[ANN] ICObench - ICO rating platform and community +Mobile App +API +Widgets

[ICObench]

Hello everyone,

As we are rapidly gaining popularity, we thought it was important to listen to the requests telling us that we should be officially presented on the BitcoinTalk forum.
Yet again, if you are using Twitter and/or Facebook don’t hesitate to start following us.


ICObench

If you haven't heard about us yet, ICObench is an ICO rating and listing platform that is supported by a big number of well-known experts in the world of crypto and beyond. Our experts come from different backgrounds: media, legal, marketing, banking, finance, trading, and investments. Being in close cooperation with the experts, our bot Benchy constantly keep monitoring ICOs and rating them.

In addition, our crypto-lawyers are giving free short legal reviews for the ICOs listed on ICObench.

On ICObench the ICOs are sorted by categories presenting various industries and we let you learn more about the ICO and its funding, whitepaper, finance, team, and milestones. Such information set is now considered a standard and a required practice for any ICO to be considered for having a good rating.

ICO Calendar

Upcoming + Ongoing ICOs
Upcoming ICOs
Ongoing ICOs
Ended ICOs

Useful links

ICObench Android App
ICObench Data API
ICO Analyzer
Benchy - ICO bot
ICObench on Facebook
ICObench on Twitter
ICObench on Medium
ICObench on GitHub
ICObench on LinkedIn

ICObench.com
List of ICOs (Publish new ICO)
ICO bounty
ICO whitelist
List of Exchanges
List of Our Experts
List of ICO Agencies
People of Blockchain
ICO ROI Calculator
List of Our Services
Rating Methodology
ICObench Statistics
Free Rating Widget
Get a Premium Listing


Some Q&A

What is a rating?
A rating is a result of analytical assessment executed by our bot Benchy and the experts. It is not an investment advice and is meant to be used for your informational purposes only. Rating is based on 5 points scale, ranging from 1 to 5 - where 1 is the lowest and 5 is the highest rating. The ICObench's rating system is different to that of other ICO rating platforms, as it is:

• calculated using the combination of objective ICO profile analysis and subjective experts' ratings;
• dynamic and updated at least once a day.

Read more about ICObench's rating methodology.

How is the ICObench rating determined?
We follow a special rating methodology. Rating is based on a combination of:

• ICO profile rating based on our own algorithm that uses more than 20 different criteria. Each ICO can earn up to 40 points;
• Ratings of the team, the vision, and the product provided by the independent experts following our methodology suggestions.

How can an ICO improve its rating?
Although you cannot influence the experts' rating in any way, you can improve your ICO profile rating by improving your ICO Analyzer score:

• Open your ICO Analyzer report;
• Prepare the information that is missing;
• Send us the relevant data via the contact form and our editors will update your profile with the new data or come back to you for some clarifications;
• If you didn't get a good score for the social media and marketing part and all social media links are available on your ICO profile on ICObench, we suggest that you are more active and keep in touch with your potential investors on your social media accounts.

What is the ICO Analyzer?
The ICO Analyzer is a free tool of objective report into an ICO profile. It was developed to allow ICO teams to learn more about the potential improvements to bring into their ICO profile on ICObench. The ICO profile rating given by Benchy is based on the report provided by the ICO Analyzer.
The ICO Analyzer provides a report based on availability of data important for investors but not on the quality of the provided data.

How can I update my ICO profile?
At the moment, only ICObench editors can update an ICO profile. Please inform us about the changes:

• Go to our website's Contact section;
• Fill in with accurate data and submit the form;
• We encourage you to provide as many links and information as possible as this will allow our editors to update your ICO profile faster;
• Wait for the editors to update your published ICO and write back to you. Note: We may request some clarifications or more details.

Can I somehow share my rating on my website?
Of course, you can use our free widget to share your rating on the forums, blogs or your website. Please keep in mind that the image automatically updates the number according to your current rating.

How can we publish our ICO agency on your list of agencies?
You can reach us through the contact form and tell us more about your agency. We will come back to you after we add your agency to the list.

How to report a scam ICO?
We encourage you to report any type of threats - hacking, fraud, scams, attacks, etc. - of the ICOs published on the ICObench. Each ICO profile has a "Report" button that will take you to the contact form. Please provide as much of available information as possible - you can also provide us links to the discussions on forums or channels, such as Bitcointalk or Reddit.
We will take the next actions:

• If there are only suspicions and the accusations are not clear, we will post a notification with a link to a Reddit or Bitcointalk thread where the discussion is going on. This will allow the visitors and the potential investors to read it and make up their own mind;
• If there is an evidence of a team member (or members) being made-up or that the content in the whitepaper, on the website or in the social media was forged or stolen, we will take the action immediately and disable the ICO profile.

Please note that the ICO profile rating and the ICO Analyzer report do not indicate whether an ICO is a scam or not. The automated evaluation doesn't have the mechanisms which could detect frauds or false information.


You can find the answers to these and other questions in our FAQ

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[ICObench]

Quick update.

We have been mentioned on Forbes Russia as a standard recommended tool that should be used by investors.

[daggny_taggart]

Welcome to Bitcointalk! I really love the interface of ICObench - much more convenient than other trackers

[ICObench]

Welcome to Bitcointalk! I really love the interface of ICObench - much more convenient than other trackers

Thank you! We also like it lean and clean.

If you suddenly get an awesome idea while browsing ICObench, just let us know.

ICO market is still fairly new and we are building the foundation for a standard here. Why not be a part of it, right? 

[ICObench]

Good news,

she is alive! Meet Benchy, the smart bot on Telegram that can currently analyse more than 300 ICOs and provide relevant information on them.

Give her a try at https://t.me/icobenchbot.

We are also working on a Slack bot. 

Found a bug or you are missing a feature? Let us know.

[StockBet.com]

FYI, we just submitted our project and token sale at https://icobench.com/publish

[ICObench]

FYI, we just submitted our project and token sale at https://icobench.com/publish

We have received and accepted your submission.

Our editors are working on it right at this moment.
You will be notified after the rating procedure.

[hodlandshill]

Looks like a great project. We discovered you on product hunt.

[CypherMobile]

Hi

Just submitted ICO information for Cypher - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2169229

[ICObench]

We will get to you in time, our editors are busy with the long queue.

[ICObench]

Update:

We have now listed Assets on ICObench.

[dealung]

Very helpful for investors to choose a good icon and trusted. I also suggest that ico earnings results can be displayed in real time.

[ICObench]

Update:

As we have started building a community with cooperation of our dear Crypto Friends, anyone can now register an account on ICObench. Even if there is not much to do, it is still a good way to get noticed in the community and show your associations and what can you offer.
Soon you will be able to bookmark/track assets and ICOs.

We are currently experimenting with so called ICO Success Score and impact factors that will play a big role in the future. We will keep you updated about that.

[ICObench]

Update:

You can now test our simple yet useful and free ICO ROI Calculator.
Let us know how we can improve. 

[lycos]

Hi, do you offer a technical analysis of ICO's contracts in order to know the quality of the code and the potential risks?

[ICObench]

Hi, do you offer a technical analysis of ICO's contracts in order to know the quality of the code and the potential risks?

Hello Lycos.
Your request is first of that kind, but as we have access to top experts in the industry, I am positive we can deliver such analysis for you.
Please contact our sales at hi@icobench.com and they will look up for an appropriate expert and get the price for you.

[financial_analyst]

How come you had rated NEO with 0.9, though? Doesn't make any sense.

[ICObench]

financial_analyst, low rating is due to unavailability of the data that we need for our assessment.
If you have some suggestions on how to improve, let us know.

Thank you for your feedback.


Update:

Registered members can now bookmark ICOs they like. Now you can keep them close and much easier to find.
We are also working on asset tracking.

[ICObench]

Update:

View our new tool - ICO Analyzer.
With ICO Analyzer, ICOs can now quickly see which data is published, how are they performing, and what should they focus on in their presentation.

[ICObench]

Update:

We have started with implementation of ISS (ICO Success Score).
For example, You can see a graph of such score on https://icobench.com/u/michael-gord
Or you can also notice green icon under "team" of an ICO.

This is currently only initial stage of scoring which will of course get improved over time.
Having people with high ISS in the ICO team improves their overall team score.

[ICObench]

Update:

- Ratings from our experts are now calculated and changed instantly (previously it took couple of hours; weight change time is still the same).
- Ratings are now publicly divided between 4 categories: ICO Profile, Team, Vision, and Product (previously merged to one rating and the rest was visible only to our editors).
- Ratings are now publicly visible; including full list of raters and their weight distribution (previously visible only to our editors). This change also affects older ICOs/Assets.

You can now also view rating timeline on experts' profiles.
More informational details will come to make your research easier.

[ICObench]

Update:

- We have published a page with list of all ICO services.
- Only registered members (with full name, Bio, Personal photo, LinkedIn profile, ...) can now apply as experts.

[ICObench]

Update:

- We have added country filter when browsing ICOs.
- We have added almost 50 ICO agencies which are linked directly with ICOs in the "about" section.

