Do we really need another post. It has been discussed a number of times before:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2605220.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3446480.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3002801.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2856807.0

I think it will be easier in the future. The newer generations are good with computers, practically born with them, so they will be naturally attracted to crypto. They will learn how to use wallets and take care of security much easier than the older generations.

Education is the key. We don't have enough education, so it's good to hear that you put extra effort on educating people. Good luck.

Exactly. Any mistake with fiat currency can be mitigated by the banks. We count on that, so we can continue to be irresponsible. If we want to use bitcoin, we are forced to be entirely responsible with our money. That's the point. You don't have to rely on intermediaries, payment processors, banks... Every time we rely on them, we give them power. The idea is to claim back this power and be responsible with our money.

This has been discussed a number of times on this forum. A good old google search can help a lot:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2564054.80

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2913032

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2903597

I have to add, there is no guarantee that the reviews you will read about "high heat ico's" won't be paid reviews, as these websites are known to do "sponsored" (if you can call it that way) listings.

If nothing else, paying players in crypto could promote transparency (due to the fact that we have a transparent public ledger). Not having enough transparency, especially with these  astronomical figures and bloated contracts is one huge problem in today's football.

Yap, that's the biggest barrier to success. Working with cryptocurrencies is too complicated for the average guy. So now we need a very simple solution acceptable for them. Because, many people who belong to the older generations, they don't know how to work with paypal even, let alone set up a wallet. The new generation who grows up with crypto may not have this problem though.

In my opinion we have a huge altcoin related bubble burst ahead of us. I think it will happen before 2025. This bubble will burst and it will burst hard. Only a couple of alts will survive this "crypto winter", so to speak. I don't count bitcoin here, because in my opinion bitcoin is totally safe. Unfortunately a lot of people will lose money. I don't see how this could be avoided. Which coins will survive is a good question and it is really really hard to say. I don't know if Ethereum is even totally safe. After the bubble, there will be a consolidation, and a couple of coins will take the lead with bitcoin on top of them.

If you as an individual are led by greed when you go to trade, chances are you won't go far. However, I think you are right when you say that there is market manipulation. Market manipulation is usually done on an institutional level, taking advantage of the small investors. Whether or not you can call this greed, I don't know. The whales are simply doing business, and they just use the fact that the crypto markets are not regulated enough. So they get by with all sorts of shady things while making money.

Here are my thought on some of these points of yours:

If the coin is not among the top coins by marketcap, nobody is going to fork it.

Haven't seen many of these alcoins offering any products or services as of yet. They are just planing to do so in the future.

You are talking about bitcoin now.

Liquidity is next to nothing for most of them.

With the exception of BTC, they are all prone to hacking.

Already discussed before. You may check, for example, this post:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2552485.0

In my opinion, even better is a properly configured air gapped computer:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2828437.0

If I were the bounty manager I would first make sure the campaign I am managing is legit. Too many scammy ICO campaigns are to be seen these days. I suppose some of the bounty managers are getting paid in advance to promote them and they don't care if the participants will be paid at the end of the campaign. Next I would not accept campaigns without an escrow fund set in advance, so that the bounty hunters can be 100% sure they are going to be paid. Then I would make sure the participants really contribute on the forum without spamming or copy/paste posting. This will eliminate the shitposters, and the quality posters will be rewarded even more. I don't think these rules are hard to impose. I think bounty managers are in a way responsible for making this place more spam free and the bounty hunters in their campaigns adequately rewarded for their efforts.

If you talk about ICOs I think they could always spend a part of their raised money to list their shitcoin on an exchange. However there are coins that are created to be fair from the start, which means no pre-mine, no developers fees, no private or public sell. Just a blockchain and mining to release rewards with equal rules for all miners. What happens to coins of this type if all you need to be listed is money?

So it was a trap. But, why would you want to transfer those tokens to your wallet in the first place? They didn't belong to you. Even if you found a private key with a huge amount of Ethererum, they are not yours to claim.

I'm working on Binance this very moment, and I have no problems connecting or trading. So it has to be something else. Is there an error message or something?

Yes it is a utility token. Probably we will see more of this kind of tokens in the near future because they have their place in the crypto market. Whether or not this is a good investment I'm not sure. People who go to cultural events often might want to buy such tokens, but holding them a long period of time is questionable.

They don't understand bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies bring with them a lot of new concepts to assimilate, and these guys are already too old for that. They know how to deal with traditional investment and bitcoin for them is an uncharted territory. I don't think they are elite any more. The times are changing but they are afraid or ignorant to be able to jump on the wagon of these new technologies.

You can never tell, of course, but they look legit to me. At least they seem to be working on a real problem. They promise solutions to bridge fiat and crypto for ordinary users, which is probably one of the most important problems for mass adoption of cryptocurrency today. This is different from the many "copy/paste" ICOs that have flooded the scene recently, or it looks to me to be different from the 10 minutes I spent reading their whitepaper. As to your question whether they are another pump and dump ICO, time will tell.

If you can really create a bot that would give you "from 2% to 5% per day profit", you would never share the code with anyone. Just saying.

I actually tried to register with them, but never received the verification code which was necessary to log in. I guess I may consider myself lucky for that. Thanks for the heads up.

It doesn't matter if you created a totally new address. If you computer is compromised (i.e. virus of some kind), the attacker could have access to your new private keys as well. So stop creating new wallets and forget about doing any transactions on your current computer. If you still have your remaining private keys on paper or somewhere safe don't use them before you clean up your computer, and possibly use them only in a new safe computer environment.