Do your research before investing in ICOs

[Wend]

Yes must better to research first before we invest in the ICO we want to.
As of now so many ICO' has been failed and not totally succeed of their hardcap even do softcap are not. Searching ICO it is the habbit of me because they have a lot scammer spreading so need more careful what ICO's that we choose.

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[BCTS]

In my opinion, these are obvious things that every investor understands. But now there are a lot of beginners on the market who do not have any knowledge, invest the last money in the ICO and lose them. It's just the lack of financial literacy in people, which leads to disastrous consequences.

[tenakha]

Professional traders and investors always do their homework before investing a single cent to unknown ICOs. Before reading the whitepaper it is better to check the reliability of the project and looking for team members is also a good idea. Investing is not rocket science, so understanding the basic principles can save a  lot of money for every investor.

I do not think that there are many people who invest in ICO while such thoughts continue. Even those who reach hardcap are traded below ICO price at the end. In this case, the research is done, but waiting for listing would be the reason for collecting from cheaper.

[GregH37]

I think research must be done when we choose an ICO, the simple thing I do is visit their website, how the website works if the website is so comfortable and there are no obstacles or bugs then that makes one of my points a good ICO sign.

I am glad that you said it is just a point out of many points needed to really discern a project, because a scammer could have all the skills in developing a very user friendly site that will entice you and yet still scam people and wipe the website out.

The issue of site should form a point while our major research should be focused on the team involved in developing the project, if we can do a real research of the team to know if they are genuine and see if they are actually capable of handling the proposed product and services, because they might have an idea but lack the technical skill to carry such project out.

[Freescan]

there are many considerations that must be taken before investing with ICO, ico is indeed one way to collect money quickly and the risks are the opposite. so if we want to invest or take part in it, please be careful again, this investment is indeed high risk and we must always be vigilant.

[zemper]

In my opinion, these are obvious things that every investor understands. But now there are a lot of beginners on the market who do not have any knowledge, invest the last money in the ICO and lose them. It's just the lack of financial literacy in people, which leads to disastrous consequences.

The only good conclusion that can be made from the bad, thoughtless investments is to research the project before investing. Otherwise there will be more mistakes and money losses.

[andibongkol]

ICOs, or Initial Coin Offerings, have become a popular way for cryptocurrencies to raise funds from the public. However, they have also become an easy way to prey on the vulnerable, and the financial regulator recently warned customers about what it calls “these very high risk, speculative investments”. It warns that there’s little consumer protection and high potential for fraud, as well as high volatility. Some ICOs are regulated by the FCA, but this is on a case-by-case basis, depending on how they are structured.

As the FCA says, you should fully research any ICO before handing over your money. “You should only invest in an ICO project if you are an experienced investor, confident in the quality of the ICO project itself,” a spokesman says. Alternatively, consider investing or trading with a regulated provider.

It's true, before investing we have to do our own research before deciding to invest, because sometimes people invest just follow the advice of friends or other people without doing their own research and in the end what they get is just a loss. Believe in yourself based on the research that you do and take a decision that you think is right to do.

[Deborah Christine]

Researching ico before investing helps us to avoid the many ico scams.  Research on ico that we will invest is very important and necessary so that we do not get a loss. Dont forget before invest in ico you must research ico that you want to invest.

[Awalt541]

Yes i agree with your opinion and i think if you dont research before you invest your money on some ICO you will never get your money back. Becausw many ICO are scams for now. So you must wacth all of ptoject in ICO befor you invest in.

[silver23]

yes, I always see and research first about the ICO project.
because as we know ICO is no longer safe because it is full of scam and fraud.
now ICO has become a field for scammers to commit fraud and just left after earning millions of dollars from ICO, ICO is therefore abandoned by investors and IEO is a much safer investment alternative.
we need safe ICO and stop scam from ICO to getting ICO back like before.

[crzybilly]

Always. I am spending a lot of time by reading the whitepaper, investigating the team members, checking the communities in social media. But the most important aspect of any research is an MVP or a working product.

[bitsurfer2014]

Always. I am spending a lot of time by reading the whitepaper, investigating the team members, checking the communities in social media. But the most important aspect of any research is an MVP or a working product.

Yeah, even if there is only a small amount of money involved, only a fool would invest in an ICO without the simplest idea about that project. I think doing an initial research about the project is the right thing to do first since it would more likely guide a prospective investor on deciding whether to invest or not. And as a rule of thumb, investors must first have a due diligence first on that project to avoid substantial losses that maybe incurred if they chose not to do it voluntarily.