[MainIbem]

I suggest you also look into the issues of assurance. This i mean is due to the considerable number of ICOs not meeting up expectation. There are the complains of regulation as well as the issues of none listing of tokens in exchange.

A reputable platform as this can enlarge its coverage into these areas.

Thank you

[ICObench]

Update:

- Published ICO Stats & Facts page. Some interesting things for media and research brought together to one place.
- Established weekly newsletter that will be send out once per week. Don't forget to subscribe.

[ICObench]

Update:

- First part of People of Blockchain is now online. Much easier to connect the dots and research people. We will be adding more filters in the future.
- ICOs' team pages are now linked directly with the ~9,000 profiles.

[ICObench]

Update:

- Experts can now write reviews along the ratings.
- Registered members can "Agree" with the reviews by clicking on the button.
- We have implemented 21 APIs of various exchanges and now there is trading graph available on ICO's profile if it is trading on one of those exchanges.

[Fizpok]

Would be great if you add DApps: those that already up and running, not only ICOs.

[ICObench]

Update:

- We have deployed an automatic algorithm for evaluating the expert’s weight (from 0 to 100 points). Previously this parameter was set manually by our staff;
- The Weight distribution can be seen in each expert’s profile;
- From now on, all ICOs' team members have got ISS, however it can be seen in a team member’s profile only if the ISS is 6 and more;
- We are always aiming at increasing transparency so we have published a FAQ page that contains answers to general questions and some evaluation calculations.

[ssis]

Thank you! We also like it lean and clean.

If you suddenly get an awesome idea while browsing ICObench, just let us know.

ICO market is still fairly new and we are building the foundation for a standard here. Why not be a part of it, right?Very helpful for investors to choose a good icon and trusted. I also suggest that ico earnings results can be displayed in real time.

[Oo ako to]

This site is one of the most helpful to me when it come to ICOs. Whenever I check a new announced ICO, they already have a rating within a few weeks. I just suggest that you include past successful and scam ICOs and what rate that you have given to them.

[ICObench]

This site is one of the most helpful to me when it come to ICOs. Whenever I check a new announced ICO, they already have a rating within a few weeks. I just suggest that you include past successful and scam ICOs and what rate that you have given to them.

Thank you, we really appreciate your feedback. We have taken your suggestion into account. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter for further development.

[shaours]

Hello,
Very clean and useful website to track ICO.
Thank you.

[etheal_dev]

How cool it is that you nurture community here as well! Thank you for your great product!

[ICObench]

Hi and thank you! We are growing and building for the community by the full support of the community. 

Update:

- We have deployed the Exchanges section. At the moment you can browse through 20 exchanges (more coming soon!). Check tokens rates on the exchanges listed as well as ROI of tokens and the ICOs connected to the tokens.

[andriw]

this is what i'm looking for a long time 
what i need is already in icobench, hope the rating is independent
and about Benchy bot, i like it, but need more command like list of all ICO based on category, thats amazing if happened

[ICObench]

this is what i'm looking for a long time 
what i need is already in icobench, hope the rating is independent
and about Benchy bot, i like it, but need more command like list of all ICO based on category, thats amazing if happened

Hello Andriw!
Thank you for the useful idea! We will think on how to teach Benchy this new skill and implement it in one of the future updates.

[ICObench]

Update:

We have released the first version of ICObench Data API where you can find:

• The list of all ICOs
• The list of ICOs by search parameters and filter
• The list of trending ICOs
• The list of all ICO ratings
• All information in the ICO profile
• Some interesting statistics

Developers, researchers, and everyone interested in ICOs and our platform, come forward and check it out!

[ololajulo]

Ico rating/review sites is more important now with enormous project pitching their ideas. The ico and post ico are very important. However from September till now how have considered your rating to be efficient. to what extent can we trust the assessment  algorithm?

[ICObench]

Ico rating/review sites is more important now with enormous project pitching their ideas. The ico and post ico are very important. However from September till now how have considered your rating to be efficient. to what extent can we trust the assessment  algorithm?

Hello ololajulo.
Our assessment algorithm is efficient and transparent (see the ICO Analyzer). But as the number of ICOs is skyrocketing, our primary goal is to reduce the number of ICOs one would even consider to make further research on. We also aim to provide as much standardized data as possible so one's research would be faster. We would still recommend that one makes thoughtful decisions which are not based entirely on ratings.

[ICObench]

Update:

• The ISS (ICO Success Score) is now taking the ROI for the ended ICOs into consideration.
• ICO team members can now claim the ICO profile and reply to all reviews left for this profile. In order to be able to claim the profile the team member must be registered on ICObench with an email address using the same domain as the ICO's website.

[sculptoris]

Update:

• The ISS (ICO Success Score) is now taking the ROI for the ended ICOs into consideration.
• ICO team members can now claim the ICO profile and reply to all reviews left for this profile. In order to be able to claim the profile the team member must be registered on ICObench with an email address using the same domain as the ICO's website.

This is a great update, thank you! Does it also allow to edit the ICO profile claimed: description, dates, etc.?

[ICObench]

Update:

• The ISS (ICO Success Score) is now taking the ROI for the ended ICOs into consideration.
• ICO team members can now claim the ICO profile and reply to all reviews left for this profile. In order to be able to claim the profile the team member must be registered on ICObench with an email address using the same domain as the ICO's website.

This is a great update, thank you! Does it also allow to edit the ICO profile claimed: description, dates, etc.?

Not yet. We are working on the update and editing ICO profile will be available in the following weeks.

[sculptoris]

Update:

• The ISS (ICO Success Score) is now taking the ROI for the ended ICOs into consideration.
• ICO team members can now claim the ICO profile and reply to all reviews left for this profile. In order to be able to claim the profile the team member must be registered on ICObench with an email address using the same domain as the ICO's website.

This is a great update, thank you! Does it also allow to edit the ICO profile claimed: description, dates, etc.?

Not yet. We are working on the update and editing ICO profile will be available in the following weeks.

Cool, thanks for your further development effort. It's valuable what you guys are doing.

[ICObench]

Update:

• We have added 4 more exchanges - EtherDelta, Bittrex, Bithumb, and Gate.io
• Added filters to People of Blockchain section; now you can filter by registered members and experts
• Updated stats page with: Number of published ICOs on ICObench by month in the past 5 months; Total sum of raised funds and number of ICOs ended by month in the past 12 months (based on data available to us)
• Registration and login are now available using Facebook and Linkedin profiles

[ICObench]

Updates:

• We have launched a global video channel for ICOs - ICO Show time. You can sort the videos by category and "like" your favorites helping them to get to the top.
• Added Livecoin to exchanges.
• Fixed EtherDelta USD bug.
• Updated Expert Weight assessment rules.
• Added KYC, Whitelist, and Restrictions to ICO listings.
• Added "number of expert ratings" on ICO profiles. You can find it below the ICO rating.
• Added badges to People of Blockchain profiles showing their position in rating.

[ICObench]

Updates:

• The ratings for ended ICOs are back (in Profile and Browse section)
• Revamped filters part of the Browse section - Read more in our Medium post
• Connected people to the ICO Agencies

[anotherpriest]

Hello, we send you 0.05 BTC for priority listing and have no answer from you.
Elementh team.

[ICObench]

Hello, we send you 0.05 BTC for priority listing and have no answer from you.
Elementh team.

Hello, you ICO was already listed on ICObench.

[ICObench]

We have released the first version of ICObench mobile app, which is now available for Android users. Check out the details in our Medium post and install it to browse ICOs wherever you are starting today!

[clickgem]

Thanks for sharing.
This is a great project, wish you success.

[beBearKing]

Wow. I didn't know that ICO Bench was here. Very often use this service

[apoloo]

Hi. Is it possible to add your widget into bitcointalk post? Thanks

[apoloo]

Long time without any reply. You should manage this asap. Or give me a discount for the TOP listing

[ICObench]

Long time without any reply. You should manage this asap. Or give me a discount for the TOP listing

Sorry! Despite our busy schedule we have no excuse to miss you out.
Yes, you can post widget on Bitcointalk thread - just use the image link as for example:

Code:

[img]https://icobench.com/rated/stopthefakes?shape=square&size=m[/img]

[ICObench]

Updates:

• Updated the Data API. Now you can get information on People of Blockchain and apply new filters.
• The ICO profiles that have been claimed by the ICO holders now can be edited from the moderator panel.
• We created a Chrome widget to anonymously track an ICO site legitimacy and the project's rating.
• Added a special filtered page - ICO Whitelist.
• Added a special filtered page - ICO Bounty.
• From now on you can learn about all our news and updates in ICObench Telegram channel

[lesnik_utsa]

Very interesting project - I'll join you - I hope all works out

[ICObench]

KYC:

Starting today, we give all ICOs a preparation period of one moth, so they will get negative points after 28th Feb in case they don't participate or refuse to cooperate.
All KYC activity will be displayed publicly in ICO profiles.

Apply for KYC at info@icobench.com

[LuBro]

Hey there, really like and appreciate the hard work of this project and great reviews! ICObench is a great site for new upcoming and still ongoing projects.
I became aware of many new projects and could read myself with the numerous information very well.
Thanks a lot for your time and effort.

