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

[noorman0]

Ethereum has several innovations that have not been found in previous projects. If you examine the year Ethereum started, there weren't many whales back then. Those who invest in ethereum are well-versed in ethereum's technicalities and future potential.
Today too many projects are without brilliant innovation but get a pretty high start-up price because they are supported by non-technical whales and only take a moment's profit, then they leave after making the dump.

[ice098]

Let's say i'm already knowing Ethereum will become Major Cryptocurrency and i can Jump Back Time to 2014 Basically i will, but if didn't know anything on that year like today basically Depends on some condition, It's Simple logic with current ICO market but more likely on that year scammy ICO hasn't been that much like today. The answer is possible but maybe I'm just curious and won't invest too much ($1- $10)

And so do i, i would probably invest in ethereum if i already know it but suddenly i didn't know ethereum way back then. But as soon as the ethereum become a good altcoins i didn't hesitate to invest in it. Now, ethereum has a good market standing and no doubt that amongst all of the altcoins ethereum will become a dominating altcoin and second to the bitcoin. That's why ethereum will become known by its own project team behind it than knowing by its past.

[Lore06]

Their technology and their transparency, these two things will convince everyone to join them.
Maybe at first it will be difficult for us to believe because what they offer is completely new and we will doubt them, but because they are very transparent and intensively conduct AMA in various social media then there is no reason for us to reject their idea.

[kindbtc]

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?

If Ethereum come up with an Initial Public Offering IPO after passing heavy rules and regulations from government institutions and regulators I think that can boost trust and build the project as a brand with real world mass adoption and global acceptance. So it can be big event but personally i think it is not really required at the moment as there are other important developments that should be the priority.

[bunglor]

if it's now i'm not really quite sure hypothetically this is what happens it all started with ethereum itself.
ethereum > tokens > projects > scam projects

so if the ethereum is non existing before then no scam happened and so i will invest to ethereum now even if its in ICO. it's a little bit complicated to explain and i got really confused on myself too.

[Silberman]

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.

No single aspect of a coin should be the main focus of your due diligence, you should try to investigate every single aspect of the coin not only the whitepaper, because as we know scammers are very talented and they know very well how to fake several characteristics of a good coin and among those the whitepaper is probably the easiest one to fake, either because as you say they hire someone that is talented at writing whitepapers or just because they plagiarize the whitepaper of a more successful project.

[geyayy]

Investing on Ethereum if it will try to start an ICO will be a risky move, I guess. But knowing Ethereum for a long time, I came to love this coin, and I will risk for this coin. There are lots of ICOs that are now scams, and I am sure that if Ethereum will be an ICO again, it will be successful.

[illnino]

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.

I agree here with you. If the team of the scam project hires a very good copywriter, he can create the perfect whitelist. On the contrary, even if you see that the whitelist is “rare” but you really trust the project, you can invest in it and get profit later.

[Hallmader]

Investing on Ethereum if it will try to start an ICO will be a risky move, I guess. But knowing Ethereum for a long time, I came to love this coin, and I will risk for this coin. There are lots of ICOs that are now scams, and I am sure that if Ethereum will be an ICO again, it will be successful.

You will invest in Ethereum's ICO if it were launched today because Ethereum has already made a name. It is the most solid among thousands of altcoins. It has been occupying the spot next only to Bitcoin. But the question is, supposed you haven't known Ethereum yet or there was no Ethereum yet and then it just came out right now, would you still risk your money to it?

I doubt Ethereum would be successful if it were to hold an ICO right now. With the current reputation of the ICO market there will hardly be a project that will gather a big amount from investors. The investors are already fed up with scams and crap crypto projects.

[SirLancelot]

Talking about Ethereum, I think people saw the idea they had and they loved it. Ethereum was the first smart contract, and I believe they did a really good job in presenting their idea in the right way and also their whitepaper. And moreover I don’t think most of the investors that invested in Ethereum were expecting it go this far, some of them would have seen it as a normal project, and fortunately this is where it is today and the early investors have been able to benefit from it.

Investments are risks, and you can’t tell for sure where it will be heading to in the future, so you just take the risk and with the amount of money you can afford to do with.

[icalical]

Absolutely, even though Bitcoin is the one that starts all this, I dare to say Ethereum is the one that makes the cryptocurrency world is actually running. Their idea of decentralized smart-contract attract and enable people around the world to easily joining the crypto community. For me, the things that make me truly believe and understand the concept of financial decentralization is Ethereum.

