Topic: The Top 4 most reliable ICO Rating websites - page 5. (Read 2404 times)
What "grade" did those sites give Beeeeconneeect before the fecal-hurricane that happened when it was exposed to be one of the biggest scams not only in cryptocurrencies, but the whole world?
There are a lot of sites review or rate ICOs but I've never relied on any of those sites, it's a good idea to read and understand their methodology to rate an ICO though, such as mentioned above:
- Team, Vision, and Product
- enough information is provided on the official ICO website
- evaluating ICOs based on their hype and risk score
- reading the ICOs whitepaper
- Hype, Risk, Profit Potential and Longterm Potential
- whether they are using a safe Escrow Service or have a verifiable Soft Cap
It's a good idea to do your own analysis to assess an ICO before putting the money on the table which may end as loss or profit.
One thing to add is: read some review from other participants/backers/investors, whether the devs team provides convenient support and answers all the specific questions regarding their project.
- Team, Vision, and Product
- enough information is provided on the official ICO website
- evaluating ICOs based on their hype and risk score
- reading the ICOs whitepaper
- Hype, Risk, Profit Potential and Longterm Potential
- whether they are using a safe Escrow Service or have a verifiable Soft Cap
It's a good idea to do your own analysis to assess an ICO before putting the money on the table which may end as loss or profit.
One thing to add is: read some review from other participants/backers/investors, whether the devs team provides convenient support and answers all the specific questions regarding their project.
This 2 last site are not familiar to me, but it seems icochamps runs just this year and last month particularly and I wonder how they rate the risk of any project while all site/service that require investments involve high risks.
And obviously all rates/reviews can be manipulated once money talks.
And obviously all rates/reviews can be manipulated once money talks.
While I do personally like a few of these sites listed, I do think they can be easily corrupted and probably are. Reason being (for my view) is that I think people in crypto, or at least some, are in it for the money. And people can make A KILLING shilling projects that are shitty, and they're going to do that. If an ICO came to one of these sites and went we'll pay you 5k to give us a 5-star review on our shitty project and 100k of our coins, I think the person would go ahead and do it.
Greed is going to kill this stuff.
Greed is going to kill this stuff.
I think you are right with the point that most of the people in crypto are in it for the money, especially after the hype lately.
But I think that exactly because of this fact, most of these sites won't promote any shitty ICO just because they offer them some money. (I for sure will not.)
Because if they do that, users will most likely notice. And if the users notice, no one will use their site anymore - they would make less money in the long-term.
I do see a problem here for ICObench though, as most of their rating comes from independent "experts". And well, those experts indeed have nothing to lose. I also believe that most of them would give a shitty ICO an excellent rating for money.
While I do personally like a few of these sites listed, I do think they can be easily corrupted and probably are. Reason being (for my view) is that I think people in crypto, or at least some, are in it for the money. And people can make A KILLING shilling projects that are shitty, and they're going to do that. If an ICO came to one of these sites and went we'll pay you 5k to give us a 5-star review on our shitty project and 100k of our coins, I think the person would go ahead and do it.
Greed is going to kill this stuff.
Greed is going to kill this stuff.
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I haven't hear out about https://www.icochamps.com/ and https://crushcrypto.com/. Thanks for sharing it out since only 2 sites been relying when it comes on seeing potential ICO or projects that are upcoming and ongoing which is on icorating and icobench.These sites do really give me some appropriate indications and reviews are somehow realistic for me to rely on. Its just only my personal preference though.
Dear fellow bitcointalkers,
As the name says, I'll be listing the in my opinion top 4 most reliable ICO rating websites here, along with a small description and personal opinion on each of them. I'll be happy to also hear your opinions on 'em and discuss.
1. ICO Champs
Uh oh, some self-promo coming here: ICO Champs would be my ICO Rating website of choice.
We rate ICOs based on factors that do really matter in this industry — such as the hype, the risk and the profit potential, which is determined based on other criteria than you might think . Thanks to our "Quick Notes" feature, you can also always see why we have rated ICOs the way we did.
Also, you will find a feature for investors to participate in the site. Not only can you ask the ICO Team questions, you can even rate the profit potential of an ICO yourself and give your opinion about it.
Not to forget, we have really kicked in and created an extensive course teaching you all the knowledge we have about ICOs and how to best evaluate them. Give it a look, it really won't hurt, as it's absolutely free!
I will guarantee you will have a different approach to evaluating ICOs than before after learning how this market really works.
2. ICObench
ICObench is a social ICO Rating platform supported by their very own bot named benchy. Anyone can register, fill out some information about himself and apply as an expert. In case you get approved, you are now able to publicly rate ICOs based on three factors: Team, Vision, and Product.
