ICOs are they successful or scam?

[freebitcoins4u]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

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[heppot]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

i just invest the icos that has join escrow before so even the project has failed we not lost all balance.
but if the project was succesfull reach minimum target and the price is low you can still wait the price go up.

[Cranidos]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

Research. Understand the ICO's concept. If the concept is good and is usable in the future, that's 1 point. Check the team/developers. Review their profiles and see to it that they are experienced on the specific concept the project offers, that's another 1 point. Read some articles/reviews about that project and see to it that all ideas are legit. If the ICO has a reputable Escrow then it is a green flag, if no Escrow, it is alright, just research more.

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[adChain]

This is a point of contention. In my opinion reading the white paper and researching the team involved in each project. What is their experience? Also, how long have they been involved in the space? Are they veterans or just looking to cash in on the crypto craze. Then the final point is, does the ICO actually need a token? Or can the project be just as useful without one?

[Moana]

You must know that every altcoin that is on the market has been in ICO period too, so ICO doesnt mean scam... There are too many Scammy Icos at the moment, but you only have to be aware of that and ignore those who look like a scam one and dont invest, simple as that.
yes, there are succesfull icos at the moment, i dont know why people dont trust them when they are on ICO, and they only invest when they are at the market.
If you invest in ico period, you would take more than 3x when that coin is accepted on a exchanger.

That's not really true, in the past coins (especially PoW coins) have been just mined. ICOs started just a few years ago and only now they became the standard.

[olliejjc16]

Some are very successful, some do ok and most are outright scams. Unless you're willing to do your due diligence to tell which is with you're probably better waiting for more info and an exchange.

[Kuingsudaqila]

much ico  succes and not scam
but several ico in 2017 not succes but ussualy refund
and another ico in market exchanger low price,in 2017 ico not run money investor, investor this now is smart

[Zeeks]

Ehh I always wonder, why do these people need millions and millions of dollar to code some software?
Some projects might be huge and resource intensive, but Id say most ico's are scams for people to make as much FIAT as they can.

[izumaki]

most are exit scams, except you find a developer willing to communicate intensively with the community, i would suggest you do your due deligence by researching about the token very well before investing, i have two ICOS now that are below ico price at about 50% less than what we paid for, thats bad for investors.

[poodle63]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

I already invested in so many good project and get decent return for my investment in the ico, You can try to see the team and a lot of the aspects. You must know the serious developer will always try to expand the project over the world and that means just  take an example such as monetha project.

[personanomada]

There is always risk involved. Best you can do is be diligent in your research. Read the Whitepaper. Sound good? Believe in the tech? Great. Do they have a prototype or MVP? That would be a plus. This might sound silly, but do they believe in their own tech? Do they have real world situations where the MVP is being used outside of demos? Then, of course, look at the team and who backs them. Look at professional experience, ability to bring products to market, etc. Lastly, with a pinch of salt, google the coin, search on reddit, etc.

[6Asmodeus6]

Some wants your all money for themselfs,some will get huge money and give you a little bit and some of them are legit.Finding the right one that can give you profit is the tricky part.Reading and completely undestanding them takes time if you do something like " this looks cool" and invest, that would be gambling not investing

[novhitadaloma]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

Look for ICO that their platform is unique and much in demand people. And also look at the quality of the project's founders. Many people are deceived because they are affected by the bonus given during ICO.

[carriebee]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

Look for ICO that their platform is unique and much in demand people. And also look at the quality of the project's founders. Many people are deceived because they are affected by the bonus given during ICO.

There are many scams Ico so do a research of their project. Understand the project, read their whitepaper, and roadmap. And ofcourse yes the quality of the project and their developers or the activity if it is really worth investing. There is a need for this as we all know there scams Ico so we have to verify if worth investing.

[JohnDoe3490]

Do your own research. How much are they raising? Do they keep a % of coins? Any vesting schedule so they can't dump coins?

A few questions to ask when looking at an ICO.

[holdem]

ICOs is very risky investments especially for those who does not know how to do proper research

[mico]

most of ICO are scam. I'm sure for this. But if u can research ownself it'll be not a big problem. sr for my poor english to say this

[Intel 4004]

There are a lot of new ICOs right there, but I think less than 1% will be really successful

[PepperaOnIt]

I dont invest because it is a risk only join ICO campaign so i if it is a scam i dont waste any money but see for yourself which is scam because you can see it by the account if its legit and has a trust issue

[pawanjain]

Some are good and some are not. We have to make a research on it before we invest in it. I personally don't invest in ICOs but i do get the free tokens by taking part in their campaigns. Its the best way to get their tokens without actually investing in it. As you know bitcointalk is a big community and most of the ICOs promote themselves here by running signature campaigns, bounty campaigns etc ... By promoting them we can earn their tokens as well as bitcoins. Even if the ICO scams other people we wont be in a loss because we would have got bitcoins for our work and the tokens would just have been a bonus to us .

