Not a bad strategy!
I think holding on solid projects gives you the best returns. I would increase the solid hodl by another 10%, so that would make it 60% total. For lending, maybe 25% and 15% for high risk. It all depends on your risk appetite.

Basically, whitepaper is where you can see what the project is all about. It's nearly impossible to fully understand a project you want to invest into without reading it.

I have no problem with bounties being paid in X number of days since I am not looking to immediately sell the coin/token. They set the rule and if you do not like it, then do not participate. I can also understand the network congestion as another reason for delay. Why spend $1 in distribution when you can spend $0.1 on a normal day.

There is a good reason why it was put in place. Previously, many newbies tend to spam just to gain activities and rank up (I am also guilty of this). With the current system, you have to provide value in this forum. The only thing is higher ranked members probably have their own personal biases in giving out merits to certain posts or comments.

That is good for a first time reward. But yeah, I agree that every hunter should push for more since there are still plenty of opportunities.

It depends on your current holdings. If you hold a very large bag of a certain coin/token, a small increase in price can give you huge gains already. But there are some cases where even smaller players gain a lot. That is when they participate in pump and dump groups (this one is very very risky).

If ALL developers will be filthy rich that they can fund their own project, then that might be the end of ICO's. The questions is, do you see that ever happening? I don't.

It is a tough time for altcoins right now. The fourth quarter is usually the time when new players come in and help pump the market. You need strong hands to wait for that next bull run.

I have been doing bounties for quite a long time now and I must say you make a valid point. There are some bounty managers and community managers that look down on hunters. I encountered one one community manager or community admin that see its bounty hunters as a "threat" to the project and consider them as just "dumpers". With that said, we also have to consider the other side of the story. Cheaters do exist and managers will try to take all the measures to prevent them from getting paid.

The way I see it, doing bounty is a good way to earn cryptocurrency. In a way, it also helps hunters like me get more educated as I would read and gather info on projects that I am willing to join. Doing it full time job is good if you are liquid enough since payments for bounties will take some time.

I also find it ironic that someone saying bounty campaigns are stupid is also wearing a signature. I hope that the poster is not participating in a signature campaign.

You made a valid point. Bounty campaigns for me are like the "word of mouth" type of advertising. Not only the cheapest but it is an effective form of promoting products of projects. If not bounty, what is the better option for you?

Well, I have seen some using cryptocurrencies to buy stuff at coffee shops, and groceries. I also know a community that only accpets cryptocurrencies as a form of payment for goods. Mass adoption will happen, it is just a matter of time.

It would have been better if you posted the link here. Anyway, if this is indeed true, I think it will be good for the industry to weed out all the bad apples. I am not just sure it that task force is capable of handling crypto fraud.

I would probably invest 60 to 70% of it in more stable projects like bitcoin or ethereum. The rest would be on newer ones or in ICO's. It all depends on your risk appetite.

LOL. I have seen this picture somewhere. There is some truth to this but this does not necessarily reflect the nature of ICO's as a whole. There are still good ones out there.

An increase in the market is always positive for active ICO's. There is a higher chance that certain ICO's will succeed since you would expect more crypto investors coming in.  

It would have been better if you were more specific than saying "upcoming days". Anyway, I am expecting bitcoin to remain at around $8000 in probably a day or two before it would fall down to may $7500. Many say the recent increase is because of the result of the worldcup. People hiding their winnings thru bitcoin.

There are many factors are the team involve in the project, the development, the use case, and the community behind it that moves the price. Another major factor is bitcoin. When bitcoin is down, most altcoins are down.

There is always an exception but you made a good point here. Experience is the key here. Experienced bounty hunters knows a lot of projects compared to new investors.