Burning unsold tokens is a HUGE indicator for me,
I wont trust the team otherwise!
Topic: What Are The Indications of ICO Ethics? (Read 102 times)
I don't have opinions on everything you've mentioned but here's what I do have.
Do you value compliance with government regulations, or look at other factors?
This is key, it shows they're taking their legal responsibilities seriously and this tends to indicate they're serious about their idea.
I tend to find Asian and European based ICOs perform the best, Singapore seems to have a lot of strong ICOs, as do countries like Austria, Germany, Switzerland.
It's important as a smaller investor that large investors don't get huge bonuses as well as other benefits, if they receive too large a discount they can wind up selling at a price much lower than you paid and still profit.
This is important within reason, if there's a notable investor and supporter then that will always help to hype a project. I prefer to look at advisors than investors.
Key - people need to be able to see that things are set up and coded in the way they are said to be, this helps prevent mistakes from being made and also protects investors from scams.
Do you value compliance with government regulations, or look at other factors?
This is key, it shows they're taking their legal responsibilities seriously and this tends to indicate they're serious about their idea.
Which parts of the world produce the best coins? The worst?
I tend to find Asian and European based ICOs perform the best, Singapore seems to have a lot of strong ICOs, as do countries like Austria, Germany, Switzerland.
Potential coinwhales, or coinwhale limiting business practices?
It's important as a smaller investor that large investors don't get huge bonuses as well as other benefits, if they receive too large a discount they can wind up selling at a price much lower than you paid and still profit.
Names of investors behind it?
This is important within reason, if there's a notable investor and supporter then that will always help to hype a project. I prefer to look at advisors than investors.
Transparency? Github?
Key - people need to be able to see that things are set up and coded in the way they are said to be, this helps prevent mistakes from being made and also protects investors from scams.
Like others have said. Do your research. Ask questions. Watch out for copy cats. worst case I have seen recently is Blocksims.io , Their founder worked for Mobilink.io and was fired so he sabotaged their investor Database and Launched Identical project without any working products. I would like to see some form of regulation on ICOs so much risk involved. Thats my 2 cents.
For me, it is the project team and product/service they are offering after ICO. If the team is 100% real with the good background then I'll go for that ICO otherwise avoid it.
Better check ico team, if they real 50% of sucess:) 40% marketing of the ico:) 10% that product that will be created in a few years maybe provide you pump before the delisting:)
Any other factors not included on this list?
The more questions you ask and more satisfactory answers you receive the better you can evaluate ICOs. Probably all of the questions should be answered before participating in ICO and the list looks more like only a part of the complete one which can be made. Here is one example of a longer and more detailed list of questions for better ICO evaluating - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/list-how-to-evaluate-ico-opportunities-2752708 
What do you consider an indication of ethics when researching an ICO?
Do you value compliance with government regulations, or look at other factors?
Which parts of the world produce the best coins? The worst?
Potential coinwhales, or coinwhale limiting business practices?
Names of investors behind it?
Transparency? Github?
Licenses?
Asset-backed tokens versus service-backed tokens?
Patented designs? Pending patents?
Any other factors not included on this list?
Perhaps you have a very special analysis you do yourself?
Thanks in advance to any reader on here who takes the time to even respond to just one of these questions.
Do you value compliance with government regulations, or look at other factors?
Which parts of the world produce the best coins? The worst?
Potential coinwhales, or coinwhale limiting business practices?
Names of investors behind it?
Transparency? Github?
Licenses?
Asset-backed tokens versus service-backed tokens?
Patented designs? Pending patents?
Any other factors not included on this list?
Perhaps you have a very special analysis you do yourself?
Thanks in advance to any reader on here who takes the time to even respond to just one of these questions.
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