Advice on how best to protect your capital

[kennen1113]

How to prove ta project in not Scam?

That is difficult to prove the project will be a scam or not, and there are no exact indicators to determine a scam. But it will prove in the middle of their journey, and they will get a slowly moves in the project, they will hard to survive in the market and in the end, they will scam their investor and their participants. Many projects are hard to get listed on the exchange, and usually, after the project has finished the first phase of the token sale, they will delay giving the reward to the participants.

Indeed, we will not have an exact criterion to clearly define a scam project because this is the crypto world, the projects are based on ideas, the information provided about the project is only from the developer, no one has confirmed this information, and if we fall into a scam, we can only accept it in silence, can't complain to anyone. The general situation is like that but somewhere, from some people who have experience, they always advise us to clearly check the information and community of a project, it will limit a part of the scam.

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[TheCoinGrabber]

Personally I'd stay away from ICOs but if you really want to get involved then do the appropriate research and consider the money gone so you don't feel bad should things don't pan out well. Monitor the project closely so you don't end up a bagholder.

As for HYIPs, they're guaranteed to run away with your money. I suppose some people still need to get burned at least once to learn that lesson.

If everyone stay away from ICO, there is really lots of things that would suffer for it, and I have to be selfish a little here, there will be no campaigns again, no airdrop and no signature campaigns, so everything will just be empty like it never exist, although we have scam projects a lot in the market, but we cannot endeavor to stay away because it would really make cryptocurrency market a bit boring.

I was talking from the likely point of view of someone who is going to invest their income from their dayjob into crypto rather than someone who make most of their income from crypto-related activities like trading and yes, campaigns in this forum, etc.

I think the crypto market can survive without new ICOs, it did for a long time. With all the failed projects in the past we can't blame people for being cautious. If I know someone new who wants to get into crypto, I'd probably just instruct him to buy and hold btc. That is just my opinion.

[Polar91]

How to prove ta project in not Scam?

There are many ways. The first thing you need to do is reading their whitepaper or whatever they have to describe what's their project is all about. You can easily spot a plagiarized content on the internet via plagiarism checkers tools which is not complicated to use. You can also check how they are rated from their users through forum or whatever platforms.

[hahay]

How to prove ta project in not Scam?

There are many ways. The first thing you need to do is reading their whitepaper or whatever they have to describe what's their project is all about. You can easily spot a plagiarized content on the internet via plagiarism checkers tools which is not complicated to use. You can also check how they are rated from their users through forum or whatever platforms.

besides that we must know the background of the working team. knowing the experience of each team will certainly add to our confidence in the project. especially if the team has already worked on a project that is a big success, it will certainly be a positive assessment. many investors will follow it, because good teams usually work on good projects

Right, it's all research that should at least be done before starting an investment and other additions that might help, if they run a campaign or anything on this forum then at least you can see who manages it, if it turns out someone trusted manages it and or people who already have experience and good reputation here, then it is a more valuation that becomes a belief for investors so that the capital that you prepare to invest has a good opportunity later on to become an expected profit.

[barbara44]

No one should be trusting anything they see in this crypto space cause there are lots of scammers here and there. I have seen some projects that looked too good to be true but at the end they all turned out to be nothing but fake, and some people also fell for projects like these and got scammed of their hard earned money which is very bad.

You shouldn’t trust any projects that doesn’t show who the devs are. There are also those that makes use of identity, claiming to be those that they are not and at the end you will get to find out that they are not who they claim to be. So as long as you decide to invest in cryptocurrency, you should always make sure that you’re aware of all these kinds of problems and avoid them. If you decide that you’re not going to do your research then that’s your own problems and you’re only going to end up getting scammed and that’s it.

[fullhdpixel]

How to prove ta project in not Scam?

That is difficult to prove the project will be a scam or not, and there are no exact indicators to determine a scam. But it will prove in the middle of their journey, and they will get a slowly moves in the project, they will hard to survive in the market and in the end, they will scam their investor and their participants. Many projects are hard to get listed on the exchange, and usually, after the project has finished the first phase of the token sale, they will delay giving the reward to the participants.