[Dinda mayasi]

I am very thanks for ICOBENCH in give many important information to understand quickly about the project ico. I hope ICOBENCH can tobe a leader in giving somethings that surely advantage for all.

[acmch]

very similar to the fact that they sell high ratings.
I dont see another explanation

[Ompyon]

Incredible, with icobench site, we can easily see the rank of a project we are going to follow,
so we can make sure that the project has good potential or not

[acmch]

Incredible, with icobench site, we can easily see the rank of a project we are going to follow,
so we can make sure that the project has good potential or not

AHAHAHHAHAHA sure 
scam ICOs with 4.7+ raiting, nice project

[ICObench]

very similar to the fact that they sell high ratings.
I dont see another explanation

Contrary to other projects, all ratings and their distribution on ICObench are transparent and publicly available for everyone to see and analyse. As you seem a bit confused about how ICObench actually works, I'd be more than glad to answer all of your questions.

[Username_nvm]

Hi. How does the Benchy ICO analyzer bot analyze website and whitepaper? For example if some information is in an image (JPG) it will not read it and evaluate as non existent right? For example we have Number of tokens for sale, soft and hard cap and even roadmap as an image for better visual representation. Do we need to change it all to html for the bot to read it? There is no other way I assume? Thank you.

[ICObench]

Hello, thank you for your question. The ICO profile on ICObench is based on the project's application and the information found by our editors on the site, social media, and the whitepaper. Our bot Benchy then does an automatic assessment of the data collected which results in the ICO profile rating. You can also update the information in your project's profile once it is published whenever you want using our ICO Profile Manager

Hi. How does the Benchy ICO analyzer bot analyze website and whitepaper? For example if some information is in an image (JPG) it will not read it and evaluate as non existent right? For example we have Number of tokens for sale, soft and hard cap and even roadmap as an image for better visual representation. Do we need to change it all to html for the bot to read it? There is no other way I assume? Thank you.

[Username_nvm]

Hello, thank you for your question. The ICO profile on ICObench is based on the project's application and the information found by our editors on the site, social media, and the whitepaper. Our bot Benchy then does an automatic assessment of the data collected which results in the ICO profile rating. You can also update the information in your project's profile once it is published whenever you want using our ICO Profile Manager

Hi. How does the Benchy ICO analyzer bot analyze website and whitepaper? For example if some information is in an image (JPG) it will not read it and evaluate as non existent right? For example we have Number of tokens for sale, soft and hard cap and even roadmap as an image for better visual representation. Do we need to change it all to html for the bot to read it? There is no other way I assume? Thank you.

Thank you for your quick answer. I see, so it doesn't do actual scanning of the documents and the files? That's a relief because it would take lot of time and effort to change those pics into attractive text to make it looks similar as the original.

[laryto]

All ratings as well as "experts" on icobench site are totally crap....
Non of the high rated ico had good hype after launching on exchanges
ico with lower ratin like bluzelle for instance, had huge hype and to the moon..
remove all "experts" from your site, they no needed with their misleading opinion.... better do rating on ico participant reviews

[ICObench]

... Non of the high rated ico had good hype after launching on exchanges
... remove all "experts" from your site, they no needed with their misleading opinion.... better do rating on ico participant reviews

Hello and thank you for your comment.
Experts are rating Team, Product, and Vision. Final rating doesn't equal token's future price on the exchange as this is not something experts can predict.

Your investment decisions are your own and you shouldn't base them purely on reviews.

[apoloo]

Hello! Is it possible to get contact on someone in your company? I've sent an email 10 days ago but didn't get any reply. Interested in Premium listing, project StopTheFakes.io

[ICObench]

Hello! Is it possible to get contact on someone in your company? I've sent an email 10 days ago but didn't get any reply. Interested in Premium listing, project StopTheFakes.io

Hello!
That's a long time now. I'm sorry if you still didn't get a reply after 10 days, but I can't find your inquiry regarding premium listing on info@icobench.com.
It's best that you contact our sales directly at services@icobench.com - In case you already did that, I have notified our sales team to take a look after your email.

Thank you for reaching out.

Edit: Sales replied to your email on 29. 01. 2018 and you have probably missed the email.

[apoloo]

Hello! Is it possible to get contact on someone in your company? I've sent an email 10 days ago but didn't get any reply. Interested in Premium listing, project StopTheFakes.io

Hello!
That's a long time now. I'm sorry if you still didn't get a reply after 10 days, but I can't find your inquiry regarding premium listing on info@icobench.com.
It's best that you contact our sales directly at services@icobench.com - In case you already did that, I have notified our sales team to take a look after your email.

Thank you for reaching out.

Edit: Sales replied to your email on 29. 01. 2018 and you have probably missed the email.

Hello! Thank you for your help! The manager replied 2 hours ago.

Edit: Sales replied to your email on 29. 01. 2018 and you have probably missed the email.
I get this message 29. 01. 2018 and replied 01.02.2018, 00:20

[CryptoTrue]

How long it would take to approve my ICOBench expert account? I have sent all details about 5 days ago, is it ok? Or you need more time?

[ICObench]

How long it would take to approve my ICOBench expert account? I have sent all details about 5 days ago, is it ok? Or you need more time?

Hello CryptoTrue,
it can take up to several weeks for the application to get reviewed.
 

[concorde899]

How long it would take to approve my ICOBench expert account? I have sent all details about 5 days ago, is it ok? Or you need more time?

Hello CryptoTrue,
it can take up to several weeks for the application to get reviewed.
 

Several weeks?
Why that long?

I did the KYC also but my application is still under review.
Thanks

[ICObench]

How long it would take to approve my ICOBench expert account? I have sent all details about 5 days ago, is it ok? Or you need more time?

Hello CryptoTrue,
it can take up to several weeks for the application to get reviewed.
 

Several weeks?
Why that long?

I did the KYC also but my application is still under review.
Thanks

That's nothing unusual.
KYC is also something all new members must pass before applying.

[concorde899]

How long it would take to approve my ICOBench expert account? I have sent all details about 5 days ago, is it ok? Or you need more time?

Hello CryptoTrue,
it can take up to several weeks for the application to get reviewed.
 

Several weeks?
Why that long?

I did the KYC also but my application is still under review.
Thanks

That's nothing unusual.
KYC is also something all new members must pass before applying.

Understood, will wait then. Thanks

[expathos]

My score went down 30 points yesterday. I did five reviews yesterday. I always take the time to write something thoughtful whether I like it or it sucks. Can you explain why? I am not going to put in effort into this community if I work on assessing ICOs when I get unexplained drops like this. I was at number four yesterday and today dropped from 80 to 50 for no apparant reason.

I have worked hard to do 65 reviews and all of them have text. I don't just throw in a rating and walk out like other reviewers.   And yes I am hard on some projects. Too bad.

Also there needs to be an option to leave the community - delete profile button, which can remove an experts reviews and profile. Because if I don't understand how it works clearly, I am not going to give my thoughtful reviews of ICOs for free. I'd rather just go back to Blockchain News (which I still am editor at large) and review ICOs there again. I have a lot of experience in this space - having been involved in 35+ ICOs in one way or another.

Richard Kastelein
https://icobench.com/u/expathos

[ICObench]

Hello Richard,

We are sorry that such drop happened. We will look into this situation and come back to you via email.

My score went down 30 points yesterday. I did five reviews yesterday. I always take the time to write something thoughtful whether I like it or it sucks. Can you explain why? I am not going to put in effort into this community if I work on assessing ICOs when I get unexplained drops like this. I was at number four yesterday and today dropped from 80 to 50 for no apparant reason.

I have worked hard to do 65 reviews and all of them have text. I don't just throw in a rating and walk out like other reviewers.   And yes I am hard on some projects. Too bad.

Also there needs to be an option to leave the community - delete profile button, which can remove an experts reviews and profile. Because if I don't understand how it works clearly, I am not going to give my thoughtful reviews of ICOs for free. I'd rather just go back to Blockchain News (which I still am editor at large) and review ICOs there again. I have a lot of experience in this space - having been involved in 35+ ICOs in one way or another.

Richard Kastelein
https://icobench.com/u/expathos

[Treasurer]

Great platform! But it would be nice if the soft cap and hard cap were still published. And even better, if there was information about the collected funds on the pre-sale.

[nerouk]

Hi ICObench, could u tell me about 1 ICO with Financial information accuracy?

The ICO im looking at is Cryptaur and its not on any listing exchange: https://icobench.com/ico/cryptaur

But in the Financial tab, i see information bout Bittrex with prices. Can anybody from ICObench gimme explanations on this please? 

[ICObench]

Hello nerouk,

It is because they have a token ticker the same as some other ICO that is already trading. We will fix it. Thank you for letting us know.

Hi ICObench, could u tell me about 1 ICO with Financial information accuracy?

The ICO im looking at is Cryptaur and its not on any listing exchange: https://icobench.com/ico/cryptaur

But in the Financial tab, i see information bout Bittrex with prices. Can anybody from ICObench gimme explanations on this please? 

