Benefits of Being Early in Crypto and Protecting Against Scams

[HarrisBull]

To be early on a crypto project could probably bring you massive gains. Whether it is to enter at a lower price, receive exclusive perks, or ride the initial growth wave of a token, such is the privilege of early adoption. But with this opportunity comes great risk, especially in a place where scams and rug pulls have become an unfortunate reality.

The Upside of Being Early
This is what will help you make big gains: getting in early on a promising project. As projects grow and gain momentum, the ones who get in early usually have lower entry prices and, in this way, maximize their return. Besides, most projects do offer exclusive rewards, bonuses, or access to features that some other investors might not receive.
Being early also gives you the opportunity to help mold the community and have your say in the project direction, which makes you much more than an investor but a valued participant in the project's success.

The Risks Involved
While the potential rewards are high, so too are the risks with being early in a crypto project. Mostly untested, it is not all that hard to bump into scams, rug pulls, or poorly designed contracts. Without proper due diligence, an early investment can quickly turn into a loss.

Tools for Self-Protection
The good thing is that this space in crypto has been developed, and now there are multiple tools to help you mitigate these risks and hence come up with informed decisions.

Research the Project: You must research your project critically. Check the team, their previous work, the roadmap of the project, and community feedback. An open and active team should be a legitimate sign most of the time.
Use Contract Analysis Tools: The best way to protect yourself is to analyze the smart contract of a project. For real-time analysis, you may use tools like GUARIT Scan to check the vulnerabilities, honeypot risks, and legitimacy of the contract on your own. I always do it first before any early investment personally, and with that peace of mind, take a clear picture of what I am getting into.
Check Liquidity and Market Cap: Understand the liquidity and market cap of the token. Make sure the liquidity is locked, and check the trends in its market cap to avoid projects that may be played with.
Monitor Developer Activity: At this point, watch out for developers' activity, especially early on. There is a need to raise a red flag in instances of aggressive movement of funds or any other suspicious activity. There are many tools that give ways to monitor these activities, so you will not be out of the loop.
Community Engagement
Engaging with the community will also prove to be very invaluable in terms of assessment. Join the Telegram groups, Discord channels, or follow up their Reddit threads. Listening to how the community feels and reacts to something can give you additional insight, which often isn't easily seen in the details of the contract.

[Wiwo]

Take it or leave it, the amount of money cryptocurrency investors and holders have lost to scam is much more higher that the amount of money in cyculation in the entire crypto market, although not as if I wanted to over exaxirate things but that is the obvious truth and we have to accept the realities of the day, take yourself as an example, same way I take my self as example, how much we have all lost in cryptocurrency either to scam, or gambling or loses in trading.

All this loses of we put them together it will be enough to build a totally free financial life for anyone, so being early comes with a cost and sometimes, we have to pay indirectly for the experience we gain from the industry which is why we can bear those risks, and work to minimise our losses.

[Zaguru12]

To be early on a crypto project could probably bring you massive gains. Whether it is to enter at a lower price, receive exclusive perks, or ride the initial growth wave of a token, such is the privilege of early adoption. But with this opportunity comes great risk, especially in a place where scams and rug pulls have become an unfortunate reality.

There is nothing that actually comes with high reward that doesn’t comes with a higher risk and early birds to shitcoins aren’t left out. Once you’re early you have already taken the bold step to risk your funds with that, take a look at the earliest adopters of bitcoin like around 2012 they would definitely be in huge profits now if they havd only on to it. With that said I think many people make mistake of investing in just all coins just for the sake of getting in early which is mostly a scam project. This early bird is what degen traders use to catch memecoins early before the lunch and then trade it, more than 90% of this newly token balance usually doesn’t ends well you see. The advice now is to stick to bitcoin as an investment as we are still early into it and it guarantees more safety than those memcoins

[Rruchi man]

To be early on a crypto project could probably bring you massive gains.

Even if you are not early to a crypto like bitcoin, you can still profit and benefit
from it if you show dedication and commitment with investing and hodling.

If you start thinking that you are late to invest in bitcoin it may discourage you from even starting in the first place that is why you need to abolish that thought and concentrate on stacking up since you know that you're a bit late.

let it motivate you rather than discourage you.

[mirakal]

To be early on a crypto project could probably bring you massive gains.

