Throughout the years, even legit-looking projects turn out to be scams. We need to research the team behind every project before investing. Pretty tiresome, which is why I've stopped investing in new projects for now.

Sounds great since most other upvote services say they can deliver up to 1k upvotes, but almost always end up giving refunds. waste of time, man.

guys, upvotes.io has a 20% sale today. Just use the code 20OFF upon ordering. You can see this announcement on their home page.

After making a post, at which point is it best to have upvotes start coming in? My idea is to have around 5 upvotes per hour instead of 50 coming in all at once. What do you guys think?

Do Bitcoin payments now get instant confirmations? Sadly, I wasn't able to convert my BTC to Eth before its price went severely down. Otherwise, how long before Bitcoin payments get confirmed nowadays?

очевидно, что Menlo One станет одним из лучших продаж токенов в этом году. Что мне нравится в этом проекте, так это то, что он действительно проинновации не только для собственной выгоды, но и помогает сосредоточить внимание на других ICO, которые заслуживают финансирования. Это также помогает нам найти инвесторов и избежать потенциальных проектов мошенничества! Не верьте мне? Ознакомьтесь с их технической записью https://www.menlo.one

Product is THE key factor in projects since it determines whether people will eventually find the need to use it or not. Some good examples are Menlo One, Eloncity, WePower.  They have REAL products and people are gonna NEED them..

I think ICOs are just getting started.. We may think that most ICOs are just hype and scams waiting to happen, but with the launch of Menlo One's ICO marketplace, risks will be lessened significantly.. Link to their whitepaper: https://www.menlo.one/

That's right. So many ICOs now while there are insufficient tools to help retails investors choose the right ones. Future ICOs and investors are lucky that Menlo One has finally launched since they won't need to spend as much on advertising and investors will get unbiased reviews and recommendations without fear of hype. Their whitepaper: https://www.menlo.one

I've seen a few posts about this project and how game changing people claimed it will be. I've done some research and it does seem promising especially since it's platform is decentralized which means no manipulation. I just hope that the white paper does what it says and not disappoint investors once it's got the funding it needs.

If a project is legit and has intrinsic value, it's definitely not wrong to buy it from the exchange. Why not buy it during ICO though? It's the same token, but a lot cheaper...

ICOs are high risk, high reward ventures that could go either way depending on how well the project was made and if its hitting the interest from its target market. I've lately been researching on a project called MenloOne that's soon to launch as an ICO marketplace wherein its devs said it could help stop fraudulent ICOs with their decentralized platform that utilizes a proof of reputation algorithm. There have been no other projects like this and I can't help but wonder how this might change the way we retail investors approach ICOs.

I've had reasons to doubt it since "Menlo" wasn't familiar when its name surfaced, but I ended up liking its concept after checking out KoreanJew's interview with Menlo's founder. Now, there are 2 scenarios that come to mind; 1. A lot of people will flood in and embrace this unique platform and instantly change the way we approach all ICOs. 2. People remain skeptical since I heard being a contributor in their platform would mean spending some Eth to buy tokens and stuff.

Anyway, here's the video I watched for those who might be interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1QBpBYE6o&feature=youtu.be

Am I understanding this correctly? An ICO for ICOs? lol This is pretty interesting and different.. It's like ICObench, but I guess it has an option for us to buy right from the same platform right?

Has anyone already signed up for the Menlo token sale? Any idea about the minimum amount required to join?

I think it still goes through the blockchain though. At least the payment platform/gateway itself works fast and has minimal fees. There's still an advantage with Paybear as opposed to Paypal.

gaining more users won't matter especially if cryptocurrencies remain unable to access local businesses.. They need to be regulated first before we can see the end of this controversy surrounding the crypto space.

I wouldn't really put everything into Crypto and would choose a regulated asset such as stocks or mutual funds to keep most of my funds safe. You can put probably $2k or $5k into a 'worthy' alt coin but the fact that it isn't regulated means that you should be cautious with your money.

Does the year even matter? Do you see less scams based on the year? Can people predict the future? Legit questions you need to ask yourself before posting something so dumb, I couldn't ignore it.

in addition to this, Bitcoin's buying power is very much less because its price has declined significantly. It would be best to not buy anything with it at the moment imho.

Buying a house with BTC could be a risky trade-off since we don't know whether BTC will stay at its current value or go up significantly higher.. The positive thing about this though, is that a house (with its land) is sure to increase in value through the years.