LIST: How to evaluate ICO opportunities - page 5.

Kristen_Colwell

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Check this out!

Different types of ICO investors use THE LIST differently....

If you are looking for a long-term investment in the next big blockchain project, you may find TOKEN PURPOSE and TECHNOLOGY extremely important... On the other hand, a crypto-trader may take a completely different approach to evaluating ICO opportunities. This type of investor may jump straight to TOKEN OFFERING STRUCTURE.

Make sense? THE LIST, just like the One Ring from Lord of the Rings adapts to the finger of the wearer. :-)

Crypto-Kristen
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Bytem3

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Here's a list of interesting ICOs for early 2018:
https://coincodex.com/article/1198/top-5-icos-of-early-2018/

Kristen_Colwell

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Quote from: sebastianpenguen on January 19, 2018, 05:55:56 PM

Quote from: MichaelMeu on January 19, 2018, 05:43:37 PM

Quote from: Kristen_Colwell on January 14, 2018, 12:39:34 PM

10. Hype: what are people saying about the ICO? (ratings + community)

Is there a Reddit community?
Are there a significant number of users on the main social media pages for the project? (Bitcointalk, Telegram, Twitter, Medium, and YouTube)
Is the social community diverse?
Is there a bounty program?
Is there an airdrop?
How often has the project been mentioned in the press?
Has the project been mentioned in mainstream technology media and in prominent finance publications? (Techcrunch, VentureBeat, Forbes, WSJ, Reuters, etc.)

Just a small thing I'd add here. If any bounty program is distributing more than 2% of its token sale to a bounty program, probably want to avoid these icos. No ico should need 2% of all tokens for a bounty program. I'm really not a fan of bounty programs at all, but 0.5% being committed to bounty programs seems reasonable to me.

If they distribute more than 2% this is not a bad thing, but the critical point is that token burn action and bounties should be paid according to sold tokens, not to the token reserve. If they pay according to the total reserve, this is bad.

Pay attention to this finding, very important.

This is a great point. Can you help me phrase and place the question? I'm thinking this goes in the Token Offering Structure section...? Something like "Are token burn actions and bounties paid according to sold tokens or to the token reserve?"

Thanks for your help,

Crypto-Krsten
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Kristen_Colwell

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Quote from: MichaelMeu on January 19, 2018, 05:32:52 PM

Quote from: Kristen_Colwell on January 14, 2018, 12:39:34 PM

9. Marketing & PR: how serious are they?

Is there a professional whitepaper?
Is the whitepaper free from spelling and grammar errors?
How in-depth is the whitepaper's description and outline of the technology?
Is there a professionally developed website?
Does the website include a comprehensive ICO FAQ?
Does the website list the company's physical address?
Is there professional presence on top social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)?
Do team members include the project on their LinkedIn profiles?
Is there an official presence on Telegram?
Is the Telegram channel active and growing?
Do the Telegram admins have regular access to key team members for questions?
Is there an official presence on Slack, Rocketchat, Gitter?
Does the project have an announcement (ANN) thread on BitcoinTalk?
Does the company report progress on a regular basis?
How is customer service and tech support on the project's social media accounts?
Is the ICO listed on top ICO ratings websites?

There's a few things I'd alter here with regards to Telegram/BitcoinTalk etc.

1) Do the admins respond to users concerns (on Telegram, for instance)?
2) Do they have a Discord community? (I find Discord, personally, to be a better and more thorough platform for team members communicating what's going on. Everyone just talks past one another on Telegram I find, and people focus far too much on the 'pinned' posts - people basically reading what the admns want them to).
3) Check the ANN thread on BitcoinTalk. Look for the following signs which raise suspicion:
Do a lot of the positive posts come from new accounts with relatively few posts? This is common on spam projects. Often reputable members post saying if something's dubious and could be a scam. Members with 400,500,600+ posts should be regarded in higher esteem with respect to what they are saying about a project.
Are posts being deleted? Sure sign of a scam (people will often quote their own posts with a copy of their deleted post - before it gets deleted - as they are probably mentioning that it is a scam)
Is the thread overly focused on bounties? Again, likely sign of a scam.

Great points. I worked them into the Marketing & PR section. Thoughts?

9. Marketing & PR: how serious are they?

Is there a professional whitepaper?
Is the whitepaper free from spelling and grammar errors?
How in-depth is the whitepaper's description and outline of the technology?
Is there a professionally developed website?
Does the website include a comprehensive ICO FAQ?
Does the website list the company's physical address?
Is there professional presence on top social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)?
Do team members include the project on their LinkedIn profiles?
Is there an official presence on Telegram?
Is the Telegram channel active and growing?
Do the Telegram admins have regular access to key team members for questions?
Is there an official presence on Discord, Slack, Rocketchat, Gitter?
Does the project have an announcement (ANN) thread on BitcoinTalk?
Is the BitcoinTalk ANN thread overly focused on bounties?
Do many of the positive Bitcointalk posts come from new accounts with relatively few posts?

