Why Will you Invest in Ethereum ICO if it is just Starting ?

[Wenbing]

In my studies, I've come to understand that ICO and IPO are very similar, as they are fundraising strategies for startups.

Here are the areas of differences.

1. ICO are mostly for crypto and Blockchain backed new startups, who need funds to build their businesses, while IPO are for companies that have track performance, that want to raise funds  to scale operations.

2. ICO is like crowd funding, which has less regulation, but IPO are heavily regulated.

Here is what I want us to discuss.

Since ICO investment is very risky as it depends the new startup whitepaper and the token, how did we know Ethereum would become successful through it ICO?

If Ethereum is to start afresh and do an ICO, why will you invest?

[john_nautica]

how did we know Ethereum would become successful through it IPO?

It's simple they create their whitepaper and posted it many people see how good the Ethereum's whitepaper is and look their ANN thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=428589.0 well some of the ICO's we can see have a very poor whitepaper and most of their ideas are useless.

[Wenbing]

how did we know Ethereum would become successful through it IPO?

It's simple they create their whitepaper and posted it many people see how good the Ethereum's whitepaper is and look their ANN thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=428589.0 well some of the ICO's we can see have a very poor whitepaper and most of their ideas are useless.

I have another thought about the whitepaper as a parameter to determine the prospects of a project.

what if a good copywriter is employed to craft a whitepaper for a bad project. it may mislead investors. I believe there should other ways to determine the authenticity of a project by investors.

[Lhaine]

Since ICO investment is very risky as it depends the new startup whitepaper and the token, how did we know Ethereum would become successful through it IPO?

If Ethereum is to start afresh and do an ICO, why will you invest?

As long as there is no security for your investment it's always risky for the side of investors even its ICO or IPO the results can be the same.

For ethereum yes they are offering something to crypto world that other coins can't solve so if they start again their ICO I will surely invest in them.

[The Cryptovator]

Once a time ICOs were most popular, and a few good projects succeed in their goals. But lately, ICOs are just coming with worst and repeat ideas and scamming peoples. Doesn't matter they writing a good whitepaper, if their intention isn't good then we can't do anything. ICO/IPO time is over almost, seems there is a trend of DeFi and I believe it will end up very soon. So it's very risky to invest in crypto lately and better to avoid investing in that. At least I am not gonna invest there.

[electronicash]

they know ETH will be a success because they are the first smartcontract platform as far as i know. but this project was full of fud too, it was a struggle before it emerges. ICO today is very much abused by developers. they even show real faces, get known locally but still scam investors, no one bother to sue them that is why the scammers spawn boldly. you dont even have to dox because their profile is public.

if they are to start again, yes people will still invest which is why scammers offer the same thing over and over.

[Reid]

If Ethereum is to start afresh and do an ICO, why will you invest?

Great question.
No product, no real company behind it but a bunch of people trying to make something with just whitepaper and maybe a cheap website.
It's high risk and I think that had been discussed here so many times during the hype of ICO's.
They say, high risk = high profits, and most of them are cheap tokens that make it easier for investors to buy a few.
Little did we know they are already making millions.

The deciding point is whether the team will continue it or just walk away with the money.
That's another topic.

[toast]

as i've seen from before some newly released project were mostly a good one if the Ethereum will have it's ICO  when it was started i'll definitely investing to it. but if we are now looking at the announcements section we can see that most of the projects are trash.

[Jackl87]

Sadly i wasn't involved in the crypto space back then when ETH launched.
If we look back now it might seem to be a no-brainer for us that we would have invested in the ETH ICO back then but of course it wasn't sure at all that Ethereum would become such a massive success.
But ETH was very interesting back then even for a someone with not much IT knowledge, with all those new and unique features that Ethereum offered back then with Smart Contracts the possibility to easily create own tokens and so on.

[coinporch]

In my studies, I've come to understand that ICO and IPO are very similar, as they are fundraising strategies for startups.

Here are the areas of differences.

1. ICO are mostly for crypto and Blockchain backed new startups, who need funds to build their businesses, while IPO are for companies that have track performance, that want to raise funds  to scale operations.

2. ICO is like crowd funding, which has less regulation, but IPO are heavily regulated.

Here is what I want us to discuss.

Since ICO investment is very risky as it depends the new startup whitepaper and the token, how did we know Ethereum would become successful through it IPO?

If Ethereum is to start afresh and do an ICO, why will you invest?

the ICO from ethereum become one from many successful ICO in this industry mate, because ethereum bring new ideas and features at that time
and the dev known as a smart guy in blockchain tech, thats why a lot of people believe if Ethereum will be huge
of course if ethereum or other promissing project born and do an ICO i will drop my money

[CaVO32]

they know ETH will be a success because they are the first smartcontract platform as far as i know. but this project was full of fud too, it was a struggle before it emerges. ICO today is very much abused by developers. they even show real faces, get known locally but still scam investors, no one bother to sue them that is why the scammers spawn boldly. you dont even have to dox because their profile is public.

if they are to start again, yes people will still invest which is why scammers offer the same thing over and over.

