for some that i really wanted but missed for whatever reason and i noticed that they all dip hard below ico price even with some hyped projects (one project that i was looking into but didn't buy at ico is down 10X) so yeah waiting for the tokens to hit the first exchanges is a good idea you can get them at a really nice discount

Man that's just how the market rolls it's constant ups and downs within a general trend there was a bull market were everything pumped expenentialy and now we're in a bear market and guess what comes after a bear market, that right a bull market although i am not sure if it will happen in 2018 but a reversal of the trend is bound to happen sooner or later IMHO.

i don't really think ICO will die as it is a great way for projects and teams to collect money and develop their platforms as a consequence but it's also super unregulated wich makes a lot of scams appear wich in a bull market like the one we saw last year is very beneficial but not as much in a bear market, i think this bear market was a wake up call for alot of people so now i think people are more weary of new projects and even good ones will struggle (i've seen numerous ICO's that failed to complete there sale due to a lack of demand and trust) all in all i think we will have fewer ico's in the long term but they're going to be good legit ones.

i think Binance is good for high cap coins and the hyped ones , Kucoin, Bibox and Cryptopia for low caps and few gems and IDEX for the post ICO coins where you can scoop the ones you coud'nt get in at ico or the price during ico was not reasonable.

i think that not all altcoins will survive but some of them will not only survive but thrive i mean the cheer number of projects and tokens bieng issued is crazy and alot of them have no reason to be there no use cases or more than one projects working on the same niche but the few ones that will survive are going to be the future's amazon, facebook, google, netflix....

hi i don't think investing in an ico would be a good idea in these market conditions as most of them tend to trade way below ico level when they hit the exchanges unless the project is hyped beyond belief but you can keep an eye on ico's you would like to invest in and once they're on an exchange and the price dips then you can buy if you like the projects and did your research and everything checks.

i think that it depends on your risk management i mean for me i would split it in two small cap projects (50/50) that have solid fundamentals and different price catalysts on their roadmap and take into account that you shoudn't invest more than your willing to lose .

No one knows for sure man but Patience is the name of the game be content with your position reshuffle losing ones average down for the ones that you would like to keep and you'll be good if you think that crypto is here to stay there's nothing to be worried about the thing that i learnt most from this downcycle is that the focus should be Long term and quality projects no more hype for nothing and avoid fomoing into a position like the plague

i think i'm late to respond but i don't think investing in ICO is a good idea in the current state of the market as most of them are trading below ico price some of them waaaayy lower better thing is look for ico projects that you like follow their progress through the sale and everything and watch for a good entry level below ico price at a good discount (IDEX Kucoin topia crex24...) and buy them before they hit big exchanges that way you get more for you money.

As a banking Accountant i can tell you that this is one of THE core components of every industry that can really benefit from blockchain i think the financial information will not only circulate at a faster pace but also be more reliable, it can also help end fraud in the accounting industry really intresting concept but the execution and implementaion will be key here