[jcarlo]

Absolutely, even though Bitcoin is the one that starts all this, I dare to say Ethereum is the one that makes the cryptocurrency world is actually running. Their idea of decentralized smart-contract attract and enable people around the world to easily joining the crypto community. For me, the things that make me truly believe and understand the concept of financial decentralization is Ethereum.

The appeal of ethereum is smart contracts and decentralization and mining coins. Nobody expected ethereum's price to hit $ 1000 a while back when the ICO price was no more than $ 1. Maybe this is what makes investors interested in investing in new projects even though it can be called speculation

[Teraboy]

IPO needs a lot of requirements and it's not all of people will able to join in IPo. The only accredited investors who will be able to join in the IPO. I should remind you if ICO has been giving the more opportunity for the small investors to participated in the crowdfunding. that's why ICO has been getting a very big successful compared with IPO in crypto.

I think everyone is willing to join in ethereum ico when it can be a real story

[coin-investor]

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?

Ethereum is not going to launch an ICO why would they, they just infuse new token or put their token in the market and people are going to buy because of their status and what they've achieved in the industry, everything that Ethereum will do will become a success, even if they are going to shift from proof of work to proof of stake, but I doubt if they are going to do a crowdfunding at this point in time.

[Wenbing]

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.

That means there have been lack of innovation in the crypto space. If we have projects that truely stands out, they will achieve huge success in their ICO. I believe Defi are such outstanding projects.

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?

 I doubt if they are going to do a crowdfunding at this point in time.

The status of ethereum currently makes doing crowdfunding or ICO very inappropriate. i think what they need to do next is the actual Initial Public offering, where investors have stakes in the projects or any start-ups under them.

They may also consider unbundling of their products.

[moderator's note: consecutive posts merged]

[TWW]

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?

Ethereum is not going to launch an ICO why would they, they just infuse new token or put their token in the market and people are going to buy because of their status and what they've achieved in the industry, everything that Ethereum will do will become a success, even if they are going to shift from proof of work to proof of stake, but I doubt if they are going to do a crowdfunding at this point in time.

the future challenges for ethereum are still enormous. there will be many updates and innovative steps from the developer to attract the market. we look forward to how ethereum will implement their reforms wisely to all the communities that support them.

[Jeger.Kiting]

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.

That means there have been lack of innovation in the crypto space. If we have projects that truely stands out, they will achieve huge success in their ICO. I believe Defi are such outstanding projects.

At this time ICOs are no longer needed in some investment companies because of the many distrust of investors, making ICO sink in several discussions, most people talk about IEOs or DeFi Projects which are more promising than ICOs, then if there is a project that stands out developing ICO then their project is really consistent to develop it, but will people be interested in the ICO Project, of course not, because it is very difficult to give confidence to the public in ICO, which has a high risk of losing big money ..

[Balladtony77]

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?

I have no reason to learn about ICO anymore since they aren't reigning again, out very few projects still use ICO to raise fund for their new projects, IEO just makes things more easier nowadays, the success is on the exchange itself since all top exchanges have insane users and investors, I don't worry myself with ICO again

[Wenbing]

Talking about Ethereum, I think people saw the idea they had and they loved it. Ethereum was the first smart contract, and I believe they did a really good job in presenting their idea in the right way and also their whitepaper. And moreover I don’t think most of the investors that invested in Ethereum were expecting it go this far, some of them would have seen it as a normal project, and fortunately this is where it is today and the early investors have been able to benefit from it.

Investments are risks, and you can’t tell for sure where it will be heading to in the future, so you just take the risk and with the amount of money you can afford to do with.

I agree with you that investment is a risk but risk can be minimized in such a way that it will be beneficial.
risk can be measured in probability.

1. If the probability of success is 0.9 and that of failure is 0.1, it is advisable to take such risk
2. If the probablity of failure is 0.9 and success is 0.1, then it is advisable not to take the risk.

What makes the difference is the investor's due diligence before investing.

[lixer]

Absolutely, even though Bitcoin is the one that starts all this, I dare to say Ethereum is the one that makes the cryptocurrency world is actually running. Their idea of decentralized smart-contract attract and enable people around the world to easily joining the crypto community. For me, the things that make me truly believe and understand the concept of financial decentralization is Ethereum.

That's right and if one knew ETH was going to be as big a success as it became then surely everyone would have invested but we are all talking about this in hindsight and it is impossible to see the future so right now if an ICO is going on even better than ETH we would never know it until it is completed and the token starts taking price jumps.

I believe there are so many scam ICOs now in market that it is impossible for an average investor to see the future of the token because I myself have seen some amazing projects been started but transformed into nothing but scam later on, I don't see it changing in the foreseeable future either.