Basic Attention Token [BAT], scam or not?

[inck]

From the creator of JavaScript and the co-founder of Mozilla and Firefox.
Thats Scam of course.


ps. since 2 hours on Bittrex

How is that a scam?

Sarcasm.

[Wheelie]

I just downloaded the BRAVE browser, how many of you BAT buyers downloaded the brave browser already?

I don't think BAT is a scam, the only thing I did not like was the big amount of coins bought in the ICO by a small group of buyers.

just buy some BAT coins, there still cheap atm.

[2econd]

Not a scam perse, but since a happy few bought the entire supply they are selling it for sky-high profits.

Cryptos need to do something about this nonsense, this is not what cryptos should be about - making the rich richer by bloodletting the little ones.

[reffi]

I am like 1000% sure BAT will be at least $2 billion marketcap coin!  buying now is super cheap!  And btw I think the 4 big ICO buyers got burned big time, the price fell under ICO price alot!

[HighSociety]

The ICO price was $ 0.08 if i am correct, so it's still about 200% up. So no The ICO buyers didn't got burned their investment is still doubled.

[mining1]

It's not a scam. But you shouldn't buy right now, the project is probably 1 year away from signifiant development / news. And atm it sits at ~6x ico price. It will probabil drop to ~100mil cap.

[ethersphere]

For the token to work, the browser must first be successful (ie competing with Chrome). Even then, how much advertisers are willing to pay to advertise using such a model? Really difficult to say if it will succeed or not, and whether it's worth buying at the current valuation.

[xtyling]

Scam ? Did you have a look at the founder's background ? This should eliminate all doubts about this project

[Fredomago]

For the token to work, the browser must first be successful (ie competing with Chrome). Even then, how much advertisers are willing to pay to advertise using such a model? Really difficult to say if it will succeed or not, and whether it's worth buying at the current valuation.

and after that we will see the big future ahead, if the dev will continue pursuing their goal to success competing with big well known company will leave as their as a dream but like fb founder mark S. did he just continue dreaming and he dream big and look at him now. so lets face it those who doesn't like the project will fud here and those who believe will depend will see the result after maybe a year or two.

[CrayjeksAjek]

All this hype but where are the pools!?
Skimmed through roadmap but Im ignorant and dont understand it.

[Lankster]

Great concept, extremely hard to pull off and convert people/advertisers to use it.

Up to the investor to personally decide if the risk is worth it.

[gleeedle]

To break into that kind of market when you are up against google and company is tough.  Good luck to them. They will need it

[Machanto]

The dev team is too solid to be considered a scam. I'd doubt that many people would risk their names. As previously said the main developer of JavaScript. About that fast sellout of the token I don't know. If they weren't who they are I would consider it very very shady.

[swj7king]

it can't be a scam.
they hiring some new devs and taking some time.
it will go up soon.
just take your time.

[pereira4]

The ICO price was $ 0.08 if i am correct, so it's still about 200% up. So no The ICO buyers didn't got burned their investment is still doubled.

But you are forgetting ICO investors paid a big premium in order to get in by paying high amounts of gas, so it's not as clear as saying %200...

The whole idea of paying with some token to remove ads is dumb in my view, anyone with enough knowledge about crypto knows about adblock.

[Alttrader203]

Clearly not a scam.

I did not invest during the ico. (Could not)

I have some BAT in my portfolio as of this week.

I have used the brave browser both on my pc and iphone. It is really nice, less battery consumed more privacy and faster page load. Their vision makes me a believer. I am hodler on BAT

[mtx_demon]

I am using the brave browser seems to be like chrome with adblock but better

I own some BAT the price will triple until the end of the year!!

[dimanyc]

I don't know if I like the idea that people would get paid for watching ads. If you are an advertiser, how much value would you put in such interactions (views or clicks) with such ads? I bet, not much. In that sense, to me, these ad interactions wouldn't be too different from the bot traffic.

[tristan1960]

I am using the brave browser seems to be like chrome with adblock but better

I own some BAT the price will triple until the end of the year!!

I have used it for 1 week and first intention is okay. I don't think it will turn into a scam, becasue they have a solid team. If I'm not wrong, some of the developers served it Mozilla in their past. But honestly I find its price very high.

[CoinHoarder]

The project looks legit, but I have never liked poorly distributed tokens.

I am also not sure how popular an alternative web browser can get. Google Chrome, M$ Explorer, and Safari are pretty entrenched in the space, and they all had their own operating systems to package their browsers with to gain market dominance.

I would need to see comparisons of the usage of them versus third party open source browsers like Firefox, but just guessing that the usership of such is a paltry sum compared to the giants like M$, Apple, and Google.