[nerouk]

Thanks Admin for ur very quick response 

[Nikita_paymon]

Hello ICOBench!
Can you help me solve one problem.
During this week we have sent a lot of Email to you with request to help with our KYC. But still we don`t have any response, please, check you email 

Regards, Paymon team! 

[ICObench]

Hello Paymon Team,

Sorry for the delay. We have answered via email and sent you new invitations.

Hello ICOBench!
Can you help me solve one problem.
During this week we have sent a lot of Email to you with request to help with our KYC. But still we don`t have any response, please, check you email 

Regards, Paymon team! 

[Kosmog]

Hi,


This will be a bit random. I'm co-founder of Open Collectors Network. I passed the requested KYC for the project and then I have created a personal account and wanted to apply for an expert role, so I had to do the KYC process again, but got a 'duplicate' error.

Can you help me with this ?

Thanks and sorry for intruding

[ICObench]

Hello,

Thank you for addressing this issue. We have a technical problem at the moment as the system sees such documents as duplicates. It will be fixed on Monday and we will send you new invitations.

Hi,


This will be a bit random. I'm co-founder of Open Collectors Network. I passed the requested KYC for the project and then I have created a personal account and wanted to apply for an expert role, so I had to do the KYC process again, but got a 'duplicate' error.

Can you help me with this ?

Thanks and sorry for intruding

[Kosmog]

Ok. Thanks ! Good luck

[inrage]

Christoph Hering is advisor at ICObench.

He is a scammer who conducted the pre-ICO for the Blockpay token. His partner who acted as "CTO" was a serial scammer with a search warrant in the U.S. The funds ended up being distributed themselves. Christoph Hering does not give meaningful disclosure about the accounting, while it is known he sold the ICO funds for BTS having them on his own addresses. With the stolen funds he has a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars etc. He is a no-go in the Bitshares community.

How comes that such a subject is an advisor at ICObench? Did he pay his membership in ICObench with the stolen money from Blockpay pre-ICO participants?

[bombblockchain]

Christoph Hering is advisor at ICObench.

He is a scammer who conducted the pre-ICO for the Blockpay token. His partner who acted as "CTO" was a serial scammer with a search warrant in the U.S. The funds ended up being distributed themselves. Christoph Hering does not give meaningful disclosure about the accounting, while it is known he sold the ICO funds for BTS having them on his own addresses. With the stolen funds he has a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars etc. He is a no-go in the Bitshares community.

How comes that such a subject is an advisor at ICObench? Did he pay his membership in ICObench with the stolen money from Blockpay pre-ICO participants?

In fact, ICOBench is not bad site, but...
They have lots of scam advisers. My friends who did ICO said that there are advisers that sell ratings. So I hope the Bench will find and ban all of them. Though it will be not easy

[ICObench]

Hello,

We always welcome the reports about the scam ICOs or our experts running a fraud. You can send your report and all the proof to info@icobench.com. Thank you

Christoph Hering is advisor at ICObench.

He is a scammer who conducted the pre-ICO for the Blockpay token. His partner who acted as "CTO" was a serial scammer with a search warrant in the U.S. The funds ended up being distributed themselves. Christoph Hering does not give meaningful disclosure about the accounting, while it is known he sold the ICO funds for BTS having them on his own addresses. With the stolen funds he has a lavish lifestyle with expensive cars etc. He is a no-go in the Bitshares community.

How comes that such a subject is an advisor at ICObench? Did he pay his membership in ICObench with the stolen money from Blockpay pre-ICO participants?

[ICObench]

Updates:

• We have added the information on ROI and average price on exchanges to the profile of trading ICOs.
• ICObench Android app v2.0 has arrived. From now on you can go through full profiles and all connections of People of Blockchain, have your tags visible during search and see the KYC status of the ICO and user profiles. Don't have the app? Install it today! 

[lesco]

The project seems very nice, but I have a problem:

you allow your network of experts to rate the ICOs without providing any kind of textual information.

You do realize that having no minimum characters limit and having no audit for the quality of some of these experts' reviews raises a lot of doubt about the quality of your ratings?

Some "experts" write their reviews and, when asked by the ICO to update it because the ICO has updated their team, etc, they ignore them.

This is also problematic as it could suggest that the experts' review could've been paid by an ICO competitor, fighting for funding with a similar idea, etc.

Now, thanks to you guys not caring about the quality of those expert reviews, these "experts" can manipulate ratings for various kinds of purposes: personal, monetary, etc.

I really dislike this and I find ICOBench rather suspicious as there's no review quality audit and a reviewer isn't required to reassess his rating after an ICO asks him to for good reasons.

[ICObench]

Hello,

The written reviews are quite a recent option and their number is growing at the moment, soon it will reach half of the overall number of ratings. We do not guarantee fast answers from the experts, but usually if you reach them via the social networks, links to those most of experts have on their profiles, they react to the changes faster. We want to also remind you that noone would change their rating for a better one if they see threats and swears coming from ICOs teams.
If you have any proof of an expert taking money or providing services in exchange for rating or review, please send it to info@icobench.com
Thank you.

The project seems very nice, but I have a problem:

you allow your network of experts to rate the ICOs without providing any kind of textual information.

You do realize that having no minimum characters limit and having no audit for the quality of some of these experts' reviews raises a lot of doubt about the quality of your ratings?

Some "experts" write their reviews and, when asked by the ICO to update it because the ICO has updated their team, etc, they ignore them.

This is also problematic as it could suggest that the experts' review could've been paid by an ICO competitor, fighting for funding with a similar idea, etc.

Now, thanks to you guys not caring about the quality of those expert reviews, these "experts" can manipulate ratings for various kinds of purposes: personal, monetary, etc.

I really dislike this and I find ICOBench rather suspicious as there's no review quality audit and a reviewer isn't required to reassess his rating after an ICO asks him to for good reasons.

[bitcoinveda]

Hello ICOBench,

I just want to something because on what basis you are giving the rating if the rating can we start investing in those project without any problems.
Lastly, i have seen you have given 4.7 / 5 for Adsigma company, can we start investing in it?

[lesco]

Hello,

The written reviews are quite a recent option and their number is growing at the moment, soon it will reach half of the overall number of ratings. We do not guarantee fast answers from the experts, but usually if you reach them via the social networks, links to those most of experts have on their profiles, they react to the changes faster. We want to also remind you that noone would change their rating for a better one if they see threats and swears coming from ICOs teams.
If you have any proof of an expert taking money or providing services in exchange for rating or review, please send it to info@icobench.com
Thank you.

The project seems very nice, but I have a problem:

you allow your network of experts to rate the ICOs without providing any kind of textual information.

You do realize that having no minimum characters limit and having no audit for the quality of some of these experts' reviews raises a lot of doubt about the quality of your ratings?

Some "experts" write their reviews and, when asked by the ICO to update it because the ICO has updated their team, etc, they ignore them.

This is also problematic as it could suggest that the experts' review could've been paid by an ICO competitor, fighting for funding with a similar idea, etc.

Now, thanks to you guys not caring about the quality of those expert reviews, these "experts" can manipulate ratings for various kinds of purposes: personal, monetary, etc.

I really dislike this and I find ICOBench rather suspicious as there's no review quality audit and a reviewer isn't required to reassess his rating after an ICO asks him to for good reasons.

Hey guys,

you've misunderstood my question. The problem IS that you allow experts to post text-less reviews, just ratings-only.

This seems fishy as the expert is NOT required to provide any textual information to explain his ratings, which means - they can rate ICOs without any effort, just by selecting random numbers that seem fit.

A review is worth nothing if it has no text. Look at Amazon products' reviews, etc.

Are you going to force the ICO reviews to have at least 200 character requirement to make sure "experts" don't cheat?

[privatum]

I think this is a good point - voting without giving a written review takes too little effort.
A comment would be fine.

Hello,

The written reviews are quite a recent option and their number is growing at the moment, soon it will reach half of the overall number of ratings. We do not guarantee fast answers from the experts, but usually if you reach them via the social networks, links to those most of experts have on their profiles, they react to the changes faster. We want to also remind you that noone would change their rating for a better one if they see threats and swears coming from ICOs teams.
If you have any proof of an expert taking money or providing services in exchange for rating or review, please send it to info@icobench.com
Thank you.

The project seems very nice, but I have a problem:

you allow your network of experts to rate the ICOs without providing any kind of textual information.

You do realize that having no minimum characters limit and having no audit for the quality of some of these experts' reviews raises a lot of doubt about the quality of your ratings?

Some "experts" write their reviews and, when asked by the ICO to update it because the ICO has updated their team, etc, they ignore them.

This is also problematic as it could suggest that the experts' review could've been paid by an ICO competitor, fighting for funding with a similar idea, etc.

Now, thanks to you guys not caring about the quality of those expert reviews, these "experts" can manipulate ratings for various kinds of purposes: personal, monetary, etc.

I really dislike this and I find ICOBench rather suspicious as there's no review quality audit and a reviewer isn't required to reassess his rating after an ICO asks him to for good reasons.

