Why do you participate in crowdfunding?

[vanya.pronin.1983]

The solution for that is to luck up the tokens and to distribute 10 percent of contributed coins to investors and not to launch a bounty programme. This would avoid the price dumping and help to stabilise coin on an exchange.

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[Idrisu]

Last year I lose some money through crowdsale and that has seriously affected my investment and since then I have decided to invest in project and tokens that are listed in the market.  Buying through crowdsale is the undo of many investors.

[serjent05]

I don't join any ICO but if there will be an interesting, I'll support but you can't deny the fact of having some profit.

Well, its all the issue, "profit". Even investors invest for the same motive, they will not sacrifice their money for a certain project which they are not even sure of its success. Besides not all projects launching crowdfunding turn out to be successful at the end so they act wisely for their own benefit too instead of waiting till the product be lunched but no guarantee what will be the outcome. As if it is not known to all how most projects make good promises and still remain promises at the end. 

[Olalomi]

The solution for that is to luck up the tokens and to distribute 10 percent of contributed coins to investors and not to launch a bounty programme. This would avoid the price dumping and help to stabilise coin on an exchange.

You made a valid point here its better to lock up some part of the tokens to avoid dumpers who are after profits while some of the ICOs teams are also after profits after earning some funds they carelesssly  abandon the project to the detriment of some investor who believed in that project thus both parties is to blame.

[BanaCrypto]

Crowdfunding in the crypto space investment avenue for peopele , So people support projects basically to make some extra profits

[antsam]

That's right, for ICOs who really succeed in raising funds but the price of coins or their tokens are destroyed a lot due to traders who enter ICO as short-term investors open to long-term investors. They take advantage of discounts or bonuses from pre-ICO and ICO purchases that can get tens of percent bonus. But it's always blamed for bounty hunters, even though their share is only around 2% - 3% of the total tokens sold

It's not always the bounty hunter, the real thing to blame is the admin of those ICO project. The down fall of the project start on internal and not those bounty hunters who only want a real money than it's alternative coins.

Giving huge bonuses in private sales and pre-sale and bonuses at the ICO stage which are always big and the commitment of ICO developers who are not consistent with their products is a big factor that killed the ICO. Sometimes there are also advisors who directly sell the tokens they get so that they reduce prices. There are many factors that kill the ICO, but only 2-3% bounty is very meaningless

[eddiies]

Many people go to ico because they can get huge benefits.But now the market situation is not optimistic.Many people have not been able to make a profit and have lost a lot of money.

[bezzler]

The main idea of crowdfunding is for investors to pull their monies together to support the launching of a project. Unfortunately people join ICOs as traders not investors so the moment the coin is being listed, they quickly dump them without even waiting for the project to launch any of their products, destroying the price of the coin. Now these same people will come and create a thread here that ICOs are dead. In fact crypto is not dead, we are actually killing it.

Is your main idea to support the project or just to make profit from the bonuses and go your way?

Up until today i still feeling hesitate to join into project ICO, cause what i had saw that the coins will mostly drop when it got listed in the market.
So i prefer to choose to purchase the coins when it got listed in the market, that will be safer for me.

[pungopete468]

Actually I myself am still interested in following, but now there are so many projects that die and make people lazy to participate. I am waiting for changes so it is not like now where many investors are harmed

[Akoldi_ibk]

Is your main idea to support the project or just to make profit from the bonuses and go your way?

No one, investors and traders alike, is a Saint in this aspect. We are all here for the profit and gain from what ICO we venture into. And also in my experience, I have learn not to fall in love too much with any project. It's cool to support projects and at the same time be ready to dump at the sight of dip.

[publicjud]

Is your main idea to support the project or just to make profit from the bonuses and go your way?

No one, investors and traders alike, is a Saint in this aspect. We are all here for the profit and gain from what ICO we venture into. And also in my experience, I have learn not to fall in love too much with any project. It's cool to support projects and at the same time be ready to dump at the sight of dip.

Frankly speaking investments are always about money and getting reward for risks you have. So I participate in crowdfunding mostly (95%) because of reward. This is my main incentive just like for every professional investor around.

[el kaka22]

The main idea of crowdfunding is for investors to pull their monies together to support the launching of a project. Unfortunately people join ICOs as traders not investors so the moment the coin is being listed, they quickly dump them without even waiting for the project to launch any of their products, destroying the price of the coin. Now these same people will come and create a thread here that ICOs are dead. In fact crypto is not dead, we are actually killing it.

