[Trusted ICO Reviews&Ratings] Which sources of ICO ratings do you trust and why?

[nikolaich]

When it comes to the question of investing crypto into this or that ICO one has to review website, White paper, chat with the team members and advisory board, watch official groups in Telegram, Slack, study smart-contract and Bitcointalk thread.
But this is a huge work for one person, taking into account the amount of ICO that is being held lately.

Except for your own study of the upcoming ICO, which sources of ICO reviews and ratings do you trust and why?

[h0lybyte]

Usually i do not notice icos found in an external extent than the bitcointalk forum. The aspects of ico you are committed to review before investing in it are must to trace the reality of ico developers.
But why i beleive only the icos which are advertised here over this forum, is because one can wholly understand whether it is worth to invest with it or not by reading different reviews based on the investigation of other members.

[nikolaich]

Usually i do not notice icos found in an external extent than the bitcointalk forum. The aspects of ico you are committed to review before investing in it are must to trace the reality of ico developers.
But why i beleive only the icos which are advertised here over this forum, is because one can wholly understand whether it is worth to invest with it or not by reading different reviews based on the investigation of other members.

Thank you for the important addition! Expertise and experience of ICO developers should be also checked.

Maybe you can name Bitcointalk members whom do you trust in their reviews?

[CryptosapienZA]

Never trust others with your own money. Why not invest a lot of time in doing the research yourself? Personally I don't trust anyone else with my money. Always do your own diligence, always. Yes, I am not saying don't read about what others have to say. But trust none other than yourself.

[trinaldao]

i never trust ICO rating and another platform for review about new projects
i just buy tokens in 3rt party exchange after coin/tokens listing

[Syroamst]

Previously, I was looking for new ICO on the BitcoinTalk forum and on the Internet, but every time I missed interesting opportunities. Therefore, I decided to create ICO Drops (https://icodrops.com), useful ICO Calendar.

I don't like classical ratings (4/5,  9/10, 90% and etc), so instead of the "rating" made "interest levels". It's just a combination of statistical data. This "rating" only means that which ICO should be looked at first and all, no investment recommendations.

I don't like ICO Reviews. This is not a game or a movie. I'm only interested in what can be measured. (Hype level, Risks level and ROI level in comparison with similar products)

We are still in the development stage. I'm open to dialogue

Our focus:
Make a complete database
Highlight the most interesting projects

[Euro1000]

I am using this one:
https://www.smithandcrown.com/icos/

They do not rate but it is starting point for ICOs.

[Onika84]

Usually I read this site:
https://crushcrypto.com/

But they rarely update upcoming or ongoing ICO. CrushCrypto site just review their personal opinion about ICO, and I like how they are delivering ICO with different point of view. Maybe this is just for comparing for another ICO rating site like icorating.com

And the last, this forum on ANN thread have huge information and more objective than the other ICO rating site.

[bitcoinvestor]

i never trust ICO rating and another platform for review about new projects
i just buy tokens in 3rt party exchange after coin/tokens listing

I alwais visit tokenmarket.net I think ICo review in tokenmarket.net is the best. Many ICos make succesful crowdsale when the review is listed in tokenmarket. I can invest in the ICOs after reading the review in tokenmarket.net

[trinaldao]

i never trust ICO rating and another platform for review about new projects
i just buy tokens in 3rt party exchange after coin/tokens listing

I alwais visit tokenmarket.net I think ICo review in tokenmarket.net is the best. Many ICos make succesful crowdsale when the review is listed in tokenmarket. I can invest in the ICOs after reading the review in tokenmarket.net

How about shit token Exchange Union (XUC) by Tokenmarket management ?

[limmousine]

Yes research should be done to get a good project. so it would not hurt us to waste time to research or analyze a project before we join in its ico.

[kryptqnick]

Usually i do not notice icos found in an external extent than the bitcointalk forum. The aspects of ico you are committed to review before investing in it are must to trace the reality of ico developers.
But why i beleive only the icos which are advertised here over this forum, is because one can wholly understand whether it is worth to invest with it or not by reading different reviews based on the investigation of other members.

Thank you for the important addition! Expertise and experience of ICO developers should be also checked.

Maybe you can name Bitcointalk members whom do you trust in their reviews?

Unfortunately, I believe that trusted members of the forum rather review altcoins (the most famous of them) and don't look at icos. I am saying that because I've seen a list of worthy coins by Theymos, some reviews written by iamnotback. Any solid reviews of icos? Not really. They still have a bad reputation of being total scams, so some time has to pass before there'll be a good source on icos. For now I try not to invest in them and just look at what they offer from time to time to be up to speed.