There are still some projects that you will easily spot out from the beginning through our research, that is if we are the type that do research, it is not every scammers that you see are that smart and you could sense from some of the things related to them that they are scam, in fact from their team, you will know if the project team are going to be smart and if they have the potential of developing the project to a performing one.

For the ones that are not easily spotted through research, we will surely know as you said, this is why it becomes necessary for investors to just be patient and then wait for the project to be launched first before getting to buy from the exchange market, at least through the exchange they are even listed on, you will know if it is a quality or low project.

[SuperTA]

My advice is to protect yourself, don't trust and trade based on the bitcoin news and their predictions.
You can save a lot of money. Here is why:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5176891.0

[South Park]

Nice advise indeed!!!   -- "All Scams until proven otherwise" --
And even proven be skeptical, they can do a very good job on faking all info like events, team, followers, likes, partners...anything can be faked!

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I think in this way as well, to me all new coins are scams until those coins can prove it otherwise, I know it is unfair to the developers that are real and want nothing but the success of their coins but the number of such projects is so small that I have not found other way to protect myself and my money than to think of all new projects as scams, however if the developers of those new coins are honest they will eventually prove their worth to the community and they will get the recognition they deserve.

[SquallLeonhart]

My advice is to protect yourself, don't trust and trade based on the bitcoin news and their predictions.
You can save a lot of money. Here is why:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5176891.0

You are indirectly condemning fundamental analysis, but I think part of what controls the market is news, and most time, the market really responds to news, look at recently that Bakkt is intending to launch by September, even if it will not later have any effect on bitcoin value, bit because many news came out speaking of its positive influence on bitcoin, many people started buying and investing ahead of the launching, and we can see the effect yesterday on bitcoin, so I would not really go against trading by news, but we can only say we should not rely on it alone, that is, we have to make sure that we mix both together to trader our coin, both technical analysis and fundamental analysis. Bitcoin is a speculative market, and I think news really works a lot.

[Janation]

How to prove ta project in not Scam?

There are many ways. The first thing you need to do is reading their whitepaper or whatever they have to describe what's their project is all about. You can easily spot a plagiarized content on the internet via plagiarism checkers tools which is not complicated to use. You can also check how they are rated from their users through forum or whatever platforms.

When indeed you are still minimal in terms of experience we don't have to invest in new projects. it is better if we invest in a project that is already running and their products are successful, it is better to minimize the loss or risk of the investment to be made than in new projects that are still many possibilities for scams

If you lack experience then try to earn more knowledge.

To know more things you know, the more profits you will be able to get. Experience can be earned while you get by so while waiting for those, you need to learn more about it. You don't have enough experience but studying some might help you when something will happen.

[Indamuck]

OP using this type of attitude you would have undoubtedly thought bitcoin was a scam back in 2009-2010.  Some anonymous guy creating money while he stockpiled a huge supply himself.  That whole thing looks like a scam.  Sometimes you have to believe in "fairy tales" that do come true, the mind can be too rational at times without believing in magic.

[DainSLane]

Always find the good projects that have complete information,documents and their planned for their project in the future so that we can sure that this project that we are gonna put our investment it is not a scam project in order to protect our capital. Do not trust from others people says make your own research.

[SirLancelot]

Let's not forget that people should as well be very careful with their wallet,cause the wallet you make use of is another very important. There are wallets that are not safe to make use of these days and making use of them puts you at risk of losing everything.

Your private wallet is where your money rest after traveling the blockchain, exchanges and all that ,at the end it's all about your private wallet and that's where you also store the larger amount you have and you wouldn't like to risk hackers having access to that as well. So, anyone that is making use of digital assets should be very sure that their wallet is really good. There are good wallets like Exodus that puts you in control of your wealth. All you have to do is make sure to be backing up your digital assets and also keeping your keys at a safe place where someone won't have access to it.

And of course you do have good points here. These are things that you will have to bother about when you start investing in projects and like you have said , we all should not be quick to trust any project we see. It is best to be careful about it and do research before deciding whether we should join them or not. Most of the projects you will see these days are just pure scam.

