Quick timeline/summary of what's going on from the devs perspective:

ICO was AWESOME - it was so AWESOME that tons of people tried to hack us! - we delayed the release of the ICO coins to protect you guys! - we can fix it by resetting your passwords! - Wait! People tried to hack us again! - We are going to recode the entire thing! - it's going to be done soon! - A little bit more! - Look! We have coffee mugs and are coding, just a little more! - soon I promise! - Oh, we decided to test the entire thing using this elite group and it will take another three to four weeks...


Ok, so if I am level headed I would assume that this is for the best and the devs really are trying to secure our coins.
But, also, if I am level headed doesn't this just seem really messed up?
On top of that here are some hardcore red flags:

official EU, Asia, and US mining pools stopped paying out ETN even after blocks were still being mined.  There's 5 to 10BTC that just hasn't been payed out.
blockchain explorer is buggy.
only paper wallet, no gui, mobile wallets.
no app for apple devices.

Well, basically, it seems like they are using the hack (whether real or not) to spend a month finishing things that weren't finished in the first place.
And all the while bragging about how ETN is in the top 30 at coinmarketcap

I was a day one ico investor (meh, "investor", I only put 2 eth in) and have been really supportive of the project.
But this sucks all kind of major balls.

and now you can consider my venting over and proceed with the "I told you so" or "Stop spreading FUD! ETN is my lover!" posts

So after doing a TON of research I rearranged my schedule and decided to try my hand at day trading.

I decided to start off really small, so I only put in .02 BTC to see where I can go with it.
I've been using only cryptopia.

After three days...I'm up to .0338711 BTC! Wao! I'm a rich man! lol...

I was pleasantly surprised that a simple strategy brought steady gains.
I spent a lot of time trying to figure out indicators of coins that were about to be pumped.  I looked at trade volume, spikes in value, market cap, buy/sell order history, etc.
I am going about this very cautiously, so when I felt like a coin was about to or in the beginning to middle stages of being pumped, I would buy it, and right away put in a sell order that was slightly higher for a small gain.  I tried my best to not put in too much and resell for a lot higher and the result was steady (but tiny gains).  As I get comfortable with this I will probably try larger investments.

I know I'm very amateurish but it feels good to get better at something yeah?

Anyone had similar experiences in day trading?

The ann forum and bounty forum are absolutely nuts.  I've been looking up a bounty program to join soon and kept running accross the same uninspired projects over and over again.  I noticed there were 5 types of projects that kept popping up:

-decentralized banking
-decentralized exchanges
-tokenized gaming
-healthcare on the blockchain
-social media/social communities

well, there were more, but each project proclaimed stuff like "The world's first blah blah blah" and in each thread there would be like 10 posts immediately after the OP saying random shit like, "This looks promising!" or "Great idea! Great team!" and of course a bunch of people reserving translations.

I actually get excited when a weird one pops up.  Like doing an ico to fund a utopian community based on renewable energy out in the middle of siberia. That shit is lit.

Tons of posts about Electroneum lately.  Lot's of Love, Hype, Skepticism, and Hate.
Thought it would be good to start a thread to try and consolidate it all.
Yes, I am biased cause I invested a bit in it, but I tried to include threads that were critical as well as positive.  Feel free to raise any concerns or skepticism to help people be informed.

And yes, I am throwing out my referral code: FC5E94
If you want to invest in the ICO use my code to get an extra 1% (an I receive an extra 5%)


Here are some previous threads:

Announcement thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2065043.0

Everyone's favorite scam thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2167305.0

Investment thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2274258.0;topicseen

Shorter thread that raises issues and tries to address them:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2271192.0;topicseen

General ICO warning and advice thread that has insight into Electroneum (critique of electroneum on pg. 3):
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2243157

Electroneum website:
www.electroneum.com


Quick Overview of what it's all about:

British Company headed by Richard Ells
Basic gist of it all: Mass adoption of crypto, this will be achieved by targeting smart phone users, get smart phone users on board through an easy to use app where you can "mine" ETN,  get people to use the app by viral marketing it as "use the app to earn enough to pay your phone bill
Development: Blockchain developed, app developed, currently localizing and marketing app in different regions around the world, currently developing gaming platforms to use ETN,  currently exploring gambling use scenarios for ETN, Everything goes live on Nov. 1st

ICO:
1ETN = .01 cents
Currently at 10% bonus until tomorrow (Wed. Oct. 18th)
After that no bonus until end of ICO on Oct. 31st.
Can join ICO through their website and can purchase in ETH and BTC
Paperwallet available but app will have wallet function also.
Tokens distributed on Nov. 1st
Hardcap of 6billion tokens available.  Those not sold in ICO will go to mining pool.
No update on exchanges yet (that I  know of)


Share your thoughts and have fun!

I was surprised to see Cindicator pop up on coinmarketcap when the devs had said they were waiting to put it up on exchanges and would notify the community if they ever did.

Looks like etherdelta went ahead and listed it after tokens were distributed and Cindicator has asked them to not list it.
But it's still there, ready to be bought as of 1 minute ago.

ICO price was .01 cents and it looks to be around .02 cents now.