Given the fact that not all coins are created equal, some things must be done to level out the playing field. Hence the idea of using crypto currency/coins as more or less stocks of that business entity, project, etc etc.. Any thoughts or ideas on this would be certainly appreciated. Thanks again.
mined coins actually factor in mining costs as the base value
think about it
if it didnt cost $900+ to mine gold. prices would not be above $1k
if it cost only $2 (dinner spoon and a coffee filter) to mine gold from home. everyone would sell for $3.
yes speculation and sentiment adds on top to form the final price. but the base value of cost is a factor of the minimum the price will ever be.
different altcoins mined have different values and you can gauge the %difference if you calculate the cost of each.. and then looking at the price of each you can see which ones are speculatively bubbled up with too much sentiment. or which ones are at the bottom value.
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when it comes to ICO that just premine all circulation limit and just hand out coins like confetti
trying to judge the true base value is harder. you have to look at things like their employee costs and operational costs. this is hard because most ICO dont even release this info clearly/regularly/at all
the only possible metric of value is what i call the ponzi value.
if coins were bought for $3.. people wont sell for less. as they would be losers
so if you can look at transactions and coin movements and price them at at time of trade. you can gain an insight into their min price sentiment of willing to sell for.
EG if 90% were bought at $3.10 and 10% were bought at original ICO of $3
then the majority sentiment would have a good support wall of a $3.10 base value
ofcourse if you can get some business finances info. then if a business is valued at say $63m and there are 21m coins that also holds weight of a $3 a coin sentiment.
if the business grows 2x in its product launch/expanding business. then slowly traders will buy up to the $6 sentiment. however if the coin price moved to $6 with only 10% of holders. then the base value majority is still at $3.10 base value with a 90% chance of a dip
where as if 90% pushed it to $6.. then only a 10% chance of a dip.
so coins. whether mined/premined-ICO has got its own way innately and naturally of levelling the playing field
you just have to know what to look for to know its true majority bottomline value..
then if its price is near true bottomline value or inflated by speculation/sentiment
then people just buy at whats deemed value sell at the inflate (buy low-sell high)