Start with the assumption it is a scam and then move through the stages to make yourself believe it is not.

Team members with relevant blockchain AND sector experience ?

Do you like / believe the whitepaper ?

Backed by known entities or people - i.e. not celebrities and not known crypto people, but relevant real world and business people.

Avoid the hyped projects.

Check that the structure is not based on team money extraction - i.e. for example ICOs where tokens are issued to the team without considering the amount raised (such as Powerledger).

The best at the moment for all of the above is Prosume Energy.

Check the WP, team members with unbelievable knowledge, Ernst and Young on the advisory board as well as sovereign wealth fund advisor.

Existing project.

I personally think calling bitcoin miner that uses a specific kind of energy an "energy" company.

Let's keep this thread to the real energy projects with substantial futures and not hyped projects like that.

I do not understand the focus on the same things over and over again. It won't work out like that.

And then the major sectors of energy and healthcare are being neglected.

That's where the real upside is, and a huge market will be tackled while going through deregulation, such as with Prosume Energy.

Check out the team. Not many projects with such immense backing from energy and blockchain practitioners.

I think there will be a real shift towards tokens that have real intrinsic value. Furthermore, I think that the real decentralisation revolution will take place in sectors that are currently government influenced, such as energy and healthcare - i.e. what we will see is a massive boom in these sectors due to deregulation and at the same time decentralisation.

The sectors are also so large that they can accommodate and take over from current coins easily - and then there is real intrinsic value.

The most promising are projects such as Prosume - real business, real team.

I would focus on healthcare and energy. Prosume in energy. Healthcare still evaluating.

I totally agree about checking the reputation of the project and its members, however, I am not sure whether financial services companies have the right background or knowledge or even competence to create a long term "revolution" in the space where they are doing ICOs, I fear it is more driven by the greed of extracting funds and fear of missing out.

Much better to look at something like the energy sector where deregulation will take place and the right team with the right set up and the right connections to the existing energy infrastructure and utilities, can revolutionise the space.

Have a look at Prosume.

What have you done in the healthcare sector ?

Why do you suggest Pylon Network ? What do they have that Grid+ and Prosume Energy do not have much better ?