[dreamhouse]

All ICOs are scams. All ICOs just have a plan and roadmap, no one can guarantee its success. There's no surveillance either, so after they get money, they pretty much can do anything./

[lovesybitz]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

It is true that many of ICO now appears here in this industry. But not all are scams, though most of them are yes it is. Still, it can't be deny most of the successful community here became successful in investing towards ICO project campaign, and I earn big also in the ico, were I joined to participate  to their signature campaign.

[FrankNoland]

I have never invested in a scam ICO, surely that is the one reason I hardly believe that scams do exist, however, I heard and read that scams do exist. I would advice you to read about a certain project before you consider investing in it. Understand the concept and the idea behind the project, read the whiterpaper, and understand the team behind. Most of the ICOs I have invested in are slowly but surely delivering what their white paper assured investors to deliver. They are getting bigger and better each day, I guess that is a sign of the success of the project.

[Micerker]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

I think you need to check the ICOs before invest. At now we have many tools to check it.
Anyway, if the ICOs have no escrow, I suggest you don't invest in, it has higher risk than the ICOs have an escrow.
P.S: Sorry for my bad english.

[compmaster]

You have to do your research. I liked EventChain after researching them myself. Now I even joined the signature bounty campaign. Bounty campaigns are a great way to get involved for free before actually buying an ICO.

[TrueCryptonaire]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

You should first of all look at their social media and see if the account are old or new, if new it raise a suspension. Then check if the developers have previously been a part of a good project or a scam, if they were also a part of a scam then you shouldn't touch this project at all.

[HardFireMiner]

ICO = scammy distribution model.

Why would anyone participate in a scammy distribution model? I just don't get it.

[Emworks]

Im supporter and follower only on the REAL few percent of ICO project.however, i always keep in mind that an ICO project are unregulated and unsecure, there is no supporting agency that will evaluate them thats why there always a great chance that most of ico project that are sprouting are only there just to make money and runaway after they get what they want..we should do are due deligence before making a decision.

[AdisBegic]

As someone else mentioned DYOR (Do your own research)

Check for the degree of transparency, legit team, LinkedIn, whitepaper etc.
Check for community, activity level on channels, media presence etc.
Check for use case impact, innovative use case? competition? Market size etc.
Check for funding structure, amount of tokens, supply cap, how much money that they want to raise/compared to how much they need.
Check for the stage of development, any MVP, beta platform, whitepaper etc.

Also be a wolf, not a sheep, act on your own guts and plans, don't follow the status quo.

[passivebesiege]

As someone else mentioned DYOR (Do your own research)

Check for the degree of transparency, legit team, LinkedIn, whitepaper etc.
Check for community, activity level on channels, media presence etc.
Check for use case impact, innovative use case? competition? Market size etc.
Check for funding structure, amount of tokens, supply cap, how much money that they want to raise/compared to how much they need.
Check for the stage of development, any MVP, beta platform, whitepaper etc.

Also be a wolf, not a sheep, act on your own guts and plans, don't follow the status quo.

This is so true. There are good ICO's and there are also scams. Better to check those mentioned above or your sorry of your investments. There are legit company with existing business that raised for ICO to source out funding.

[ActiveP]

Some are, others maybe not. Due diligence is the most important thing. Don't invest because somebody on a forum says it is a good idea, investigate properly, read the whitepaper and check the background of the people behind the project. However, even if a project is not a scam, it may still fail.

[lol3c]

There are a lot of new ICOs right there, but I think less than 1% will be really successful

actually, 25% of them are successful. 50% are scammers and the rest will fail cause their project can not make the world better or supply what people need. Some ICOs are useless and therefore if you want to invest in ICOs, think clearly before making a deposit

[camelson]

ICO = scammy distribution model.

Why would anyone participate in a scammy distribution model? I just don't get it.

Well not all ICOs are scam many of them are very successful and raised some handsome amount of money. Few black sheeps  are there in every field and in ICO there are few which are scam. To avoid lose of money thoroughly investigate the team and the projects there LinkedIn id, whitepaper, target market and how innovative the idea is.

