Ian Balina es uno de los "influencers" más conocidos en el medio. Sin embargo también es una de las personas con más conflicto de interés, porque suele promover mucho las ICOs en las que él ha invertido personalmente, o a las que está asesorando. No cobra por hacer las reseñas, pero sí que las usa para poder entrar a ventas privadas, a precios mucho menores que la gente, y luego ejercer su poder de influencia para darles impulso y así obtener ganancias. La mayoría de ellos hace lo mismo. 

Antes tenía una hoja de cálculo en la cual estaban sus ratings. Ya la ha quitado, pero si sigues su canal de Youtube y ves sus reseñas, te muestra partes y puedes ver ahí las calificaciones que le ha dado a cada proyecto y cuáles le gustan. Hay algunos sitios que recopilan las opiniones de Ian Balina y de algunos otros "influencers". Una de ellas es cryptodiffer: http://cryptodiffer.com/

A veces acierta, a veces se equivoca (como todos), pero es un mago del marketing y eso lo ha llevado a donde está. Yo lo encuentro un poco presumido y arrogante en ocasiones.

Mucha gente le sigue ciegamente, lo cual creo que es un grave error. Uno siempre debe tener opinión propia, al final es nuestro dinero el que estamos invirtiendo y es lo mínimo que debemos hacer: saber bien en dónde lo estamos poniendo.

Si te he aportado valor, y así lo consideras, te agradecería darme mérito por mi respuesta. Si no es así, no te preocupes. No lo pido, pero como es algo nuevo en el foro, recuerdo que es una posibilidad.

Pues gracias por compartirlo. Veo que hablas de algunos de estos proyectos con pasión y que también te enfocas en las métricas, que es importante.

Yo te sugiero, si me lo permites, que para aquellos proyectos que te llaman la atención, como mencionas, también estudies el equipo detrás de ellos (tanto directivo (liderazgo), como desarrolladores). Es importante, porque tienes que tomar en cuenta la capacidad de ejecutar lo que prometen y muy seguramente, convertirlo en un negocio (mercadearlo, etc).

También a los asesores, idealmente debe ser gente que agregue valor (muchos proyectos sólo ponen gente famosa, que aporta poco o nada, pero que vende). Además, si hay pocos asesores, puede no ser una buena señal (aunque no siempre, puede querer decir que muchos a los que se les invitó, declinaron o no se les ha podido convencer de asesorar). 

El famoso "hype" que mencionas es importante porque te puede dar una idea de qué tan buenos son en crear comunidad, pero hay que cuidar que no sea algo artificial (por ejemplo un crecimiento de su comunidad a cambio de un "airdrop" o por comprar perfiles, no tanto orgánico). Hay que monitorear la actividad y la calidad de la discusión, e involucrarse.

En fin, son algunas de las cosas que yo veo y que intento analizar cuando estudio ICOs para invertir. No me dejo llevar por los demás (aunque sí valoro sus opiniones, trato de ver cuáles son genuinas y cuáles son sesgadas, como muchas de los llamados "influencers" que demuestran claros conflictos de interés).

Espero que esto te ayude. Si es así y me quieres apoyar con mérito en el foro, te lo agradecería mucho. Intento responder cosas que aporten.

 

Bueno, hay una campaña de bounty para Byteball, que sigue corriendo. Yo alguna vez compré Byteball en el mercado abierto, lo mantuve por aproximadamente un año. Creo que tiene mucho potencial y durante ese tiempo recibí algunos airdrops por ligar mi cuenta de bitcoin (eso ya se ha terminado). Pero decidí después vender. El potencial sigue ahí, simplemente decidí concentrar un poco más mi portafolio en otras criptomonedas.

Te recomiendo leer más del proyecto, su whitepaper, su desarrollo actual y ver si te interesa. Si quieres ganar algunos de manera gratuita, busca el bounty en el foro correspondiente, en inglés.

Yes, mainnet is here. But it seems not really here. Two versions of it, as I have read elsewhere. Still, EOS will be one of the main blockchains in the world. But they will face fierce competition. By the way, for a project just reaching mainnet, I think it is deeply overvalued. Just my take, let's see how adoption goes, how many projects build on top of EOS and if this valuation is justified or not. No financial advise.

This is an announcement. Should be moved to the correct forum (ANN). Not here.

I see that you mention several IcoBench scores of the ICOs you like.

IcoBench only lists and rates ICOs that pay them. And the rating some ICOs get is influenced by the price they pay. They mention that there are "expert" reviews but the methodology is not transparent, and most of those "experts" are really unknown people in the space.

Just heads up.

It is much better to do your own research, form your own opinion. Not rely in someone else because most of the reviews, even those from so-called "influencers" may be biased and show conflict of interest.

I use MEW together with a hardware wallet, which is the recommended configuration. I also have installed MetaMask, EtherAddressLookup and Cryptonite browser extensions that help me alert if I am in fake sites. And even with that I am extra-careful not to get scammed.

Some people have switched to My Crypto which is a spinoff of MEW. It is also fine, and it depends on what you like. Sometimes it is slower and sometimes faster (in my experience). I use both because I like both.