Hey guys,

you've misunderstood my question. The problem IS that you allow experts to post text-less reviews, just ratings-only.

This seems fishy as the expert is NOT required to provide any textual information to explain his ratings, which means - they can rate ICOs without any effort, just by selecting random numbers that seem fit.

A review is worth nothing if it has no text. Look at Amazon products' reviews, etc.

Are you going to force the ICO reviews to have at least 200 character requirement to make sure "exports" don't cheat?

[hoangmankx]

Potential project, professional team. Hope the project will succeed and get more tokens

[Kosmog]

Hello,

Thank you for addressing this issue. We have a technical problem at the moment as the system sees such documents as duplicates. It will be fixed on Monday and we will send you new invitations.

Hi,


This will be a bit random. I'm co-founder of Open Collectors Network. I passed the requested KYC for the project and then I have created a personal account and wanted to apply for an expert role, so I had to do the KYC process again, but got a 'duplicate' error.

Can you help me with this ?

Thanks and sorry for intruding

Hi. It seems that was solved, but starting from 2 weeks ago, I get this message: "KYC passed successfully. Your profile will be updated shortly."

[ICObench]

Hello,

Your form was updated 2 weeks ago and you can see it on the site.

Hello,

Thank you for addressing this issue. We have a technical problem at the moment as the system sees such documents as duplicates. It will be fixed on Monday and we will send you new invitations.

Hi,


This will be a bit random. I'm co-founder of Open Collectors Network. I passed the requested KYC for the project and then I have created a personal account and wanted to apply for an expert role, so I had to do the KYC process again, but got a 'duplicate' error.

Can you help me with this ?

Thanks and sorry for intruding

Hi. It seems that was solved, but starting from 2 weeks ago, I get this message: "KYC passed successfully. Your profile will be updated shortly."

[dmngdsm]

Hello, I'd like to report a bug on ICO Bench, involving the KYC procedure. I tried using the ICO Bench contact form several times but no one takes any steps to resolve my problem. I am running an ICO called Vernam. Two KYC were requested for my team - for Roman Angelov and Ivan Georgiev. They passed KYC succesfully, but now I want to pass KYC myself in order to apply for an expert. However, when I click "Apply" I get this link: https://icobench.com/kyc/5aabe3960a975a7d0eb9d09d. KYC application
for Roman Angelov
Your KYC form is no longer available.

This KYC is mine and it shouldn't be linked to Romans's. please investigate that issue and possibly fix it because I want to apply for expert.

Thank you in advance!

[ICObench]

Hello,

We tried to answer your email, but it was never delivered. Please PM us and we will give you a link to your KYC form.

Hello, I'd like to report a bug on ICO Bench, involving the KYC procedure. I tried using the ICO Bench contact form several times but no one takes any steps to resolve my problem. I am running an ICO called Vernam. Two KYC were requested for my team - for Roman Angelov and Ivan Georgiev. They passed KYC succesfully, but now I want to pass KYC myself in order to apply for an expert. However, when I click "Apply" I get this link: https://icobench.com/kyc/5aabe3960a975a7d0eb9d09d. KYC application
for Roman Angelov
Your KYC form is no longer available.

This KYC is mine and it shouldn't be linked to Romans's. please investigate that issue and possibly fix it because I want to apply for expert.

Thank you in advance!

[Kosmog]

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it wasn't updated.

Here's a picture showing my profile not being eligible due to the KYC process:  https://imgur.com/2dx4Csw

Hello,

Your form was updated 2 weeks ago and you can see it on the site.

Hello,

Thank you for addressing this issue. We have a technical problem at the moment as the system sees such documents as duplicates. It will be fixed on Monday and we will send you new invitations.

Hi,


This will be a bit random. I'm co-founder of Open Collectors Network. I passed the requested KYC for the project and then I have created a personal account and wanted to apply for an expert role, so I had to do the KYC process again, but got a 'duplicate' error.

Can you help me with this ?

Thanks and sorry for intruding

Hi. It seems that was solved, but starting from 2 weeks ago, I get this message: "KYC passed successfully. Your profile will be updated shortly."

[dmngdsm]

Hello,

We tried to answer your email, but it was never delivered. Please PM us and we will give you a link to your KYC form.

Hello, I'd like to report a bug on ICO Bench, involving the KYC procedure. I tried using the ICO Bench contact form several times but no one takes any steps to resolve my problem. I am running an ICO called Vernam. Two KYC were requested for my team - for Roman Angelov and Ivan Georgiev. They passed KYC succesfully, but now I want to pass KYC myself in order to apply for an expert. However, when I click "Apply" I get this link: https://icobench.com/kyc/5aabe3960a975a7d0eb9d09d. KYC application
for Roman Angelov
Your KYC form is no longer available.

This KYC is mine and it shouldn't be linked to Romans's. please investigate that issue and possibly fix it because I want to apply for expert.

Thank you in advance!

Thank you very much! I tried PM, but you haven't allowed PMs from Newbies, please edit your profile, so that I can PM you. Thank you guys

[thebucr]

The link to the site is best highlighted on the background of the rest)
In my opinion

[ktulhu]

In project theories, they are actually interesting, leaving the postmoderns to practice. It is a great deal of greatness.

[Dasengineer]

I don't like one thing in ICObench - rating. There are several of so-called "experts" who have no idea about the tech behind blockchain and ICO. They are reviewing projects and making grades for each project, but some of them are obviously don't know what project is about.


As for me every "Expert" who is giving ratings on ICObench should be forced to describe his grades and leave a comment, so people can research and follow opinions not just the figures.

Now this rating system is ridiculous, some decent projects has 3.5-3.8 rankings

I hope team will improve voting system in future.

[ICObench]

Hello,

We have heard all your suggestions and we think the time has come for the experts to leave only the ratings accompanied with the written reviews. The changes will be deployed soon.

I don't like one thing in ICObench - rating. There are several of so-called "experts" who have no idea about the tech behind blockchain and ICO. They are reviewing projects and making grades for each project, but some of them are obviously don't know what project is about.


As for me every "Expert" who is giving ratings on ICObench should be forced to describe his grades and leave a comment, so people can research and follow opinions not just the figures.

Now this rating system is ridiculous, some decent projects has 3.5-3.8 rankings

I hope team will improve voting system in future.

[Kosmog]

Any updates on this ? Thank you!

Kyc is shown as successfully, but still not updated on the 'Apply for expert' section

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it wasn't updated.

Here's a picture showing my profile not being eligible due to the KYC process:  https://imgur.com/2dx4Csw

Hello,

Your form was updated 2 weeks ago and you can see it on the site.

Hello,

Thank you for addressing this issue. We have a technical problem at the moment as the system sees such documents as duplicates. It will be fixed on Monday and we will send you new invitations.

Hi,


This will be a bit random. I'm co-founder of Open Collectors Network. I passed the requested KYC for the project and then I have created a personal account and wanted to apply for an expert role, so I had to do the KYC process again, but got a 'duplicate' error.

Can you help me with this ?

Thanks and sorry for intruding

Hi. It seems that was solved, but starting from 2 weeks ago, I get this message: "KYC passed successfully. Your profile will be updated shortly."

[ICObench]

Hello,

Did KYC show passed as part of the team? If yes, at the moment you need to pass KYC one more time as a user.

Any updates on this ? Thank you!

Kyc is shown as successfully, but still not updated on the 'Apply for expert' section

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it wasn't updated.

Here's a picture showing my profile not being eligible due to the KYC process:  https://imgur.com/2dx4Csw

Hello,

Your form was updated 2 weeks ago and you can see it on the site.

Hello,

Thank you for addressing this issue. We have a technical problem at the moment as the system sees such documents as duplicates. It will be fixed on Monday and we will send you new invitations.

Hi,


This will be a bit random. I'm co-founder of Open Collectors Network. I passed the requested KYC for the project and then I have created a personal account and wanted to apply for an expert role, so I had to do the KYC process again, but got a 'duplicate' error.

Can you help me with this ?

Thanks and sorry for intruding

Hi. It seems that was solved, but starting from 2 weeks ago, I get this message: "KYC passed successfully. Your profile will be updated shortly."

[Kosmog]

I have passed both.

[ICObench]

Can you please PM us with your name? We will be able to solve the situation then. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I have passed both.

[Kosmog]

Done, thanks !

[poutintsev]

Why does it take ages for expert application get be approved?

I've been waiting for a month already!

[ktulhu]

The project of course is far from original, in recent months more than a dozen have appeared similar, but the information here was collected mostly relevant, so I will keep track.

[RumenCoin_ICO]

ICO Bench is the best rating platform

[dmngdsm]

Hello there, ICOBench team.

I'd like to open a topic on the value of ICOBench's experts opinions and whether some of the are not abusing the rights they have.

I am member of Vernam's team - a promising project running for more than two months now, with upcoming token sale in late May.
When we launched our project, of course the first platform we listed ourselves was ICOBench, as the most respected one on the web.

We started getting reviews by experts. Normally some are good, other are bad. The most valuable ones are helping us improve the project with constructive feedback.