[pikebu]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

Depending on the type of token you will have different value propositions. We distinguish between three general types of tokens:
Type one: usage token; work token; asset-backed token
Type two: native blockchain token vs. app token
Type three: useful token vs. useless token
Different projects are at various development stages at the time of their ICO. Some are only ideas others have working alphas. Depending on the stage of the project you can draw your own conclusions:
Does the project have only a landing page?
Did they write a whitepaper? How relevant is it?
Running prototype?
Blockchains are all about trust and transparency, therefore, security is a big part of a project especially if it has to do with smart contracts. Writing secure smart contracts is a difficult task:
Audits: were there any external audits of the code? If yes by whom?
Is there a testnet where people could play around with the app and test it?
Even though many governments still lack any regulations, this does not mean that the developers have the full freedom to do whatever they want. Their business idea might not even be allowed:
Regulation: how national and international laws could affect the business model?
In order for a company to succeed its product needs to solve a real world problem. Relying only on a good idea won’t cut it:
Value proposition: What problem does it solve?
Demand: Is there any demand for the product short term and long term
Social media buzz: Does the project get discussed in the relevant communities even before launch? What is the general opinion? How do experts in the field valuate the project?
Competition & partners: Any announced partnerships? Any competition?

[aldrian09]

There are a lot of new ICOs right there, but I think less than 1% will be really successful

actually, 25% of them are successful. 50% are scammers and the rest will fail cause their project can not make the world better or supply what people need. Some ICOs are useless and therefore if you want to invest in ICOs, think clearly before making a deposit

True! Out of 100 ICO that has sold out there are only of those that is successful and really follow their roadmap most of the ICO now a days has the same concept and idea. Investing in ICOs is very risky so it would be better to research all the detail and most importantly the developer and the team backgrounds to make sure if its legit or not.

[Icoalert00]

so many ICOs, how a person can know in which ICO to invest?

well he or she have to research about the ico that he will be joining at because if he/she weren't did that the money that he invest may will be leading into just a trash, if the ico that he join in is failed then he will be not success in the ico,.

[Lanatsa]

There are a lot of new ICOs right there, but I think less than 1% will be really successful

actually, 25% of them are successful. 50% are scammers and the rest will fail cause their project can not make the world better or supply what people need. Some ICOs are useless and therefore if you want to invest in ICOs, think clearly before making a deposit

True! Out of 100 ICO that has sold out there are only of those that is successful and really follow their roadmap most of the ICO now a days has the same concept and idea. Investing in ICOs is very risky so it would be better to research all the detail and most importantly the developer and the team backgrounds to make sure if its legit or not.

This is true,most of the ICO or projects as of now do have already the same concept which makes investors wont really be interested already to put some funds.As you said only a few do really follow their roadmap and striving on developing on their project even more.Most of them tend to fail or having no updates after a certain ico. Its just like accumulating without being serious on the project that they do propose into the public.

[tiggytomb]

That is the question we all would like to know the answer to, you just have to dyor and make the decision.  There is always an element of risk so just be awre that you could lose what you put in.

[Jian Yang]

For me, it is almost impossible to define what ICO is the scam. There is always a risk of bankruptcy. But good research could give you at least X2 at the exit.

[Cryptic_crumb]

I would have thought most ICOs are scams because most AltCoins are crashcoins that peak a short time after release and then are gradually dumped. There may even be a few really big ones out there right now that will hurt a few people  But you can't expect every coins to be a success, to have a winner you must also have losers.

[Pfizer]

I would have thought most ICOs are scams because most AltCoins are crashcoins that peak a short time after release and then are gradually dumped. There may even be a few really big ones out there right now that will hurt a few people  But you can't expect every coins to be a success, to have a winner you must also have losers.

This is not true anymore, most of them has a trend which is definitely the reverse of your thoughts. They do an ICO, then their token hits the markets, exchanges. Then the price is dumped. And then it starts to rise once again. This is the benefit for the long term investors.

[lol3c]

we have to make an analysis if we want to determine which is good and which is bad. Some are not scam but their project is not really realistic and therefore, its price may drop during the developing time. Be careful while choosing

[steamon]

If you do your research and see if a project can really add something to the market that has not been done before? Why would it be a scam. If something is too good to be true yea then it could be a scam. Those days the returns in crypto. Those won't stay forever I think. Currently, all decent ico projects give 2 times to even 3 times return when they enter the market. On the real stock markets that's a dream if something like that happens. While there are examples like LinkedIn but it does not happy many times. Research is the key in crypto fundamental choices works out well with ICO.

[anylic]

They know the ICO through twitter, facebook, medium, youtube, etc ... It is easy to understand that the investment experience and way of each person is different. So before deciding to invest in an ICO project, each investor must study the project or some will rely on advice from their friends.