As we remember the ICO glory days way back in 2017, tons of money were screwed from investors. And a lot of us at some point invested in one or more ICO projects back then. I got burned also but not big money. That's right, the project I invested had their team members published but it didn't stop them from abandoning the project. And they just got away with the btcs they collected. It was hard to go after them especially if you were just a small time investor, not worth chasing them. But for those big investors, they can sue those project but will take years if they will ever be successful in recovering funds. That was my first lesson when it comes to ICO. Even if the project seems to be promising with known team members, it doesn't mean that your money is safe with them. Better wait for them to hit in exchanges, if you truly believe that they can meet their objectives. Otherwise, don't risk your hard-earned money.

[batang_bitcoin]

No. Most of the investments and projects that are starting out are having a hard time in the earliest stage. I will doubt how it will grow and how it can thrive in the future. Just like a normal investor that's assuring himself before investing money in any project that I see. No one knows that ETH will be successful as it is today so take into account that "IF" of the OPs question and situation. I saw it too at the low price but just ignored it until I've seen it grown, that's only the time that made me interested.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Since ethereum based on the decentralization and it will never do any IPO for sure. to launch IPO and the company must be centralized and create a various report just like a financial report, the future prospect of company and etc. Ethereum was a protocol that builds for the community and it will never become a company that sells nothing but wanna did an ipo like XRP.

I won't speculate it as it will never happen

[ice098]

It depends on their purpose, project value, and future plans, I need to research first their plans, if it is really have a potential for short and good  term, it should be possible to implement as well because if not why do we need to invest in their Ico if we can by ethereum in different exchanges rather than to their IPO or ICO, always do your own research in everything, for you not to regret many things, there's a limitation in everything.

[Lantind]

For every Etherium success there are 1000 Etherium failure here on crypto land.

What failures has the Ethereum token experienced? try to mention some of the 1000 failures, maybe it can be a good discussion for everyone here, including I also want to know more about it.

[Hallmader]

If Ethereum would conduct its ICO right now, I am afraid it will not earn as high approval, support, and funds it would have received if done on the very year it was launched. The ICO space is already polluted right now. It is now almost equated with scam. That was not the time when Ethereum was launched. It was a time when projects were purely made with vision and skills and dedication. Projects were made with a development team that has knowledge on what they are doing. Now, projects lack innovation and ingenuity. They are copies of other projects. They don't even release practically working products.

[peter0425]

This will enter the Dummy investors,those who will invest but the truth is they are part of the team so people may believe that there are supporters and lured them to invest also,but this cheating is old style and i know investors now are brighter and cannot be fooled by just reaching a Hardcap because we had already saw many So called "Successful ICO" but in the end?scammer.

[michellee]

If we talk about the past, I miss not to invest in ethereum early. So this time, if ethereum wants to do ICO, I think I will invest in ethereum, but first, I will look at the price. If the price is not too high or still at a low price, I will invest it in the project, but if the price directly jumps to the high price, I will not invest. But if I think that the ICO will be a success, maybe I will try to invest with a small amount of money.

But we know that the ICO era already ends, and replace with IEO, and now, the DeFi trend already boom. So I don't think that ethereum will start ICO, but maybe it will be another type of project.

[chip1994]

ICOs and IPOs are both fundraising events but the returns and risks of the two are completely different. If a potential project is launched and uses an ICO to raise funds, then there is definitely a good chance we can make a lot of money once it's officially listed on big exchanges. Besides, an IPO only helps projects that have passed the Hype stage of development continue and it is certain that the profits will be much less than the tokens of the ICO being strongly pumped.
To invest in a successful ICO, we need to see the excitement of the community before it gets listed on the Big exchange. The crowd's fomo mentality has always made ICO projects more successful than ever: D

[bayu7adi]

If we talk about the past, I miss not to invest in ethereum early. So this time, if ethereum wants to do ICO, I think I will invest in ethereum, but first, I will look at the price. If the price is not too high or still at a low price, I will invest it in the project, but if the price directly jumps to the high price, I will not invest. But if I think that the ICO will be a success, maybe I will try to invest with a small amount of money.

Are you really sure what you would do if that really happened? Basically Ethereum when it was an ICO, they were also a startup that didn't have high trust. All start-ups start with something like that, and it is only natural that knowledge of new projects is minimal. Did you catch Vitalik Buterin when ETH coins were publicly sold? Hell no

Investing in an ICO is like a gamble on the level of creativity of the project team and developer, we don't know the project will become big or will be destroyed by the project itself. We only speculate and assume, because the majority of start-ups in the crypto ecosystem are without a market test, they are just supposing and written in a whitepaper.