Anyway, there are some reviews that worry us. For example this one:




Obviously Mr. Berger didn't like the project and we can't blame him. Anyway, he didn't provide any feedback, just the low scores. I decided to make my own due diligence and I found out that:

1. At the time when he rated our project, Mr. Berger was running an ICO himself, as a CEO - Pecunio.
2. 90% of the projects he rated at that time got really bad scores. See:




This makes me think that Mr. Berger used his expert status to harm competition in a really lame way. How will you comment this?

[ICObench]

Hello,

We understand your worrying and that is why soon all ratings will have mandatory reviews. 3 3 3 is not a bad rating though, just average.

Hello there, ICOBench team.

I'd like to open a topic on the value of ICOBench's experts opinions and whether some of the are not abusing the rights they have.

I am member of Vernam's team - a promising project running for more than two months now, with upcoming token sale in late May.
When we launched our project, of course the first platform we listed ourselves was ICOBench, as the most respected one on the web.

We started getting reviews by experts. Normally some are good, other are bad. The most valuable ones are helping us improve the project with constructive feedback.

Anyway, there are some reviews that worry us. For example this one:




Obviously Mr. Berger didn't like the project and we can't blame him. Anyway, he didn't provide any feedback, just the low scores. I decided to make my own due diligence and I found out that:

1. At the time when he rated our project, Mr. Berger was running an ICO himself, as a CEO - Pecunio.
2. 90% of the projects he rated at that time got really bad scores. See:




This makes me think that Mr. Berger used his expert status to harm competition in a really lame way. How will you comment this?

[jumbo]

Hello there, ICOBench team.

I'd like to open a topic on the value of ICOBench's experts opinions and whether some of the are not abusing the rights they have.

I am member of Vernam's team - a promising project running for more than two months now, with upcoming token sale in late May.
When we launched our project, of course the first platform we listed ourselves was ICOBench, as the most respected one on the web.

We started getting reviews by experts. Normally some are good, other are bad. The most valuable ones are helping us improve the project with constructive feedback.

Great catch!

Also, I can see problems with the following "advisors" at ICOBench, who are not picky at all and sell their faces for tokens from every project, that offers to buy:

https://icobench.com/u/david-drake

He has a crazy mix of the all different types of ICOs, simultaneously "advising" 70 (!) projects with an average rating of 3.60. It appears that he just take projects to boost his rating, that just looks ridiculous and pathetic. And several project under his "advisory" look extremely suspicious and have know allegation of scam. Not picky at all to say the least. And none of his reviews contain any analysis whatsoever.

https://icobench.com/u/michael-terpin

This guy was an advisor for projects like Lydian (100x flop from $5 price during the ICO to $0.05 now) and Worldwide Asset eXchange (6x flop from $2.05 to $0.34). His average ICO under advisory score is even worse, than David Drake's - 3.57. 23 ICOs, 11 running.

https://icobench.com/u/kteare

His average score of ICO under advisory is 3.40 (15 ICOs). And his only given rate was to a project, which he is a part of, what brakes the ICOBench rules.

https://icobench.com/u/borisotonicar

This one I'm not so sure about. Yet he was involved in a scam ICO and is currently listed as an advisor for Bitxoxo, which has a lot of scam red flags. 6 simultaneous ICOs (and he has another full-time job, according to LinkedIn), average rating 4.04.

https://icobench.com/u/jaredpolites

3.36 average score, 13 ICOs.

https://icobench.com/u/marckenigsberg

3.32 average score, 13 ICOs.

https://icobench.com/u/moe

3.21 average score, 12 ICOs

https://icobench.com/u/bitkay

3.2 average score, 13 ICOs.

[ICObench]

Hello,

Thank you for bringing our attention to these people, we will look into them and act accordingly. We really appreciate the help of community, so if you have any proof of an expert selling ratings for money or exchanging for their services, please send it to info@icobench.com

Hello there, ICOBench team.

I'd like to open a topic on the value of ICOBench's experts opinions and whether some of the are not abusing the rights they have.

I am member of Vernam's team - a promising project running for more than two months now, with upcoming token sale in late May.
When we launched our project, of course the first platform we listed ourselves was ICOBench, as the most respected one on the web.

We started getting reviews by experts. Normally some are good, other are bad. The most valuable ones are helping us improve the project with constructive feedback.

Great catch!

Also, I can see problems with the following "advisors" at ICOBench, who are not picky at all and sell their faces for tokens from every project, that offers to buy:

https://icobench.com/u/david-drake

He has a crazy mix of the all different types of ICOs, simultaneously "advising" 70 (!) projects with an average rating of 3.60. It appears that he just take projects to boost his rating, that just looks ridiculous and pathetic. And several project under his "advisory" look extremely suspicious and have know allegation of scam. Not picky at all to say the least. And none of his reviews contain any analysis whatsoever.

https://icobench.com/u/michael-terpin

This guy was an advisor for projects like Lydian (100x flop from $5 price during the ICO to $0.05 now) and Worldwide Asset eXchange (6x flop from $2.05 to $0.34). His average ICO under advisory score is even worse, than David Drake's - 3.57. 23 ICOs, 11 running.

https://icobench.com/u/kteare

His average score of ICO under advisory is 3.40 (15 ICOs). And his only given rate was to a project, which he is a part of, what brakes the ICOBench rules.

https://icobench.com/u/borisotonicar

This one I'm not so sure about. Yet he was involved in a scam ICO and is currently listed as an advisor for Bitxoxo, which has a lot of scam red flags. 6 simultaneous ICOs (and he has another full-time job, according to LinkedIn), average rating 4.04.

https://icobench.com/u/jaredpolites

3.36 average score, 13 ICOs.

https://icobench.com/u/marckenigsberg

3.32 average score, 13 ICOs.

https://icobench.com/u/moe

3.21 average score, 12 ICOs

https://icobench.com/u/bitkay

3.2 average score, 13 ICOs.

[jumbo]

Hello,

Thank you for bringing our attention to these people, we will look into them and act accordingly. We really appreciate the help of community, so if you have any proof of an expert selling ratings for money or exchanging for their services, please send it to info@icobench.com

You are welcome.

Also, this guys look very suspicious:

https://icobench.com/u/ny

He recently rated a lot of projects, many of which have ended months ago (like Binance, Friendz and many others, which he rated today or yesterday). None of his ratings contain any valuable information.

Probably, he is just boosting his rating to get more weight. It is certainly an abuse of your system and is bad both for the platform and the trust. You shall change that system to avoid this kind of cheaters.

About the email: I can copy all that to your email, but that is crucial to keep such information public, not just between us. It is better for everyone, if development and changes on your platform would by transparent.

[ICObench]

• From now on the projects can publish their MVPs and prototypes and the users can filter ICOs by the availability of the product. Please send links to GitHub and other sources to info@icobench.com
• Even though ICObench experts rate ICOs voluntarily we expect them to be active members of the community. That's why we have decided to revoke the status of those who’ve been inactive for over 3 months
• No more double passing KYC! If you passed KYC as part of ICO team, contact us to verify your user profile. And vice versa: if you are a core team member and have verified profile we can change your status in the ICO.

[gozcominer]

An excellent prospective project that has a huge potential market and will allow investors to receive passive income. Good luck for the in this greatest project.

[remedcu]

ICObench Experts: New rules for a better community

https://medium.com/@ICObench/icobench-experts-new-rules-for-a-better-community-d289903714dc

[jumbo]

ICObench Experts: New rules for a better community

https://medium.com/@ICObench/icobench-experts-new-rules-for-a-better-community-d289903714dc

Great news, I'm happy to see that needed developments to ICOBench. I hope, that they are not going to stop there, since the regulatory background and the market will keep challenging the ICO industry itself and the ICOBench as it's most renowned proxy.

Currently, the changes mentioned do not look like a final solution for the rates quality problem and the experts' corruption risks, but it is definitely a step in the right direction.

[michietn94]

An excellent prospective project that has a huge potential market and will allow investors to receive passive income. Good luck for the in this greatest project.

Agree with you. Generally ICO ranking websites only include details and information about an ICO project but in ICOBENCH, we can also to earn additional income by selling service capabilities that we have. An advantage that I do not think exists on other websites.

[btcrich2020]

ICObench Experts: New rules for a better community

https://medium.com/@ICObench/icobench-experts-new-rules-for-a-better-community-d289903714dc

Yes, ICObench is taking lot of measures in order to control the fake ICO's and it is good way to attract the investors by investing into good projects. Review should not be based on money but with the real time efforts of the company and their team.

[Kosmog]

How much time it takes to review an expert application ? I submitted mine around 1.5 months ago.  ( Grigore Ion-Cosmin )

Thank you and sorry for intruding

[finist4x]

Glad to join the movement ICObench!  An excellent tool for investors and projects.


 

[andrearz]

Update:

We have started with implementation of ISS (ICO Success Score).
For example, You can see a graph of such score on https://icobench.com/u/michael-gord
Or you can also notice green icon under "team" of an ICO.