Thank you so much for your collaboration. This is FUN!

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Kristen_Colwell

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Quote from: mirgo1791 on January 20, 2018, 11:25:45 AM

with customs of work with the service on deliverance, investors gains of trust for developer as might to follows to put with displacement of balance to exchange and collects as the return showing with good number to close as completion.

Please rephrase?

Best,

Crypto-Kristen

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with customs of work with the service on deliverance, investors gains of trust for developer as might to follows to put with displacement of balance to exchange and collects as the return showing with good number to close as completion.

Kristen_Colwell

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Riddle me this....

What is your BIGGEST ICO investment DEAL-BREAKER?

Interested!

Crypto-Kristen

Kristen_Colwell

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Quote from: MichaelMeu on January 19, 2018, 05:54:22 PM

Quote from: _ICOBroker_ on January 19, 2018, 05:30:20 PM

We are offering investors and traders from all over the world a chance to participate in any current or upcoming ICO.
We also pool together investments to acquire pre-sale bonuses, and have a proven record of trust and completed investments.
If you wish to participate in any upcoming ICO's, please visit us at http://icobroker.trade for more information,
or email us at infoicobroker.trade

Kirsten, any chance you could just go about deleting this nonsense. Starting to irritate me a little.

I reported this entry to the moderator, but I'm not sure how to (or whether I can) delete it....

Huh

Crypto-Kristen

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So far I only analyze ico well by looking at the team and its advisors, in what areas of the project and looking at the roadmap. with the information you share is very useful to me. thanks.

MichaelMeu

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Quote from: Kristen_Colwell on January 19, 2018, 05:15:03 PM

THE LIST Fundamentals

Strong sources lead to strong opinions
Data is neither “good” nor “bad”
Perfection is the enemy of done
Come to terms with your personal bias

Anything you would add?

Huh

Crypto-Kristen

THE LIST: Fundamentals

Strong sources lead to strong opinions
Data is neither “good” nor “bad” - evaluate it with reference to THE LIST
Perfection is the enemy of done
Come to terms with your personal bias, do your best to minimise it
Judge with reason, not emotion; do not let the latter affect the former

That's everything I've got at the minute. Excellent effort Kristen, superb Cheesy

MichaelMeu

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Quote from: Kristen_Colwell on January 19, 2018, 05:17:55 PM

Defining THE LIST

A growing list of questions assembled by the crypto community, broken into segments, organized sequentially, and used as a framework for analyzing ICO opportunities.

Do you agree?

Cheesy

Crypto-Kristen

An ever-expanding set of criteria and questions assembled by the crypto-community, broken into segments and organized sequentially, to be utilised as a framework for evaluating ICOs.

That's what I'd go with personally but it's up to you

MichaelMeu

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MichaelMeu

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Quote from: sebastianpenguen on January 19, 2018, 05:55:56 PM

Quote from: MichaelMeu on January 19, 2018, 05:43:37 PM

Quote from: Kristen_Colwell on January 14, 2018, 12:39:34 PM

10. Hype: what are people saying about the ICO? (ratings + community)

Is there a Reddit community?
Are there a significant number of users on the main social media pages for the project? (Bitcointalk, Telegram, Twitter, Medium, and YouTube)
Is the social community diverse?
Is there a bounty program?
Is there an airdrop?
How often has the project been mentioned in the press?
Has the project been mentioned in mainstream technology media and in prominent finance publications? (Techcrunch, VentureBeat, Forbes, WSJ, Reuters, etc.)

Just a small thing I'd add here. If any bounty program is distributing more than 2% of its token sale to a bounty program, probably want to avoid these icos. No ico should need 2% of all tokens for a bounty program. I'm really not a fan of bounty programs at all, but 0.5% being committed to bounty programs seems reasonable to me.

If they distribute more than 2% this is not a bad thing, but the critical point is that token burn action and bounties should be paid according to sold tokens, not to the token reserve. If they pay according to the total reserve, this is bad.

Pay attention to this finding, very important.

