It's a Chinese based company but it is traded on exchanges across the world. I think most people believe China halted ICO's because things were happening too quickly and unregulated. I for one, do not think this ban is permanent. Regulation is needed in the space there are way too many scammers and it can be tough to decipher legitimacy in the digital world. Ultimately, a regulated ICO process will make the industry more legitimate. Neo has rebounded on the belief by many that China will likely reinstate ICO's under more controlled terms. When this occurs, Neo will be in a good position to capitalize.

Alt coins are not merely compliments to bitcoin or any other currency for that matter. They are digital solutions to real world problems. They should either increase efficiency or provide innovative solutions to problems previously unsolved. Understand them as such and do your due dilligence for areas they can be recipients of such. Coins that fix real problems can be highly profitable in the future emassing market caps that far outweigh what they are currently valued at.

While there are a lot, i'm very excited about the fintech coins as I think people are still underestimating just how massive this financial revolution is. It's changing the way people hold and invest money and bringing it to billions of people who never had the opportunity. OmiseGo, Dash, Monero, these are all coins I think have huge potential. Anything that can serve as the backbone of an entire industry has the potential to own a massive market cap.

This is why I have been intrigued by a new coin ICO'ing Nov 1 called Kudos. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2174546.0;all
They are trying to become the backbone of the entire service industry and they have the inside track with an already established ride-sharing company.

They enable companies to reach a global audience and acquire fundraising from individual investors who under general venture capital conditions would not have an opportunity to invest.

It seems like the Kudos protocol aligns with the push toward equality and empowerment of the labor force. Through its protocol, tipping discrimination should drastically decrease if not disappear altogether. Is this something the team is building around and planning to market to business owners?

I'm very intrigued by the fact that Kudos will first be implemented on Skeddale, thereby accruing value before hitting the mass market. Can you talk a little more about how you are going to get Skeddadle users to use Kudos? Will they get Kudos from the growth pool?

Agreed, initialize! Not only are there too many review platforms which are largely inconsistent with each other, but I can hardly decipher a legit review from an ad these days. Blockchain offers real promise for bringing legitimacy back to reviews and it looks like Kudos is at the forefront of that.

Curious how far people think the dapp revolution will go. There are certainly a lot of use cases, but I am often torn over how many things are really better off decentralized.

Kudos is set to have their ICO on Nov 1 and I think they are putting forth one of the most disruptive tokens on the market.  With the potential to serve as the backbone of the entire service ecosystem this project could have extremely widespread usage. /2017/10/09/kudos-project-opens-token-sale-november-1-2017/]http://www.the-[Suspicious link removed]/2017/10/09/kudos-project-opens-token-sale-november-1-2017/

Perhaps partly that is the reason, but also they face a number of competitors and it's not clear which ones are going to make it. Dash makes a card, coinbase has recently released one. There are many others as well. Not that it can't make it, but the road is going to be filled with obstacles.

ICO's are an innovative way to raise capital and there is a reason that many big-name companies like Kik, Unkirn and others are starting to turn to them to do so. That many are failing doesn't diminish this, there are many companies that seek funding and never receive it, it's usually just not public and visible for all to see. They aren't the answer for everyone but they are wise for some.

Agreed, have seen this movie before. Might get some small temporary buy backs but the trend is going to be down until the fork.

I'm looking at coins with a clearly mapped out development path and a strong team to implement that vision. Many alt coins out there have such grandiose visions it can be difficult to even decipher what they are trying to do. Skeddadle, the on-demand long distance transit network is going to be releasing a coin called Kudos on Nov 1 that will first be implemented within the Skeddadle platform. More generally, the token will be used to rate and reward workers and consumers in service based industries and can easily be implemented on top of existing payment platforms. The teams clear path forward is what entices me most about this ICO and i think this is something to weigh heavily when evaluating an ICO.

Exciting news, and to me, further evidence that mainstream adoption of blockchain is underway. State actors using cyrptocurrency for government function legitimizes its existance and the more this occurs the deeper it intertwines into our economy.

The alt coin market has grown significantly larger over the last 6 months and i'm looking at coins that have the fast track at bringing their product to market and enabling widespread adoption. Companies that have an already present user base they will use to implement the coin on have a distinct advantage in bringing a tested product to the masses and fostering adoption.

ICO's are certainly not scams, but they are high risk investments and deserve diligence as such. Generally, you are buying into a seed company in a rapidly changing space. There will be winners as there were in the .com era, but many ICO's lack significant backing and are vulnerable to collapse. Kudos, ICO'ing Nov 1, has my attention for this reason. They have a very strong dev team and advising board which positions them well to succeed.

1. Ability to implement - Many of the ICO's right now are mostly fluff with no clear way to implement their product in the real world. ICO's like Kin who is being spun of Kik Interactive, Unikoin gold off Unikrn, and one coming up called Kudos which is being implemented by the team behind Skedaddle,(the rapidly growing on-demand long distance transit network) have a distinct advantage putting their coins into action. An already established user base is vital toward kickstarting the network.
2. Vision - Is this product actually going to fix a problem? Despite all it's promise, blockchain isn't always the answer. Many companies are using blockchain just seemingly because. I look for companies that are using blockchain to solve problems that were previously difficult or impossible to fix, and now with the advent of blockchain can be properly addressed.
3. Development/Advisor teams - In a space so heavily saturated with ideas and speculation you need to have faith in the people behind it. Ensuring that the team behind the token sale has adequate experience growing seed ideas and creating user-friendly software will in many cases be the difference between a successful and unsuccessful ICO. Having the right mentorship and connections from advising teams feeds into this as well.