Is it safe to participate in ICO's?

[denulh]

I think we can not figure out what ico projects is safe to invest so, we always have to take that risk and do research carefully before invest in that ico, everything too big is always risky so you must accept these risks to have a chance become rich.

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[Taskford]

ICO is an investment and all of the investment has its own risk and you should know that. Participating in ICO is not that safe because you need to deal with a lot of risks and things to do before you completely invest in ICO. ICOs are a good way to make more wealth but it has a higher risk than investing in top altcoins so you should be careful enough to not get into scam ICOs.

[Leah38]

ICOs are great investments. Just choose wisely. Other ICOs end up scam so do your research also. Try checking Pundi X. Its worth you money to invest here.

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[eucliffe]

safe is not something we can't guarantee, this is why research is required and crucial before joining an ico because there are a lot of scammers lurking around, this is one of the reasons why icos were banned in China, but dont get me wrong there are a lot of good ICOS and like they said ICOs are great investment but you need to choose wisely.

[KwizatzHaderach]

It is not always safe. Due diligence on your part must be practiced to reduce the risk (cryptos are very risky by nature).
Even the overly hyped ICOs are not immune to drama and sometimes fail.

I follow this steps when checking ICOs.

1. Roadmap + Whitepaper
2. Problem that it solves? - Is it useful?
3. Team - not really that important to me sometimes
4. Ratings - look into sites like ICObench or other similar sites
5 Search in youtube some reviews.

[bravehearth0319]

Right now there are many ICOs coming out, is it really safe to participate in any of it and spend that much? In participating ICOs I have high hopes that these coins could be the next Bitcoin or other currencies that are really going up in the market.

Ture there are many ICO coming up now. And it is good to participate in them as long as You know how to choose the right one ICO project. Because if your not sure about it better not to invest unto it. JUst always chek their whitepaper, the team must be active, and they must have also an escrow too also the campaign manager has to have a good reputation in this industry.

[DroidR17A]

Before you drop any money into an ICO, do your research. Look at the team, the roadmap, vision, how realistic the vision is, and what experience they have in the field. Two promising ones currently taking place are Earth Token and Trade.io.

I took part in the Power Ledger token sale because the company was already established and operating for several years in their product's vertical. Within days of the ICO completion they've been awarded an $8mm contract from the Australian government, and are about to tie up a deal in india. POWR is now 10x the ICO price.

There are no guarantees with any ICO/start-up, just do your research and watch out for dodgy token sales like one I found yesterday claiming to use the abandoned SegWit2x code (on an ECR20 token) and claiming their token was worth $3.2 because they transferred some to Etherdelta, and setup a bunch of sell orders (token isn't listed on the main menu). 

[Frizz23]

Investment is always risky operation, investing in cryptocurrencies is very-risky operation, you can get a thousand-percent profit or loose everything. You must understand technology/business/token and only then start thinking about investing, not vice versa.

[Zeke_23]

it depends. i must say that its good to participate in ICOs, but we cannot guarantee its safety, the safety of every investors money is on the hand of the developer, we're not so sure if there money was going back and become profitable.

[Snaic]

To accept or not to participate in the ICO, it is impossible to give unequivocal advice, here everyone must decide on his own. Moreover, if such participation is manifested in the form of direct investment. If we are talking about participation in various generosity campaigns, then it is easier, because in this case you can only lose your time and work, and not money. Therefore, if we are talking about signature campaigns, it is better to take part in them. When you're lucky, and when not. However, this occupation is interesting and mostly profitable

[Josephierp]

The answer should be nop.In the past you'd partecipate in ICos hoping for a rapid increase in price once the tokens hit the market. However, lately the token's price tanks after hitting the exchanges, so that it becomes more convenient to buy them there instead of at the ICO.

[Visuallercoin]

New coins don’t seem to be the new Bitcoin I think:)but you should choose projects, which already have working technology and product.Good luck for everybody

[BeManga]

Right now there are many ICOs coming out, is it really safe to participate in any of it and spend that much? In participating ICOs I have high hopes that these coins could be the next Bitcoin or other currencies that are really going up in the market.

investing online is always have a risk and not really safe
but there still some ico where you can get a lot profit if you will just see the real worth on it
and in ICO its always long term your hand must not weak and have a lot of patience
to make sure in your investment make a lot research and maybe soon you will earn big on it

[BitcoinMarketer39]

Actually it is depending on the ico if it is reliable or not because some of them are scammers. One of the example is cartaxi, They did not pay the correct amount to the users who participate in their campaign before and i am one of them.

[HatakeKakashi]

We don't know what actually happen to the ICO you joined. Better if you make a lot of research if tjis project is safe if they have escrow and for sure you will earn more profit if the ICO become successful and once the token or the coin will be listed you  will earn a lot of profit. Invest only you can afford to lose because you don't if the project will be bright or not in the future.

[syndicate01]

Depends on the project, some project are scam. Don't fall for it if i were you.

[carlisle1]

It's investment.
You invest for their project by buying their tokens and the value of tokens would be proportional to profit of the project.
Most of the ICO's are profitable as their price would increase on reaching the market.
But some of them are total scams which would lead your investment to nothing.
So, study about the project before investing.

thats is right mate,most of the ICO now are just scam.im wondering why still no regulation body that created to regulate ico before being in business..but for now best thing to do is be carefull on what your entering.study and research first the project for legitimacy and reliability thats the best thing to do for now.

[pikatju]

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[headie]

some ICO's are pretty cool to participate in while some are just a mere scam, all you need to do before going for any ICO is to check the project critically if it worth investing in it inorder to be on safer side

[Buttercup123]

I am not an experienced investor, but in my opinion i don't think it is great to invest at the moment. Most of the tokens are decreasing in value, even the great and promising ICOs, yet some are not. Majority of the tokens are decreasing in value for which BTC value is continuously increasing. BTC have most of the investors right now that is why i think most ICOs only gets minimum target. Maybe just wait for some tokens to rise value then i think it is safe to invest by that time. But be careful in investing some ICOs look very trustworthy and have a promising project but in the end they are a scammers looking for victims.