I agree,. I'm just speaking anecdotally - many many scam icos I've seen have high bounty programs. In no way saying it's a be all and end all.

sebastianpenguen

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Quote from: MichaelMeu on January 19, 2018, 05:43:37 PM

Quote from: Kristen_Colwell on January 14, 2018, 12:39:34 PM

10. Hype: what are people saying about the ICO? (ratings + community)

Is there a Reddit community?
Are there a significant number of users on the main social media pages for the project? (Bitcointalk, Telegram, Twitter, Medium, and YouTube)
Is the social community diverse?
Is there a bounty program?
Is there an airdrop?
How often has the project been mentioned in the press?
Has the project been mentioned in mainstream technology media and in prominent finance publications? (Techcrunch, VentureBeat, Forbes, WSJ, Reuters, etc.)

Just a small thing I'd add here. If any bounty program is distributing more than 2% of its token sale to a bounty program, probably want to avoid these icos. No ico should need 2% of all tokens for a bounty program. I'm really not a fan of bounty programs at all, but 0.5% being committed to bounty programs seems reasonable to me.

If they distribute more than 2% this is not a bad thing, but the critical point is that token burn action and bounties should be paid according to sold tokens, not to the token reserve. If they pay according to the total reserve, this is bad.

Pay attention to this finding, very important.

MichaelMeu

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Quote from: _ICOBroker_ on January 19, 2018, 05:30:20 PM

We are offering investors and traders from all over the world a chance to participate in any current or upcoming ICO.
We also pool together investments to acquire pre-sale bonuses, and have a proven record of trust and completed investments.
If you wish to participate in any upcoming ICO's, please visit us at http://icobroker.trade for more information,
or email us at infoicobroker.trade
Our ANN thread can be found here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ico-broker-2144224

Kirsten, any chance you could just go about deleting this nonsense. Starting to irritate me a little.

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mainconcept

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I really like this ICO evaluation list, just bookmarked it. Thanks for your work! I got a lot of valueable input from it.

MichaelMeu

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Quote from: Kristen_Colwell on January 14, 2018, 12:39:34 PM

10. Hype: what are people saying about the ICO? (ratings + community)

Is there a Reddit community?
Are there a significant number of users on the main social media pages for the project? (Bitcointalk, Telegram, Twitter, Medium, and YouTube)
Is the social community diverse?
Is there a bounty program?
Is there an airdrop?
How often has the project been mentioned in the press?
Has the project been mentioned in mainstream technology media and in prominent finance publications? (Techcrunch, VentureBeat, Forbes, WSJ, Reuters, etc.)

Just a small thing I'd add here. If any bounty program is distributing more than 2% of its token sale to a bounty program, probably want to avoid these icos. No ico should need 2% of all tokens for a bounty program. I'm really not a fan of bounty programs at all, but 0.5% being committed to bounty programs seems reasonable to me.

MichaelMeu

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Quote from: Kristen_Colwell on January 14, 2018, 12:39:34 PM

9. Marketing & PR: how serious are they?

Is there a professional whitepaper?
Is the whitepaper free from spelling and grammar errors?
How in-depth is the whitepaper's description and outline of the technology?
Is there a professionally developed website?
Does the website include a comprehensive ICO FAQ?
Does the website list the company's physical address?
Is there professional presence on top social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)?
Do team members include the project on their LinkedIn profiles?
Is there an official presence on Telegram?
Is the Telegram channel active and growing?
Do the Telegram admins have regular access to key team members for questions?
Is there an official presence on Slack, Rocketchat, Gitter?
Does the project have an announcement (ANN) thread on BitcoinTalk?
Does the company report progress on a regular basis?
How is customer service and tech support on the project's social media accounts?
Is the ICO listed on top ICO ratings websites?

There's a few things I'd alter here with regards to Telegram/BitcoinTalk etc.

1) Do the admins respond to users concerns (on Telegram, for instance)?
2) Do they have a Discord community? (I find Discord, personally, to be a better and more thorough platform for team members communicating what's going on. Everyone just talks past one another on Telegram I find, and people focus far too much on the 'pinned' posts - people basically reading what the admns want them to).
3) Check the ANN thread on BitcoinTalk. Look for the following signs which raise suspicion:
Do a lot of the positive posts come from new accounts with relatively few posts? This is common on spam projects. Often reputable members post saying if something's dubious and could be a scam. Members with 400,500,600+ posts should be regarded in higher esteem with respect to what they are saying about a project.
Are posts being deleted? Sure sign of a scam (people will often quote their own posts with a copy of their deleted post - before it gets deleted - as they are probably mentioning that it is a scam)
Is the thread overly focused on bounties? Again, likely sign of a scam.

_ICOBroker_

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We are offering investors and traders from all over the world a chance to participate in any current or upcoming ICO.
We also pool together investments to acquire pre-sale bonuses, and have a proven record of trust and completed investments.
If you wish to participate in any upcoming ICO's, please visit us at http://icobroker.trade for more information,
or email us at infoicobroker.trade
Our ANN thread can be found here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ico-broker-2144224

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