[Mazt rhiezt]

Usually i do not notice icos found in an external extent than the bitcointalk forum. The aspects of ico you are committed to review before investing in it are must to trace the reality of ico developers.
But why i beleive only the icos which are advertised here over this forum, is because one can wholly understand whether it is worth to invest with it or not by reading different reviews based on the investigation of other members.

Thank you for the important addition! Expertise and experience of ICO developers should be also checked.

Maybe you can name Bitcointalk members whom do you trust in their reviews?

Unfortunately, I believe that trusted members of the forum rather review altcoins (the most famous of them) and don't look at icos. I am saying that because I've seen a list of worthy coins by Theymos, some reviews written by iamnotback. Any solid reviews of icos? Not really. They still have a bad reputation of being total scams, so some time has to pass before there'll be a good source on icos. For now I try not to invest in them and just look at what they offer from time to time to be up to speed.

This is a very useful conversation, how to see successful icos is quite difficult and requires more attention from knowledge and self-study.
Because after all we can not trust anyone at all without learning and jumping into it.

[VanDeinsberg12]

frankly, never trust such website to put my investment into an ICO, most of them are giving their good rate only to ICOS that are paying them bitcoin. basically, not worth to put my trust on.
i'll better join some slack or telegram group and gather people's opinion about the best ICO at the moment rather than trusting these website.

[nikolaich]

Never trust others with your own money. Why not invest a lot of time in doing the research yourself? Personally I don't trust anyone else with my money. Always do your own diligence, always. Yes, I am not saying don't read about what others have to say. But trust none other than yourself.

I agree. "Trust no one" like in X-Files )

Have you noticed that your own opinion about several ICOs coincided with someone`s rating or review?

[nikolaich]

i never trust ICO rating and another platform for review about new projects
i just buy tokens in 3rt party exchange after coin/tokens listing

How do you choose which tokens to buy from the market? Do you buy them instantly after tokens are listed on the exchange or you wait for some time?

[Alt.Estate]

Resources like icorating.com, smithandcrown.com, and icobench.com seem to be a good starting point to get an idea of what ICOs might be worth checking out and digging into, what strong and weak points they have, etc. To a first approximation.

After that, of course, only your own analysis based on your own criteria will work best, those that are meaningful to you within the framework of your understanding of what exactly you want to get in the end, how soon, whether you know much about the target market of a project or not, and so on.

[jlp]

When it comes to the question of investing crypto into this or that ICO one has to review website, White paper, chat with the team members and advisory board, watch official groups in Telegram, Slack, study smart-contract and Bitcointalk thread.
But this is a huge work for one person, taking into account the amount of ICO that is being held lately.

Except for your own study of the upcoming ICO, which sources of ICO reviews and ratings do you trust and why?

There's no need to do all of that with every ICO.

You can make your search far easier if you filter out the majority of coins.  It's easy to do this with 2 simple filters:

1)  Does the project have anything built? No? Move on. Forget about their big teams and fancy titles. Most projects have these and they cannot prove that they can build anything. Writing software is much more difficult than creating a one-page website or video. Several projects raised multiple millions and still haven't delivered any software. Let me know if you want examples.

2)  Is the team from a corrupt country? Yes? Move on. In corrupt countries, ethics and honesty are more lax, which means that they will have a higher propensity to exaggerate or lie.

https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016

The third filter is harder to implement. You need to be able to do critical thinking. Does the application make sense? Jesus coin is an extreme example of something that doesn't make sense, but most are leaning towards this. Crypto currency is good for some applications (transfer or store of value, save fees, save time, gambling) but not all applications.

Most projects are trying to squeeze square pegs into round holes. There's a project that wants to connect locals with travelers to enhance the travel experience. You have to do mental gymnastics to figure out why an altcoin is needed here.

You have "Tokenizing Rising Tennis Stars: tokenstars.com/ace" in your signature.  That sounds like somebody is trying to squeeze a square peg into a round hole.  Why the hell would you have that in your signature?  It's getting close to the Jesus coin.

[vaso11]

I also browse such sites with ICO, namely - Icorating and Icobench

[StockBet.com]

Be careful with some of these.

Several of them charge to be listed.  Some give higher standings or visibility to those ICOs that pay more.

Before the housing bubble burst (financial crisis of 2008), Moody's and S&P gave high ratings on mortgage backed securities because the banks paid these agencies for the ratings.