This is currently only initial stage of scoring which will of course get improved over time.
Having people with high ISS in the ICO team improves their overall team score.

wow, I think this is an important thing to note because with the ISS in accordance with what you explain then later things like this will make it easier for investors to choose ICO quality. I hope with there ISS investors will have more confidence in the ICO is widely circulated at this time.

[Thadeous]

Guys, I think we need your comments on this article on Medium: Beware of ICO Bench!

[outta]

Guys, I think we need your comments on this article on Medium: Beware of ICO Bench!

In my humble opinion, the platform can't be held responsible for experts' frauds and if some packages are overpriced or useless, why even talk about it, just don't use them.
Honestly, I believe one could complain about false ratings by greedy experts or one can be thankful, that such a platform exists. I haven't seen a platform with higher reputation and with experienced and well-known experts (not all, of course).

Though I like constructive critics, the points in the article, in my opinion, are not fair and sometimes even silly:
 If a beautiful jewelry costs a lot, you don't call it a fraud.
Sometimes even advisors don't know if an ICO is going to be a scam. Having only a website, a whitepaper and some photos of the team, you can't make any arguments about the validity of an ICO and the plans of its creators.

Instead of complaining one could build something better and then make a comparison.
By sitting on the sofa and calling names one can't make any impact.

I have no connection to the platform, these are just my opinions  .

[finist4x]

I am grateful to the team of ICObench for a prompt solution to a contentious issue related to my reputation.

[ICObench]

It’s back! We have fully rebuilt and revamped our Crypto Assets page. Browse through tokens and crypto exchanges, learn more about asset’s ROI and current price at https://icobench.com/cryptoassets

[ICObench]

Hello,

The thing is that the author got angry at us for declining his application for expert. After that the reasons we provided didn't satisfy him so he keeps harassing our support with senseless emails and now wrote this piece where no single word is true. It's just a classic case of 'sour grapes', please don't believe anything that doesn't have any basis for it and do your own fact checking and research.
Thank you.

Guys, I think we need your comments on this article on Medium: Beware of ICO Bench!

[remedcu]

declining his application for expert. After that the reasons we provided didn't satisfy him

This is what attracted my eye. So, you are indeed checking on the applications. But really slow I guess. Anyways, hope that clog would be cleared soon.

[Thadeous]

Hello,

The thing is that the author got angry at us for declining his application for expert. After that the reasons we provided didn't satisfy him so he keeps harassing our support with senseless emails and now wrote this piece where no single word is true. It's just a classic case of 'sour grapes', please don't believe anything that doesn't have any basis for it and do your own fact checking and research.
Thank you.

Guys, I think we need your comments on this article on Medium: Beware of ICO Bench!

Do you mean he posted all this on Medium only because wasn't hired by your company?

[ICObench]

According to our FAQ: An ICObench expert is an active member of ICObench community that has the right to rate ICOs and conforms to the rules of the experts community. Although the contribution of every expert is valuable, they are not a part of ICObench team, so ICObench is not responsible for their ratings and cannot remove or change them if they comply with the rules of the community.

So we just declined his expert status which we have right to do without giving a specific reason, and such answer didn't satisfy him so you see the result.

Hello,

The thing is that the author got angry at us for declining his application for expert. After that the reasons we provided didn't satisfy him so he keeps harassing our support with senseless emails and now wrote this piece where no single word is true. It's just a classic case of 'sour grapes', please don't believe anything that doesn't have any basis for it and do your own fact checking and research.
Thank you.

Guys, I think we need your comments on this article on Medium: Beware of ICO Bench!

Do you mean he posted all this on Medium only because wasn't hired by your company?

[ico-fanatic]

Hello,

The thing is that the author got angry at us for declining his application for expert. After that the reasons we provided didn't satisfy him so he keeps harassing our support with senseless emails and now wrote this piece where no single word is true. It's just a classic case of 'sour grapes', please don't believe anything that doesn't have any basis for it and do your own fact checking and research.
Thank you.

Guys, I think we need your comments on this article on Medium: Beware of ICO Bench!

I looks like you are lying ICO Bench!

Instead of replying to those claims you are moving attention from the real issue to the person. This does not raise your credibility you are making an argumental mistake known as ”Ad hominem”.

It may be true that his application was denied, but that explains the motive only, not that he is lying.

So is it true what he says or not? If not, what is your response?

And don't give a short reply yes/no. Address every point in that article and tell us, what is your stand on the issues and what are you making to make sure that it will not happen.

[ICObench]

We do not move the attention to this person but telling our view of the story, facts only. Instead of accusing us of the lies you could just do the fact checking of his words, as even a shallow analysis of our site and social pages will show you that all of the statements in this post are blatant lies (more that he actually keeps deleting comments to his Medium post those say it and bring the opposite things about all the points) so there are no issues to address. We don't say that our rating system is perfect, but we work on it every day and such accusations only steal our time from making actually useful features for the site and the community.
And yes, as we told in previous post, no single word in that Medium post is true.

Hello,

The thing is that the author got angry at us for declining his application for expert. After that the reasons we provided didn't satisfy him so he keeps harassing our support with senseless emails and now wrote this piece where no single word is true. It's just a classic case of 'sour grapes', please don't believe anything that doesn't have any basis for it and do your own fact checking and research.
Thank you.

Guys, I think we need your comments on this article on Medium: Beware of ICO Bench!

I looks like you are lying ICO Bench!

Instead of replying to those claims you are moving attention from the real issue to the person. This does not raise your credibility you are making an argumental mistake known as ”Ad hominem”.

It may be true that his application was denied, but that explains the motive only, not that he is lying.

So is it true what he says or not? If not, what is your response?

And don't give a short reply yes/no. Address every point in that article and tell us, what is your stand on the issues and what are you making to make sure that it will not happen.

[ico-fanatic]

not single word in that Medium post is true.

Not a single word?

That is very bold claim.

Does this mean that you are not hiding your legal information nor information about the founders of ICO Bench? In this case please provide a link where such information can be found on your website, because I don't see it anywhere.

I usually don't trust companies and people that are hiding their identity. Very often it's related to some sort of scam. I'm not accusing you of anything, but there is no reason for an honest businessmen and company to hide it's information.

So why and what are you hiding?

[ICObench]

The team section of the site is in work now as we are working on staff expansion. At the moment you can always check our LinkedIn company page and all the connections including people working in the company https://www.linkedin.com/company/icobench/

not single word in that Medium post is true.

Not a single word?

That is very bold claim.

Does this mean that you are not hiding your legal information nor information about the founders of ICO Bench? In this case please provide a link where such information can be found on your website, because I don't see it anywhere.

I usually don't trust companies and people that are hiding their identity. Very often it's related to some sort of scam. I'm not accusing you of anything, but there is no reason for an honest businessmen and company to hide it's information.

So why and what are you hiding?

[s900pers]

The team section of the site is in work now as we are working on staff expansion. At the moment you can always check our LinkedIn company page and all the connections including people working in the company https://www.linkedin.com/company/icobench/

not single word in that Medium post is true.

Not a single word?

That is very bold claim.

Does this mean that you are not hiding your legal information nor information about the founders of ICO Bench? In this case please provide a link where such information can be found on your website, because I don't see it anywhere.

I usually don't trust companies and people that are hiding their identity. Very often it's related to some sort of scam. I'm not accusing you of anything, but there is no reason for an honest businessmen and company to hide it's information.

So why and what are you hiding?

I am very pleased that you work openly in the cryptocurrency and in the blockchain community in General , this method is credible . I wish you and your website success

[TrendsProject]

Hello,

i'm the owner of an ico on icobench,and everytime I make a change it says something like waiting on approval from editor, why is that?

[ICObench]

Hello,
Even though the Profile Manager is the way for you to edit your project on your own, some changes need approval from our editors. Usually such changes are accepted or declined minimum once per day.

Hello,

i'm the owner of an ico on icobench,and everytime I make a change it says something like waiting on approval from editor, why is that?

[TrendsProject]

Hello,
Even though the Profile Manager is the way for you to edit your project on your own, some changes need approval from our editors. Usually such changes are accepted or declined minimum once per day.

Hello,

i'm the owner of an ico on icobench,and everytime I make a change it says something like waiting on approval from editor, why is that?

Okay thank you! Also it does not show a checkmark next to our Medium Link, but it is added in the profile and approved, why is that?

[revelacaogr]

worth read

www.tokenicide.com/opinion/icobench-warmer/#toodamnlong

[ICObench]

This post was before our new experts policies and someone jus put it into circulating again

worth read

www.tokenicide.com/opinion/icobench-warmer/#toodamnlong

[ICObench]

For social pages we count the activities on them, not the fact you have one

Hello,
Even though the Profile Manager is the way for you to edit your project on your own, some changes need approval from our editors. Usually such changes are accepted or declined minimum once per day.

Hello,

i'm the owner of an ico on icobench,and everytime I make a change it says something like waiting on approval from editor, why is that?

Okay thank you! Also it does not show a checkmark next to our Medium Link, but it is added in the profile and approved, why is that?

[tzegian]

Hello, I have sent all the required information about adding an ICO agency for more than a week but still nothing.

Could you please let me know how much it usually takes?