Basically, don't be quick to give them your money if you're not 100% about what you're investing in.

[leavolnhals]

The best way to protect your capital is financial knowledge. We need financial knowledge to better manage capital and make reasonable investments.
Especially in the crypto market, there are always many risks, so we should analyze it further. Or we can cooperate with some people to make a more accurate decision. That's how I protected my capital in the last 2 years.

[guoyu78]

sometimes our research on related projects cannot prove the existence of signs that the project is suspicious. indeed many projects that look promising that can convince many people to be able to invest in it, but eventually the project ended scam. therefore, I think only teamwork experience can prove that the project is good for the future

Cooperating with people is more like relying on people’s opinion then, and if you look at one of the point the op gave which I also agree with, he warned a little bit on never relying on recommendation, because he believe that any individual has the ability to be responsible for their own action in a very responsible way, and the approach is simple, it is one of it that you mentioned.

We have to have the full knowledge of whatever is surrounding that which we are investing on, financial knowledge, trade knowledge and every other knowledge that is necessary for us to get to make sure that out capital is protected. I see many people advising on wallets, yes, it is one of it, the best way to protect your capital is just to simply eliminate the risk that is surrounding it.

[Lanatsa]

sometimes our research on related projects cannot prove the existence of signs that the project is suspicious. indeed many projects that look promising that can convince many people to be able to invest in it, but eventually the project ended scam. therefore, I think only teamwork experience can prove that the project is good for the future

Cooperating with people is more like relying on people’s opinion then, and if you look at one of the point the op gave which I also agree with, he warned a little bit on never relying on recommendation, because he believe that any individual has the ability to be responsible for their own action in a very responsible way, and the approach is simple, it is one of it that you mentioned.

We have to have the full knowledge of whatever is surrounding that which we are investing on, financial knowledge, trade knowledge and every other knowledge that is necessary for us to get to make sure that out capital is protected. I see many people advising on wallets, yes, it is one of it, the best way to protect your capital is just to simply eliminate the risk that is surrounding it.

Eliminating risk completely is not possible but somehow it can be lessen and this is thru our sensibility,awareness and experience.If we do know how to sort things up and do know how to decide things basing on what we have learned in the past then its the best way on protecting something.Risk is inevitable but if you do know how to handle this then you are on the right path on making money and avoiding losing it.Never ever listen on someones decisions or recommendation but hearing them or trying to compare to yours isn't bad but if were you its much better to rely on your own ways or methods so that incase if there were losses theres no other way to blame but your own mistake which is more better than
losing money because of others is really a stressing thing on my part.

[Ethan Sanders]

Hey! In the conversation above I expressed my opinion that diversification is the best approach to protecting your capital.
Found an article that confirms it and illustrates it from the real estate investing point of view:

https://realtybundles.eu/learn/blog/11-property-investment-strategies-and-trends/466-how-to-diversify-your-real-estate-investment-on-one-platform
Hope it will be helpful to someone.

[maxreish]

As an investor, we know that it is not the easy and fast returns when it comes to this crypto investments. Also, I agree to all of your tips. Not every projects that we believe that are good is really worth to invest. A hardwork, a serious background research is really important to identify whether the one we are goint to entrust our money is worthy enough to put our efforts and money.

[Viscore]

As an investor, we know that it is not the easy and fast returns when it comes to this crypto investments. Also, I agree to all of your tips. Not every projects that we believe that are good is really worth to invest. A hardwork, a serious background research is really important to identify whether the one we are goint to entrust our money is worthy enough to put our efforts and money.

Yes. We must do good and diligent research in order to know those things behind that we ought to know to end up in a successful project. Even if the bounty manager is the most trusted manager that manages the campaign, there is no guarantee that the project will really end up being successful so we should always protect our capital and do things that will make us safe and secured in the end.

[marcbitcoins]

Not only to protect our capital from scam environment but we should also see to it that the certain ICO has a higher chance to be a successful project so that they will probably hit their target fund. Ensuring their commodities are feasible to masses so that they could attract more people to invest resulting a good profit for you too.