In order for these ratings to be as accurate as possible, ICObench has published a strict rating methodology, which everyone has to follow. However, based on my knowledge there isn’t any kind of control whether people are really following their rating methodology.
In addition to those rather subjective ratings, ICObench uses the already named bot benchy to give an automated “ICO Profile” rating, looking if enough information is provided on the official ICO website. Again, I am not really sure how this bot works and if it really is able to find all necessary information, even if it is there. Or the other way around, if there’s some way to trick it.
3. ICORating
ICORating is one of the, if not the, first ICO Rating platform out there. The website acts as an agency and focuses on evaluating ICOs based on their hype and risk score. Both of these factors are extremely important for the short term investment potential of an ICO.
The agency also provides thoroughly researched analysis of ICOs, not rarely almost as long as reading the ICOs whitepaper itself. What should be mentioned is that this service is a paid one which ICOs have requested themselves. Personally I think that ICORating’s target group are professional ICO Investors who are most probably investing in a dozen ICOs per month and just looking for short term profit, not caring a lot about the future development of a project.
A problem I see here is that ICOs have to pay a (quite large) amount of money to be thoroughly rated, but from my experience I don’t really think ICORating is biased or corrupt in any way.
4. CrushCrypto
I really like CrushCrypto.
It is a cryptocurrency analysis website not focusing solely on ICOs, but they have their own section for it. You won’t find a real ICO List with ratings here but rather written analyzes of projects they find interesting. What I find really comfortable is that they have their own YouTube Channel and are creating an extra YouTube Video for every analysis, presented by a young woman named Victoria.
However, looking at their analysis approach I think their ratings are more longterm based and should not be taken too seriously from people looking for short term investments.
So, that's it. Let me hear your opinion. What websites do you personally use in order to find good ICOs? Is there maybe anything I've missed here?
As the name says, I'll be listing the in my opinion top 4 most reliable ICO rating websites here, along with a small description and personal opinion on each of them. I'll be happy to also hear your opinions on 'em and discuss.
1. ICO Champs
Uh oh, some self-promo coming here: ICO Champs would be my ICO Rating website of choice.
We rate ICOs based on factors that do really matter in this industry — such as the hype, the risk and the profit potential, which is determined based on other criteria than you might think . Thanks to our "Quick Notes" feature, you can also always see why we have rated ICOs the way we did.
Also, you will find a feature for investors to participate in the site. Not only can you ask the ICO Team questions, you can even rate the profit potential of an ICO yourself and give your opinion about it.
Not to forget, we have really kicked in and created an extensive course teaching you all the knowledge we have about ICOs and how to best evaluate them. Give it a look, it really won't hurt, as it's absolutely free!
I will guarantee you will have a different approach to evaluating ICOs than before after learning how this market really works.2. ICObench
ICObench is a social ICO Rating platform supported by their very own bot named benchy. Anyone can register, fill out some information about himself and apply as an expert. In case you get approved, you are now able to publicly rate ICOs based on three factors: Team, Vision, and Product.
In order for these ratings to be as accurate as possible, ICObench has published a strict rating methodology, which everyone has to follow. However, based on my knowledge there isn’t any kind of control whether people are really following their rating methodology.
In addition to those rather subjective ratings, ICObench uses the already named bot benchy to give an automated “ICO Profile” rating, looking if enough information is provided on the official ICO website. Again, I am not really sure how this bot works and if it really is able to find all necessary information, even if it is there. Or the other way around, if there’s some way to trick it.
3. ICORating
ICORating is one of the, if not the, first ICO Rating platform out there. The website acts as an agency and focuses on evaluating ICOs based on their hype and risk score. Both of these factors are extremely important for the short term investment potential of an ICO.
The agency also provides thoroughly researched analysis of ICOs, not rarely almost as long as reading the ICOs whitepaper itself. What should be mentioned is that this service is a paid one which ICOs have requested themselves. Personally I think that ICORating’s target group are professional ICO Investors who are most probably investing in a dozen ICOs per month and just looking for short term profit, not caring a lot about the future development of a project.
A problem I see here is that ICOs have to pay a (quite large) amount of money to be thoroughly rated, but from my experience I don’t really think ICORating is biased or corrupt in any way.
4. CrushCrypto
I really like CrushCrypto.
It is a cryptocurrency analysis website not focusing solely on ICOs, but they have their own section for it. You won’t find a real ICO List with ratings here but rather written analyzes of projects they find interesting. What I find really comfortable is that they have their own YouTube Channel and are creating an extra YouTube Video for every analysis, presented by a young woman named Victoria.
However, looking at their analysis approach I think their ratings are more longterm based and should not be taken too seriously from people looking for short term investments.
So, that's it. Let me hear your opinion. What websites do you personally use in order to find good ICOs? Is there maybe anything I've missed here?
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