[ICObench]

Hello,

Can you please PM us with the name so we can check? Thank you

Hello, I have sent all the required information about adding an ICO agency for more than a week but still nothing.

Could you please let me know how much it usually takes?

[tzegian]

Hello,

Can you please PM us with the name so we can check? Thank you

Hello, I have sent all the required information about adding an ICO agency for more than a week but still nothing.

Could you please let me know how much it usually takes?

I just did. Thank you.

[unsaid90]

Could an employee please assist Bettium team with KYC requests ? We'd like to pass it sooner rather than later, thank you!
Our emails are in our whitepaper on bettium.com

[ICObench]

Hello, your request was forwarded to our KYC specialist this morning.

Could an employee please assist Bettium team with KYC requests ? We'd like to pass it sooner rather than later, thank you!
Our emails are in our whitepaper on bettium.com

[remedcu]

What happened with the score?

[ICObench]

Hello,
there was a small bug which has just been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

What happened with the score?

[p3ppymon]

I do see that some ICO which were rated above 4.5 on your website have got difficulties in getting into major exchanges once the product was launched whilst ICOs rated below 3 gained more visibility and attention in major exchanges like Binance. Is this something you foreseen with your BOT, or it is just a question of chances?
Is rating and listing in your platform a paid service or do you list any ICO regardless? If the former option applies, then there is a conflict of interest!

[ramilvale]

ico rating sites really helps projects to gets an attention to the investors, wish that those ratings are not manipulated.

[mirik2]

    Excellent platform. Giving the opportunity for crypto traders to understand the projects that carry the ideas of decentralization into the world of the crypto market.

[ICObench]

Hello,

Unfortunately I don't see your application which could mean it didn't get through or didn't comply with our criteria.
I have forwarded your email to our support, they will contact you soon.

sent in for a paid application heard nothing since mefy.io

[ICObench]

Hello, can you please tell which of your emails wasn't answered? The ICOs that meet our criteria are usually published in 3-5 days as the queue is pretty long. You can pay for expedited listing but this doesn't guarantee that your project will be published.
Also, we are not an agency.

I do see that some ICO which were rated above 4.5 on your website have got difficulties in getting into major exchanges once the product was launched whilst ICOs rated below 3 gained more visibility and attention in major exchanges like Binance. Is this something you foreseen with your BOT, or it is just a question of chances?
Is rating and listing in your platform a paid service or do you list any ICO regardless? If the former option applies, then there is a conflict of interest!

paid or unpaid nobody answers here or email not sure if its down now the last rating agency listed in hours

[ICObench]

Hello,
As we have not really analysed the data on exchanges yet I cannot tell you anything on the interrelation. But it's a good idea, we will think about including it to our report on trends.
What we can see is that there is a certain interrelation between overall rating on our platform and the chances of an ICO to be financially successful.
Also, as you can see the bot is only giving the rating for the ICO profile, so it evaluates the amount of information provided and activity in social networks. But the rating consists of two parts and takes into account the experts' reviews as well.
Obviously, we do not sell ratings and the standard listing is free of charge, but more than half of applications don't meet our criteria so we don't publish them.
Can you please explain what the conflict of interest is if the listing and ratings are free?

I do see that some ICO which were rated above 4.5 on your website have got difficulties in getting into major exchanges once the product was launched whilst ICOs rated below 3 gained more visibility and attention in major exchanges like Binance. Is this something you foreseen with your BOT, or it is just a question of chances?
Is rating and listing in your platform a paid service or do you list any ICO regardless? If the former option applies, then there is a conflict of interest!

[kontarz]

Thank you so much for helpful information. Keep up your good work.

[ICObench]

Friends! We’ve created the Official ICObench group on Telegram! In the group, we'll be discussing all the latest news of the ICObench community! 

Join link: https://t.me/joinchat/EeNzU05Wi7dOoJwTxGrLoQ

[gozcominer]

Good project interesting concept. I thing it should be extremely popular and successful. So, good luck with everything and special good luck for team

[ICObench]

ICObench is a free ICO rating platform and a blockchain community. And ICO projects can be listed on our platform for no fee. Priority listing will get your project to be listed faster and Premium listing will give your project more exposure.

[p3ppymon]

I appreciate your reply, OP. I can see from your platform that you offer an express service for listing. Are paying ICOs treated the same way as free Listing ICOs (apart from time obviously).
Also advertising in your website has a cost. Do the rating of advertised icos change due to advertising? Answer to these questions will clear any doubt to me.

[rippar]

I want to give thanks to this project, because it really help us to choose the right ICO for investments. It is worth mentioning that not only ICO with high rating will be succesful. There are a lot of projects with the ratings below 4.0 which have 1000% ROI, so always try to make your own research about the project you want to invest in!

[remedcu]

I want to give thanks to this project, because it really help us to choose the right ICO for investments. It is worth mentioning that not only ICO with high rating will be succesful. There are a lot of projects with the ratings below 4.0 which have 1000% ROI, so always try to make your own research about the project you want to invest in!

Due Diligence is the key to a successful investment portfolio.

[cryptolit]

ICOBench is by far one of my favorite place to look for ICOs. And submitting an ICO to the website as well is a breeze. Good customer feedback as well when I had some issues that needed to be tackled quick.

[luxreum]

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Patent Pending #62696823

Now Listed on ICOBench with a 4.5 Rating!!!!

Don't miss your chance to participate in the Private Sale! It's open too ALL! Sign up now to claim your 40% Bonus!!!

www.luxreum.io/tokensale/register

[Sharkzz1]

I like this site more than anyone else! You have the best assessments and an objective assessment of the project 

[thinkhr]

Platform icobench new theme is not good. Previous was most user friendly.
Also review problem, how icobench review a ICO, still suspecious

[BoxerRobert]

Welcome to Bitcointalk.ICObeanch really helpful for me to find good to invest my amount as well as to participate bounty program.Your interface really awesome.

I can't able to access this page : https://icobench.com/agencies  

[MariemBorg]

Hi ICObench,

I am doing a research about the success factors on ICOs. Your API could really be a valuable tool for my research. I recently requested a private key but I still get this message "Request pending confirmation". How long do I have to wait to get an answer?

Thank you in advance,
Mariem

[HenryRoo]

I use this site constantly when I create my reviews. Excellent ratings but they are not always true but I like the design of the site. 

[Expert3]

The website is reliable which I am using when searching about a new project, their rating systems are great and the user interface is outstanding. What I am wondering is ICObench collecting money for projects in order to get higher ratings? I can't remember where that article was posted but what I am sure is it's a bad thing for ICOBench if founded true.

[sylvestercryptic]

ICO bench has surely become a benchmark in the industry of ICO's

[ICOSPEAKS]

ok, great I read it and wanna participate soon

[CoolWave]

I use this site constantly when I create my reviews. Excellent ratings but they are not always true but I like the design of the site.  

Exactly, that's the issue . The experts are not always true & they rate scam ICO(s) like https://icobench.com/ico/bitex higher than legit ICO(s) like Engineer.ai , lower .

[ICObench]

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[marlboroza]

Hello.

I have one question.

https://icobench.com/ico/qashback
http://archive.vn/w1DkG

They failed KYC test:



But

When I click on Michael Tiong Meng Tan's picture https://icobench.com/u/michael-tan http://archive.vn/Rz8uc it shows he is verified:



Is he or is he not verified and is he or is he not part of the team?

[BoxerRobert]

Hello.

I have one question.

https://icobench.com/ico/qashback
http://archive.vn/w1DkG

They failed KYC test:



But

When I click on Michael Tiong Meng Tan's picture https://icobench.com/u/michael-tan http://archive.vn/Rz8uc it shows he is verified:



Is he or is he not verified and is he or is he not part of the team?

marlboroza  Your really doing great job in crypto field . I was noticed you few month all the best do well.

[IdeaFex_Support]

Hello,

We have submitted our KYC documents for our ICO. While all the documents were accepted, we "failed" your KYC because

"you have already submitted your documents to another account."?


On that other account, the status says "KYC passed successfully. Your profile will be updated shortly".

However, it's been over a day and there's no change.


We have contacted Sum&Substance, and they say we can't have duplicate accounts. There is got to be a way to correct this.

[IdeaFex_Support]

Hello,

We have submitted our KYC documents for our ICO. While all the documents were accepted, we "failed" your KYC because

"you have already submitted your documents to another account."?


On that other account, the status says "KYC passed successfully. Your profile will be updated shortly".

However, it's been over a day and there's no change.


We have contacted Sum&Substance, and they say we can't have duplicate accounts. There is got to be a way to correct this.

The issue has been resolved. Thanks

[NeoBeum]

I have come across affiliation with GoMiner and ICObench, and not just for the general token listing report.

I have suspicion that these two sites are covert affiliates.
ICOmarks, ICObench , ICOholder

I haven't done this test yet, but I feel that the data on all sites share the same API.
Matching MX records are present and there is a characteristic unique to Russian based sites that I won't disclose here, but is a dead giveaway when doing forensics.

[VectorZilla]

I wonder what's going on with ICObench. No update on their website & social media. Probably they have ceased the operation. Any updates?