[abstractednerve]

Who invest in ICOs without research, he is nothing but a big fool! Most of the new crypto project looks shady, they are using the blockchain technology and the ICO term to cheat people. They have no idea about technology! they are only here to scam people. Only a very few projects are doing better even in the bear market. So, everyone should research as much as they can, if you can't research yourself, don't hear anybody, try to skip ICO platform and invest in Bitcoin, Ethereum or other big coins! Usually, I do research before investing and before choosing to support as a signature participant! Generally, I look at the team members, the website interface, Bitcointalk's scam accusation section, Whitepaper, the community, and the partners! I try to verify first is their partners are real or just some random picture, so I ask those partners through telegram group or email and after all of this I decide what to do!

[BlackFor3st]

I guess only newbies with a lot of extra money will only invest in any ICO's without researching the structure of the project, it's team, whitepaper, roadmap and etc.
No investors will put their money at risk if they didn't know what they are doing. Though we are not perfect so sometimes we became a victim and even professional investors are not exempted.

As we say, If you invest there is always a risk. But if we know what we are doing and we will take time to study and dig more useful information about the project that we want to invest on then we can lessen this risk.

[proTECH77]

I already did my research more than a year ago. This led me to refuse to participate in ICO. It may come that the form of crowdfunding as an ICO will die. In this case, I will never take part in any ICO. No regrets.

At first, i did my research. This also was my regret back in 2017-28 before i quit investing in ICOs. The last investment i did all most claimed $8,000 which was a popular ICO on this forum without anyone be able to detect the secret plans for investors. After there ICO, they disappeared into radar and left investors with dead coins till now. This has just taught me a lesson and will never invest in ICO.  

[cryp24x]

Definitely Yes! If you are really interested on the project and you will definitely invest your money, time and effort, then you must do a research before investing in ICO. This will somehow give you an idea on how the project works, how it will be beneficial to all and how you can earn more money from it.

[Sahyadri]

ICOs, or Initial Coin Offerings, have become a popular way for cryptocurrencies to raise funds from the public. However, they have also become an easy way to prey on the vulnerable, and the financial regulator recently warned customers about what it calls “these very high risk, speculative investments”. It warns that there’s little consumer protection and high potential for fraud, as well as high volatility. Some ICOs are regulated by the FCA, but this is on a case-by-case basis, depending on how they are structured.

As the FCA says, you should fully research any ICO before handing over your money. “You should only invest in an ICO project if you are an experienced investor, confident in the quality of the ICO project itself,” a spokesman says. Alternatively, consider investing or trading with a regulated provider.

Its most important that we must make research before investing in any coin as this market is very risky and we are on verge on losing everything so its important we must know completely about the project in which you are going to invest.You must check their technical background,developer team behind it and their objectives to raise money.This will be profitable for you.

[darkr]

Currently, I do not invest in ICOs, but I used to do it. Certainly, I spent much time to learn everything possible about the company. I tried to found all the information about the team members, social activity etc.

[rijaljun]

Does tokensale really need regulation?
If the need is because many scam projects, there are a lot scam project in centralized business still. So, in my opinion we dont need goverment to become our savior by regulate ICO, but goverment itself need to regulate ICO so that they can tax us.

[mamahdedeh]

ICOs, or Initial Coin Offerings, have become a popular way for cryptocurrencies to raise funds from the public. However, they have also become an easy way to prey on the vulnerable, and the financial regulator recently warned customers about what it calls “these very high risk, speculative investments”. It warns that there’s little consumer protection and high potential for fraud, as well as high volatility. Some ICOs are regulated by the FCA, but this is on a case-by-case basis, depending on how they are structured.

As the FCA says, you should fully research any ICO before handing over your money. “You should only invest in an ICO project if you are an experienced investor, confident in the quality of the ICO project itself,” a spokesman says. Alternatively, consider investing or trading with a regulated provider.

That is really what you say. Although I have joined the crypto currency for quite a long time but I still need research and analysis when I will join the new ICO project. I will spend more time exploring the project from various media in the ICO, especially from the whitepaper. I am better patient than I fall into the wrong ICO. I usually take one week to finish analyzing the ICO if I'm really busy. Many aspects that I consider trusting an ICO project. Some of what I consider include, the development team, the advisory team, the project plan, the reality of the project, the project objectives, and much more. After I explore through the whitepaper, then I will analyze the challenges faced by the ICO and the chances of success from the ICO. It did take a long time but I was satisfied with the ICO.