WAVES might be the last profitable ICO. RISE and WINGZ are the current hot topic ICOs, and they are both using referral systems to generate sales. That is a HUGE red flag, in my opinion. Elastic might be a good option to invest into, outside of that, the era of profitable ICOs may very well be coming to a close.

Remember, the only reason people make money off of these is because others who didn't buy in in time think they can still profit by buying in day 1. I think after however many launches we've been through, not enough stupid traders will be around to fuel profits for WINGZ or RISE.

The official website is down and no activity from the dev in a few days. Probably not looking the best for Trapcoin at this point in time.

I'm planning on waiting to sell my WAVES for launch day, but I am curious. How exactly are you guys trading WAVES before they have been released to the public? Escrow + IOU or... ?

Thanks for the update, fantastic news. Just bought around 25k BLRY today on Yobit. Price is so cheap right now, it's hard not to keep buying! I realistically don't see the coin establishing a price floor below 100 satoshi, and even then I think that's severely undervaluing the coin. Buying right now seems to incite a sure profit, imo.

I just went on the spells of genesis website and logged into my account. My BitCrystals (272.50) are still shown in the balance. I just signed up with counterwallet.io and linked my public key. What other steps are to be taken? That is, assuming my BCY are still redeemable.

That's definitely the biggest concern. There are so few mechanics to online pool, I couldn't imagine it would be very much work at all to make a bot that plays perfectly. Once people start using something like this, the game is effectively ruined. The reason why online pool games nowadays work is because stakes are so low (just playing for fun) that there isn't really much of an incentive to cheat.

Hi everyone, I signed up on the Spells of Genesis website way back when. Haven't really checked up on the development of the game since.

Looks like the game has been released? Where can I play it? (I have an Android). Also, it appears as if I have some number of BitCrystals in my account. How can I access them?

Thanks!

I honestly think such an implementation (where nodes are inversely proportional to block times) would have the opposite effect of what you are suggesting.

Regular users and hodlers would be incentivized not to host a node. Longer block times = lower inflation = higher intrinsic value per unit of currency held by users.

Big miners will host more nodes to create more blocks and thus profit further.

The end result is an even bigger divide between people and miners, and miners having even more power and say in the crypto. Such a specification would make an environment worse than what we already have.

Are you implying these new fads like Lisk and Waves have a bigger potential to impact the world than Bitcoin? There is a reason why countless big name companies are investing time and money into researching Bitcoin, and not these flavor-of-the-month shitcoins. If people are bullish on cryptocurrency and they want to make a meaningful investment they'll find it in the organizations that seek to use Bitcoin for concrete, real world purposes.

I'm gonna be completely honest with you- I, personally, have no idea what I'm doing. I've got a few coins I've invested in long term because I like what they set out to succeed and I personally want to see it do well. I trade other coins because they are hugely volatile and simply jumping between the margins accounts for healthy profits. And then there are these ICOs I'm hopping on board with because I am confident I can get out before I'm the last one holding the hot potato. I think my current ICO deposits are to be my last, however. If I could do it over I would have put big sums into BitCrystals and Augur, can't say I'd put money into Eth or Lisk, but hind sight is 20/20, I suppose.

I'm unfamiliar with the London property market, but I do know that the Great Recession in 2008 in the US was the result of a collapse in the housing market following a huge bubble that had been growing for years. When it gets to the point where people are taking out loans to resell properties, it will all come crashing down.

Honestly, if people are going for investing in opportunities that are 'interesting', 'structural', and 'thoughtful', they wouldn't be investing in altcoins in the first place. The ONLY reason people invest in altcoins is for profit. If someone seriously believes in cryptocurrency appliances to the real world they would be investing in Bitcoin start ups. It's as simple as that.

Because robbing a bank is a federal crime? Nothing wrong or shady about trading altcoins...

Same thing happened with LISK in these parts, and it did just fine on launch. Everyone who joined in during the ICO enjoyed a significant profit. I don't think anyone will sell to you even for 100x what you're offering.

There will be lots of dumpers (myself included), but also a lot of hopeful depositors who couldn't get in during the ICO for whatever reason.

My GAME investment is definitely NOT moving in conjunction with Bitcoin markets. Only one altcoin of many so it's not a big deal, but sad to see a coin I'm very bullish about lose half its price in the course of a month or so.

Gonna be honest, I have not won off of LISK. Missed the ICO. Started trading with .2 BTC launch day. Worked that up to .3, then bought back in at .00098. Down below I started if I sell now, hoping price can rebound to around .0007 so I can sell without loss.

Let's be honest. Sooner or later, this is going to come to an end. Profits don't appear out of thin air, and in a bullish BTC market, it's becoming harder and harder to profit off of altcoins. I'm hoping WAVES will be profitable, I threw some BTC in there. I also have some coin in Elastic, but I'm not sure I'll even recover that initial investment. Certainly do not think Rise or Wings will do anything good for its investors

Alright, solid profits if WAVES could match current LISK prices, which I think is doable. If we could hit 1mBTC per wave on launch day, I'll be ecstatic. Mark your calendars, boys!

Who the hell cares? ICO scamcoin overload is an easy profit for everyone with half a brain. You don't even need to invest in the shitcoin of the month, they generate so much trading volume that trickles down to other coins. I've personally quadrupled my yobit BTC deposit margin trading a coin that was dead until Lisk launched.