Always with a hardwallet, a Ledger Nano S or a Trezor (or similar).

Honestly I do not agree with your post.

If you are in crypto to become a millionaire (being this your primary objective) then you are starting all wrong. Yes, we can all make money out of this, some people have even made a lot. But should not be the reason why you invest in crypto.

This forum is a great source of education, but it is also full with promotion and shilling of some coins. You should use it as a tool, together with other sources of self-education. There are great free posts in Medium, for example. And some good books as well.

Risk management is a must. Diversification is very important. And beware of the so-called influencers: most of them are just paid shills, or have conflicts of interests. Always do your own research, try to understand the technology, the team, the token velocity, as well as metrics. This is really important. Most people invest in ICOs or altcoins without even knowing what they are trying to accomplish, just following the hype. And this is a mistake.

I hope my opinion ads value to the discussion.

I think that the new merit system, required now to reach higher member ranks, is very important to increase the quality of the forum. You can find more about Merit in this post, and also in the infographics that are linked in it: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.msg28856522#msg28856522

However, it is also true that not many people know about Merit, and therefore it is not easy to get, because most people will not give merit to others (they do not know what it is, how to give it, and it is not intuitive). I have never received any Merit (just what I got for my rank), even when I do try to provide quality answers to other people posts. It is really hard.

The best suggestion I can make to you is actually investigate what the project is all about, the current stage of development, the team and the valuation. Also: read the whitepapers, they are usually informative.

Do not rely on the so-called "influencers" because only a handful of them are legit. Most are paid shills, and this includes some famous ones that have wide following. Some of them have shown important conflict of interest. Most invest first, then recommend and start shilling the altcoin to everyone, they create "hype" and most people just follow them blindly. They profit from that. Don't make that mistake.   

LoL, IcoBench is like the worst place to look at. Their listings - and ratings - are all paid and should not be trusted. There have already been several serious posts about this. However I agree you should not rely on other people opinions, in this forum. Some may be informed, but some may be just shills (either free or paid). What I usually do is take a look at some ICO listing sites, such as Smith & Crown and others, take a quick look at the projects, filter them out and only do a deep research on those I am actually interested in. Most are garbage, but you find a few gems.

Sometimes it is justified due to legal reasons and attorney's opinion. Even if you don't like it. They just don't want to give money to people that are in the international AML lists, and that makes sense. Plus it is an income, and in most countries this income would be taxed. I repeat: I don't like it, most of the bounties I've done have not asked this to me, but it may be justified sometimes depending on legal advise of the ICO. But they should state this clearly before joining, and not after you've done the work. So you can choose whether to join or not.

If it were that easy... earning money without lifting a finger. Even landlords have their money at stake and it is productive money, and adds value to society by providing a house - rental - for someone that needs it. It is a service. All other forms of passive income can be legit if they actually add value to the world. Because there is no such thing as free lunch - or free money for that matter.

We can speculate all that you want. Most of the times, cryptocurrency prices do not reflect fundamentals. Is it possible for Cardano (ADA) to do a 10X in a year? That might happen, because the market is crazy. I have learned not to try to predict, but to follow onto the great projects, hold and swipe for others only if necessary or if I believe that others have more potential. Always within a diversified portfolio.

Thank you for the list, however most scams nowadays are due to phising e-mails, fale telegram admins, and fake addresses during ICOs. All of them are avoidable but people do not check. Telegram admins have a user name and an "admin" tag in the group they are in, so if you just take the time to confirm this is the real admin, you can easily avoid them. Phishing e-mails usually come from different or similar domains, not the same (although sometimes the real e-mail marketing account gets compromised and scammers send an ETH address to contribute, you should always check). Never give your private keys to anyone, for an airdrop for example, or to "open" a wallet. Never click links, always go directly to the real website. And bookmark them.

Quarkcoin is just a promise at its current stage. I only believe in what I can see, and so far, mainnet should actually be released with all the things they have promised, in order to see it, and then believe. Otherwise it is just a bet.

No, and probably they won't in the near future. The most successful new generation blockchains do promise to do 200,000 transactions per second, and this is just a promise to be seen, not a reality right now. Ethereum at its current stage is much slower and needs to evolve and find an scalability solution. Maybe in the future, but I don't think 1 million TPS is really needed.

I like Pchain and despite what happened in the token sale (they allowed non-whitelisted participants to send ETH and then they confiscated back the tokens, but some people couldn't participate) I bought some on exchanges. I think PChain will be huge in the future and it is important to take positions in this altcoin in my honest opinion.

Because it is important not to accept dirty money in ICOs. They could be used as a means of investing illegal money, or even as money laundering. Also there is legal pressure from exchanges, since they also need to do KYC and apply AML regulations, they ask ICOs to do the same, or otherwise no chance to get listed afterwards. It is important to have a clear understanding on the origin of the money that is getting invested in your ICO, otherwise you may face issues.

I think it depends. Some projects are clearly overvalued and they will fall hard eventually. Many are at that stage because they have managed to keep interest and are still "hyped". But not all projects are overvalued, I believe some are deeply undervalued as well. This is why it is so important to be selective and do your own research.