Even if you are not early to a crypto like bitcoin, you can still profit and benefit
from it if you show dedication and commitment with investing and hodling.

If you start thinking that you are late to invest in bitcoin it may discourage you from even starting in the first place that is why you need to abolish that thought and concentrate on stacking up since you know that you're a bit late.

let it motivate you rather than discourage you.

Reality is, there’s no early or late in bitcoin, we all come with on its perfect timing. So let’s not adopt this mindset that you are lucky because you are here earlier than others, when the fact is, everything comes with risk, and those who have better understanding about bitcoin and its market, and how risk management is very essential to such investment, then he will always have an edge compared to those who come without knowing.

Crypto, particularly bitcoin investment, isn’t about who buys more or who holds more. But it’s all about who can be patient throughout the test of time, and won’t sell panicking just to avoid too much losses, when we all know as long as we continue hodling and never be tempted to sell, we will never be at loss literally.

[Cryptoababe]

Investing early in crypto can be like finding a good memecoin early . But not every early crypto investment pays off. Sometimes it feels more like luck, because you can hold a coin for ages and it won't go up in price until after you sell it. That's crazy.

[jcojci]

To become an early in crypto clearly benefits especially for those who can buy or mining many Bitcoin. But that will not happen again and if you are new in Bitcoin, you still have more chances to buy Bitcoin. No need to regret if you are not early because you can join now. The important thing now is how you can profit from investing in Bitcoin and you have your chances and you are lucky enough than people out there who still thinks much about investing in Bitcoin.

Securing your Bitcoin is the next thing you needs to concern because scam will be every where. If you can protect your wallet, you will be the next target of scams. Many people are trying to be Bitcoin investor and they learn many things to protect their wallet so you can learn like them and hodl your Bitcoin until you can sell in the price you want.

[stomachgrowls]

To be early on a crypto project could probably bring you massive gains.

Even if you are not early to a crypto like bitcoin, you can still profit and benefit
from it if you show dedication and commitment with investing and hodling.

If you start thinking that you are late to invest in bitcoin it may discourage you from even starting in the first place that is why you need to abolish that thought and concentrate on stacking up since you know that you're a bit late.

let it motivate you rather than discourage you.

Reality is, there’s no early or late in bitcoin, we all come with on its perfect timing. So let’s not adopt this mindset that you are lucky because you are here earlier than others, when the fact is, everything comes with risk, and those who have better understanding about bitcoin and its market, and how risk management is very essential to such investment, then he will always have an edge compared to those who come without knowing.

Crypto, particularly bitcoin investment, isn’t about who buys more or who holds more. But it’s all about who can be patient throughout the test of time, and won’t sell panicking just to avoid too much losses, when we all know as long as we continue hodling and never be tempted to sell, we will never be at loss literally.

Yes in general there's no such thing about being late as long you do make yourself having that kind of involvement but we do know that people would really be finding out the sweetspot on which they could really be able to take advantage specially on how many times that they would really be able to multiple their investment. This is why on the moment that they are already seeing that its already high not only on Bitcoin but also in other coins or tokens then they would really be making up some generalization that they are already late and this is why they do really have those kind of impressions on which it causes for them to have those missed opportunities. When it comes to scams then it wouldnt really be that hard on spotting it out, why? using up your own common sense would really be just that enough for you to be able to at least notice it.

Crypto investment isnt really that an easy money making thing on which just like into those typical investments that we do know then you would really be needing up on taking up such risks for you to be
able to make yourself having that kind of handling yourself to sustain. It wont really be that easy but its not something that impossible for  you to be able to attain or make it done.
It all matters on how you would really be finding  yourself having such situation and make those appropriate actions applying your analysis.

[TastyChillySauce00]

The Risks Involved
While the potential rewards are high, so too are the risks with being early in a crypto project. Mostly untested, it is not all that hard to bump into scams, rug pulls, or poorly designed contracts. Without proper due diligence, an early investment can quickly turn into a loss.

I second this, sometime people think it's always great to be the early birds but my experience from following various projects tells me otherwise, even more specific are the project that requires staking, or whatever it is that involve custody of money.
the early bird will get more point than other indeed, but there are so many risks that can't just be ignored such as unfinished contract audit which might expose the contract to vulnerability and therefore losing our entire fortune as well as the team just doing some marketing that disregard the benefit of the early bird such as bonus points and etc.

too many thing could go wrong with being early bird that if we're talking about new project i just waited sometime until they actually got their project finished first to avoid risks.

