Don't we all wish we'd put more into eth and btc early on!! But I think this whole space has serious upside potential. "Blockchain is the new TCP/IP", from an awful lot of knowledgeable people - if this is true at all, then we are still at very early stages. And crypto might be a new economy in some ways. ICOs are certainly a brand new funding model which allows a lot of opportunity for early buyers of the right tokens.

I've been into some early-stage alts. My brother is looking to put up a little money as a trial run and has asked for some initial places to start (obviously, he'll be doing his own research). I may suggest a few alts and am interested in the community's thoughts. I typically review ICO listing sites (just posted a list of ones I like, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2680105.0 ) - any (serious) thoughts on 1. what alts you think have highest return potential, and 2. especially if they aren't listed on the usual ICO listing sites like I'm using; what other places to find alts for sale?

PS I'd love some actual reasons, none of the fanboi "it's all going to the MOOOONONNN!!!!"   garbage please.

Agreed!

Top 10 ICO listing sites / cryptocurrency offering lists

I’ve been in the bitcoin/cryptocurrency field for a little while now, although I’m somewhat new compared to a lot of people on these forums. Finding good places to go to find aggregated lists of ICOs and other cryptocurrency offerings has been super helpful for me.

There are some discussions on here with like 50 pages of information to sort through, but I thought it might be helpful to other people to post a short list, from my research, of sites that I like to use. I’d love to know which ones you like that I’ve missed, and other sites you like for aggregate lists of potential token purchases. I’ll try to update based on any comments – but am thinking let’s try to focus on the sites we like the most, so as to not have an overwhelming list. I took a “top 10” approach to start with.

https://www.coinschedule.com/ - Good site with lots of different pieces (blog, stats, etc.) as well as ICO list.
http://www.ico-offering.com/ - This site has a nice clean list and they spotlight some reviewed offerings. Unlike most listing sites I have seen, projects can’t pay them to get spotlighted or listed.
https://www.icoalert.com/ - Seems like a popular site, including lists of ICOs that have concluded.
https://icodaily.net/ - This site has a bunch of blog posts (paid, I think) as well as a good list of ICOs.
http://www.ico-forecast.com/pre-sale-ico-listings/ - I like how these guys have both presales and also ICOs listed. Seems like different people want to get in at different risk-reward times, so nice to have it broken down some.
http://coin-offering.com/ - I like the word “coinlicious.” Apart from the general ICO list, they list a few offerings they like, and projects can’t pay to be listed there.
https://topicolist.com/ico-news - Not sure how often they update their news section, but good list of ICOs and you can see what levels people are willing to pay to get listed at.
https://tokenmarket.net/ico-calendar - Has a good list of ICOs, and apparently they will also help people launch their ICOs.
https://tokentops.com/ - big paid banner ad, but decent list of sales
https://www.smithandcrown.com – This site has lists of academic papers as well as token sales
https://www.coingecko.com/ico - Popular site with a lot of ICOs listed

Thanks for any comments!

Updated: edited from some comments.