Steve
How praytell is an exchange to do "due dilligence" and to protect you from "scamcoins".
What criteria is universally accepted that we should do, to make it so you don't have to use your brain, or think, and protect you from your own bad choices?
Which coins do we take and which do we reject, that everyone will look at and say "Yes, they made a good call there"?
Let us know the magic formula. Please.
How to detect a possible cryptocoin scam:
1) If it seems too good to be true
2) If there are no unique features to make the coin standout from the crowd. AKA "just another Scrypt coin".
3) If the devs have premined more than 1% of the coins (1% for genesis block and bounties okay)
4) If the devs ask for BTC upfront for an IPO or opportunity to premine for day or so. (StackCoin for example)
aka: common sense
Unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is rather uncommon.