[hugeblack]

Starting early can be profitable but it also involves freezing liquidity for a period of time without benefiting from it. The best investment is always before the price starts moving forward and before pumping the price and then withdrawing the capital and leaving the profits, but the risks are high and can be reduced by using stop loss orders.

[Lakai01]

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too many thing could go wrong with being early bird that if we're talking about new project i just waited sometime until they actually got their project finished first to avoid risks.

As an investor, you can't avoid (all) risks ...

However, the risk/reward ratio must be positive for all investments. This means that you can assume that you will make a positive exit, especially if you make several different investments. However, it is very important that investors do not focus on one asset class (e.g. crypto). Crypto projects in particular offer very good returns, but in the long term this can change relatively quickly and there is no guarantee that the respective asset will actually remain lucrative in the long term. For example, you only need to look at where XRP was during the bull run in 2017 and where it is now.

[benalexis12]

It is said that if the risk we face is high, the rewards we can get are also high, but if it is a scam in the beginning, even if the risk we will take is still high, it will still be ignored for sure.
But anyway, since we are here in the field of the crypto space, there is no discussion here, whether you have been here for a long time or are just new.

Because even if you just invested in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, you can still get big earnings there as long as you made the right investment in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
That's all.

[shawonngp]

Investing early in crypto can be like finding a good memecoin early . But not every early crypto investment pays off. Sometimes it feels more like luck, because you can hold a coin for ages and it won't go up in price until after you sell it. That's crazy.

Right, meme coin is the perfect investment to gain massive profits in short time, because a new meme coin is increased 1000x although it was exceptional, so can possible early investment in meme coins, if luck will match then profit will incredible. shiba nd pepe these are two big example, early investors got massive profits..

[dzungmobile]

To become an early in crypto clearly benefits especially for those who can buy or mining many Bitcoin.

Now in 2024 when you look at the past, you will easily say this but in 2009, 2010 and other earlier years, joining Bitcoin as miners or investors was hard. It was not easy to become a Bitcoiner in earlier years because risk was bigger than in 2024.

Adoption of Bitcoin in earlier years was smaller so risk is bigger, risk of death. Fortunately after many years, 1 decade and a half, Bitcoin is not dead.

It's not true in your statement that in earlier years, it was only benefit and no existence of risk.

https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/bitcoin-is-dead/
https://99bitcoins.com/obituary-stats/
https://www.bitcoindeaths.com/

[SamReomo]

Right, meme coin is the perfect investment to gain massive profits in short time, because a new meme coin is increased 1000x although it was exceptional, so can possible early investment in meme coins, if luck will match then profit will incredible. shiba nd pepe these are two big example, early investors got massive profits..

Meme coins aren't good for investing purpose because investing in the meme coins is more like gambling with your money and that's why I don't recommend anyone to invest in meme coins especially those newly launched ones as those could get dumped within hours, only the developers and few initial investors can earn profit from those meme coins.

Pepe and Shiba are some of the rare meme coins that made their investors rich. Another such meme coin is Wif but those are rare ones and most investors can't find such legit and rare meme coins. These days we can see so many meme coins popping each day on Solana, ETH, Ton blockchain and some on those Base Ethereum layer and most of those are just rug pulls and useless coins. That's why investing in newly launched meme coins is very risky.

[hugeblack]

Right, meme coin is the perfect investment to gain massive profits in short time, because a new meme coin is increased 1000x although it was exceptional, so can possible early investment in meme coins, if luck will match then profit will incredible. shiba nd pepe these are two big example, early investors got massive profits..

Have you looked at trading memecoins more broadly? It is true that these tokens rise 1000x but this happens once, it is difficult to predict, followed by a quick collapse, and you may not be able to buy because the pump is fake. All these reasons make the probability of selling when the price is pumped less than 0.1%, which means that you need to invest $1000 to earn $1, while you can easily lose most of it.
If you are betting on luck, there are other things that have a higher probability of winning against luck.

[Baki202]

To become an early in crypto clearly benefits especially for those who can buy or mining many Bitcoin. But that will not happen again and if you are new in Bitcoin, you still have more chances to buy Bitcoin. No need to regret if you are not early because you can join now. The important thing now is how you can profit from investing in Bitcoin and you have your chances and you are lucky enough than people out there who still thinks much about investing in Bitcoin.