Is your main idea to support the project or just to make profit from the bonuses and go your way?

People think the next big technological breakthrough could happen with crypto currencies and blockchain. I mean who wouldn't wanna be a part of the "next apple" or "next windows". I know its highly unlikely that the next apple will be from crypto or blockchain based technology but it doesn't mean that a huge company can't come out from this space.

It may not be as big as the others but look at the startups all over palo alto, there are companies that worth billions of dollars that didn't made a single dollar of profit yet investors want to buy them out, that is why people invest into stuff like this early so they could get out at the max and hope that at least one of them could become billion dollar company and that would make them very rich. Just purely speculative but also kind of like lottery.

[milewilda]

The main idea of crowdfunding is for investors to pull their monies together to support the launching of a project. Unfortunately people join ICOs as traders not investors so the moment the coin is being listed, they quickly dump them without even waiting for the project to launch any of their products, destroying the price of the coin. Now these same people will come and create a thread here that ICOs are dead. In fact crypto is not dead, we are actually killing it.

Is your main idea to support the project or just to make profit from the bonuses and go your way?

I don't know who did it first but those devs and the investors are most likely to dump their tokens first and i think the ones who complain about it was the bounty hunters. Which the devs tend to delay their tokens for a couple of weeks or months because they want to launch their projects or whatsoever their other reason. And of course, if you were the bounty hunters when you see the market is almost out you will feel that FOMO and you have to dump it too.

So, i don't know who's the one killing it but i think IMO both of them are killing it because they were too greedy to make money.

[bitcoinst]

Although we live in the physical world with disabilities, I believe that everyone has the right to implement their ideas, unfortunately for this most often the funds are needed which the project often does not have, so collecting crowdfandig is an excellent combination to give those who deserve it.

[eternalgloom]

Although we live in the physical world with disabilities, I believe that everyone has the right to implement their ideas, unfortunately for this most often the funds are needed which the project often does not have, so collecting crowdfandig is an excellent combination to give those who deserve it.

Is this the best you could come up with? Such a generic comment that doesn't add any value to the discussion.

No, everybody does not have the right to implement their ideas and receive funding for it.
Some ideas are just way too bad to ever amount to anything.

How many people have spent hundreds of dollars on Kickstarter campaigns, without ever receiving a product.
They all invested because 'the idea just sounded so good'.

There's no obligation or accountability to deliver a product, that's what's wrong with crowdfunding.

That said, there are some good use-cases too. Some amazing projects have become successful thanks to crowdfunding.

[bolshojkush]

Very strange question about participation. All life people invest in order to make a profit. Why should an investor invest in an idea without making a profit? Otherwise, it would be charity.

[VanDeinsberg12]

That's right, for ICOs who really succeed in raising funds but the price of coins or their tokens are destroyed a lot due to traders who enter ICO as short-term investors open to long-term investors. They take advantage of discounts or bonuses from pre-ICO and ICO purchases that can get tens of percent bonus. But it's always blamed for bounty hunters, even though their share is only around 2% - 3% of the total tokens sold

It's not always the bounty hunter, the real thing to blame is the admin of those ICO project. The down fall of the project start on internal and not those bounty hunters who only want a real money than it's alternative coins.

Giving huge bonuses in private sales and pre-sale and bonuses at the ICO stage which are always big and the commitment of ICO developers who are not consistent with their products is a big factor that killed the ICO. Sometimes there are also advisors who directly sell the tokens they get so that they reduce prices. There are many factors that kill the ICO, but only 2-3% bounty is very meaningless

Especially when the dev can't provide a good market that will give them all a huge liquidity and then it can kill the price of token instantly. As far as i know to offer a lot of bonuses seem to be the worst thing ever i seen in these days.

[george_hured]

I'm not going to cheat. I think that today cryptocurrency is still a bonanza. I hope that people will understand and believe in it, because now it’s a really great way to make money, see what happens next.

[Christinebeauty]

I think most of the investors invest in ICOs without believing in the project because I don't understand why as an investor you should dump your coins right after listing.

[prestigio74]

I think that everything depends on the project, because only the product can affect the following actions of investors!