I didn't invest in Polybius, nor did I recommend it to anyone. It could be a scam, but I can also confirm that I've invested in cloud mining on Hashflare and made profit, not just ROId. Although, that doesn't really mean anything.
I'm not saying do or don't invest in Polybius, but this thread doesn't provide any evidence that this is a scam. Only conjecture.
You should assume every ICO is a scam, really, because historically speaking almost all of them have been. If you don't have the appetite for risk, get off this forum and go play Minecraft.
It should be noted that cloud-mining operations are usually scamming too. The way a ponzi scheme works is by paying out old members with new member's money. Once that starts to dry up the ponzi collapses. However, logically, it would make sense to run an ICO to keep that operation going. You could easily raise enough money from the ICO to continue paying out your cloud mining contracts and then the public perception would increase, and then more cloud mining contracts would be sold. Rinse and repeat. Avoiding collapse with two different business models. Not hard to do, really. So there are definitely grounds to assume that this has all been the same scam the whole time. It's been long enough that it's pretty likely that their registration numbers have gone down and that fewer people are buying contracts now, triggering an impending collapse. Insert ICO and you have enough money to prevent that collapse.
Oh, and for all of those people that say things like "how can it be a scam? I made money". Shut the fuck up. Learn the very basics of a scam. Being early in is how you make money off of a scam like a ponzi, pyramid, HYIP, or whatever. Like someone else said, "will it flip? that's all I care about". That's how you profit off of coins regardless if they're a scam or not. It's all about the flip. Making money doesn't make something any less of a scam, just makes it profitable for you. Those who are left holding the bag are the ones who will scream and cry about it. Not you. Because you already made your profit.
Read:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/ponzischeme.aspScroll...
Learn.
i just wanna quote this so people read it again as i think it rings true. i also am similar, have ROI'd with hashflare.
BUT, think about ethics, when people LOSE money regulation comes in, we dont want that now do we?
So we cannot supoprt these scammy projects REGARDLESS if we can make money or not!
cause guess what? if these projects go down, any and ALL address involved will be investigated
anyone who thinks BTC is anon your a noob, Satoshi himself said it was never meant to be ANON
Make your choice, but think of whats REALLY important