Securing your Bitcoin is the next thing you needs to concern because scam will be every where. If you can protect your wallet, you will be the next target of scams. Many people are trying to be Bitcoin investor and they learn many things to protect their wallet so you can learn like them and hodl your Bitcoin until you can sell in the price you want.

Those that started bitcoin early I actually in a better position to make better money than those that started late is not as if, Do you want to make profit whenever you start but those that started early will always be in time of making profits except if you are coming in with a lot of cash even in that case it'll be less expensive for the starters. Does that are mining bitcoin are on another level because they will make good money still depending on the number of miners they have so their is a lot opportunities that a lot of people have missed. But due to their own reasons they are unable to start early so, starting now is not a bad option at all, if you are still thinking about invest then it better to go ahead and invest.

When you tell people to secure their bitcoins people always take it for a joke until something happens to your funds then you will be able to tell be about what they experienced, protect your seed phrase, and their a lot of books and even topics here on how to live as a investor in bitcoin but I feel that people are getting tired of reading this days.

[Mahanton]

Right, meme coin is the perfect investment to gain massive profits in short time, because a new meme coin is increased 1000x although it was exceptional, so can possible early investment in meme coins, if luck will match then profit will incredible. shiba nd pepe these are two big example, early investors got massive profits..

Have you looked at trading memecoins more broadly? It is true that these tokens rise 1000x but this happens once, it is difficult to predict, followed by a quick collapse, and you may not be able to buy because the pump is fake. All these reasons make the probability of selling when the price is pumped less than 0.1%, which means that you need to invest $1000 to earn $1, while you can easily lose most of it.
If you are betting on luck, there are other things that have a higher probability of winning against luck.

Making yourself having some involvement with meme coin then it will really be just that be trying out to be like on dealing with gambling. Why? dealing up with these tokens wont really be giving out that kind of assurance that you could really be able to make profits instantly on which same as you had elaborated that it would really be that so damn hard for you to find out on which one will really be that pumping into 1000x in a short period of time. This is why people would really be chasing up on trying out to deal up with those tokens every now and then and hoping that they could really be able to hit up a particular project that might shoot up into those levels but well this isnt something that be a good behavior that you would really be needing to push up on which we know that when it comes into this aspect then it would really be that too hard to reach up this particular goal. Keeping yourself being away from scams would really be unlikely if you are really that someone whose really that loving on dealing up with these things because on the moment that you would really be liking on having this kind of consideration on dealing with memes then you are really that susceptible into this kind of risks. This is why if you dont like on making  yourself having that kind of involvement then it would be wise  that you should really be dealing up with those legit projects or established coins instead. It all matters about personal choice and preference when it comes into this aspect and neither you could be able to bare it up or
you would really be trying out to play safe.

[letteredhub]

All this loses of we put them together it will be enough to build a totally free financial life for anyone, so being early comes with a cost and sometimes, we have to pay indirectly for the experience we gain from the industry which is why we can bear those risks, and work to minimise our losses.

Been early into an innovation undeniably comes with a cost which must be paid by the early users who can be classified as the experimentation or the testing ground to its success and growth to a take off stage for others to follow after based on the results they are seeing. But despite the losses made we shouldn't deny or neglect the fact that some other person's likewise made so much fortune too at the time coupled with the bad experiences and today they are the investors that makes up the whales we all talking about in the market.

[OcTradism]

Been early into an innovation undeniably comes with a cost which must be paid by the early users who can be classified as the experimentation or the testing ground to its success and growth to a take off stage for others to follow after based on the results they are seeing. But despite the losses made we shouldn't deny or neglect the fact that some other person's likewise made so much fortune too at the time coupled with the bad experiences and today they are the investors that makes up the whales we all talking about in the market.

Joining a new technology and invest your money in it, is very risky. In 2009, no one to be sure that they will succeed by taking risk with Bitcoin in 2009 or 2010, earliest years in Bitcoin history.

If anyone think that invest in earliest years is easy, they can see how many projects before Bitcoin failed. It's super risky and early adopters deserved with fortune they have now in 2024 if they kept up their strong hands and hold bitcoin well over many years and went through many challenges.

Bitcoin prehistory