What is ICO ?

[BitcoinNational]

It is just a method of coin distribution to fund development.
Crowdfunding is used to distribute the coins, instead of mining the coin initially.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining

at least your motive is transparent mr. "ICOcountdown.com"
but the only ICO expense is the cost of 'Hype'
whereas mining requires cost of the electricity/hardware

[TPTB_need_war]

Re: What is ICO ?

Idiot's Coin Owership plan.

Via:

Instant Corruption Obfuscation scheme.

Edit: Idiomatic Conundrum Oligarchy debacle.

Inimical Cartelized Organization

Iota Co-owners' Opulence

[ICOcountdown.com]

It is just a method of coin distribution to fund development.
Crowdfunding is used to distribute the coins, instead of mining the coin initially.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdfunding
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining

at least your motive is transparent mr. "ICOcountdown.com"
but the only ICO expense is the cost of 'Hype'
whereas mining requires cost of the electricity/hardware

Both cost funds (i.e. Bitcoin) is my point, the person with the highest amount of funds always has a better chance than others and will own a higher amount of the supply. This is prevalent in mining and in ICO's. They both have the same problems. Fair distribution is a fallacy.

To see a good example check out Bitcoin and see if the distribution of Bitcoin is "fair".

Also I'm not really sure what "motive" you are referring to.

[coinstatic]

Here is what I want to know.

Does the term ICO relate to Premine?

Or are they both completely different and do not relate?

[Spoetnik]

Here is what I want to know.

Does the term ICO relate to Premine?

Or are they both completely different and do not relate?

I personally think IPO/ICO coins are pretty much a 100% premined coin.

I can sit at home with 1 CPU or GPU etc then mine 84 million coins by myself.
Then sell them to you all for any amount i want..

[iGotSpots]

ICOs to me mean I Can't Offer Shit

[icocoins]

we will be the leading ico  growth hacking site 

http://icocoins.com

[tardi]

It's a method of coin distribution.

[Spoetnik]

It's crypto for "give me your money" (real money that is)

[freemanjackal]

i had no idea what ico was, i had to search it, and found this topic, i understood a litle bit, i ll have to keep researching for fully understanding of its meanings and implications and the relation of campaigns and ico, because i am starting with campaigns, and i like to understand what i do and its consequences

[barnaba]

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/initial-coin-offering-ico.asp

Important things during ICO
ESCROW:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1745954.20

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=855778.0

but not every ico must be a startup.

more about ICOs pm me with email

[bravehearth0319]

And what is the ICO influence on coin prices ?

Generally the amount put into the crowdfund dictates the coin market cap. For example, if you put in 1BTC and the project collects 1BTC TOTAL all the coins will be worth 1BTC.

So 100,000 Xcoins will be worth 1BTC

if 2BTC is put in that puts 100,000 Xcoins at a 2BTC market cap.


Make sure you are careful with ICO's some of them are scams, there are a few good projects that are associated with ICO's - successful ICO's include projects like NXT and Ethereum.

My site lists ICO's on a time schedule: http://icocountdown.com

Check out my blog because I do research into them to see if they are scams or otherwise:

https://medium.com/@icocountdown/

I've been here in this industry for 6 months almost, but only this time I fully understand what ICO really means.  Although, every time there's an ico, I always participate their project and join their signature campaign too. But I don't know how they calculate the price. anyway, sir thank for the detail information, God bless.

[valera80]

I agree about what ICO is scam  =)

After coin going to stock, big investors just dump the price.

[PANK21]

Hello, i'm new here and i would like to understand what is Initial Coin Offering.
Why does it open and closes ? And what is it actually ?

Thanks a lot if someone can help me. 

ICO or intial coin offering is an event where they sell parts of cryptocurrency tokens for exchange of money today. It also provide a way to raise money for those who create cryptocurrency projects  and their operations. Most of this ICO raised money in bitcoin.

[Golegard]

Hello, i'm new here and i would like to understand what is Initial Coin Offering.
Why does it open and closes ? And what is it actually ?

Thanks a lot if someone can help me. 

ICO means by which funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency venture. It is used to bypass the regulated capital raising process required by banks , in the ICO campaign the percentage of cryptocurrency is sold to early backers of the project usually for bitcoins.

[Invester]

Hello, i'm new here and i would like to understand what is Initial Coin Offering.
Why does it open and closes ? And what is it actually ?

Thanks a lot if someone can help me. 

ICO means by which funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency venture. It is used to bypass the regulated capital raising process required by banks , in the ICO campaign the percentage of cryptocurrency is sold to early backers of the project usually for bitcoins.

Right now, the majority of ICOs are not anymore focusing on a single coin. Yes, bitcoin for some but for most they are using ETH. Others are accepting two to three coins for their project's ICO. Waves, Ripple, LTC, ETC are all being used for ICOs right now.

[Haesoo]

Oh ok, but how can we make profit with ICOs ?
Because i found your website and i was wondering if i should invest on coins before the opening of there ICOs or before the end of there ICOs

We can make profit in ico by investing on it. When you buy tokens when pre ico the amount per token is much cheaper when you buy during the ico. So many are investing while pre ico and took the chance to male a huge profit. But we should analyzie first the whitepaper and its roadmap if its worth to invest.

[Giapmanhdong]

It is a project that needs investors

[lousie9]

ICO is the first stock offering aimed at attracting investors before they launch in the trading market, many bonuses and tokens they sell below the primary price to hook users and for token success. This is very effective in campaign and business promotion.

[klixion]

ICO's can make you a lot of money or leave you empty handed if it ends up being a scam.  I have been on the receiving end of both.  Be careful and do your research before investing.