Topic: What is the difference between ICO and Token sale? (Read 1430 times)

Both names can be applied to each other actually. Well, if you want to be very detailed about it, you may replace "token" with "coin" because strictly speaking "coin" and "token" are two different things. But they are used interchangeably just like ICO and token sale. During ICO or Initial Coin Offering, the thing that is being offered to the interested investors are coins or tokens and so I cannot see any difference on the two terms being used. ICO is a more business-like term, perhaps taking from IPO.

I think ICO and Token Sale is 1

The term ICO is often used to describe Ethereum token launches. But coins and tokens are two very different things…

ICO  otherwise called  Initial Coin Offering  is a term created to describe the many bitcoin clones and other “coin” clones that erupted over the years. Bitcoin is basically a distributed ledger that performs best as digital money — a simple example of the power of decentralization. Satoshi Nakamoto’s consensus process is revolutionary! But you can’t build much with it. Ethereum can do what Bitcoin does. It can be digital money too, but unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum is highly programmable — it’s designed to accommodate the construction of complex applications. Bitcoin produces “coins”. Ethereum generates “tokens”. A “Token Launch” is an Ethereum thing. An “ICO” is a bitcoin/altcoin thing.

Coins or Tokens really only have one utility — to act as simple stores of value with limited-to-no other functionality. By “simple” value, I mean value not represented or manifested through a variety of dynamic functions. Tokens are a completely different breed all together. They can store complex, multi-faceted levels of value. Forget everything you know about bitcoin and pre-mined coins and that entire ilk of tech, Ethereum tokens are generated by a Smart Contract System (SCS), are highly programmable and have multi-functionality because of it. They transcend being just a coin, and through their array of functions become something much more — “tokens”. Technically, they are not “offered”, they are “generated”. Probably the most accurate phrase of what’s going on during an Ethereum token launch is to describe it as a “Token Generation Event”, but I’m not sure TGE has the same flare as ICO. Nevertheless, a coin does one thing, and a token can do many things.

So far I only understand, if in ICO then the coin or tokens are sold have a cheap price, whereas in token sale there is no special time, so it happens anytime either in the ICO or outside ICO. And the price was hanging right then

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I agree with the description of ICO and IPO but as regards the Tokensales part..  Tokensales is the ICO. Do you mean that Token distribution happens after ICO, i believe that is what you meant.

There is , Token sale is for specific use unique ecosystem. ICO is Coin for Coin use

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no difference dude,
ICO is the technical name of token sale, usually during token sale people purchased the new invented coins ticket and then they will used it in different purpose according to ICO .

ICO (initial token offering) and token sale are the same.

ICO is the process by which you gain tokens by donating money to developers to develop their project. It's simple.

ICO and Token are one and same thing. You will get tokens in ICO sale. Initial coin offering(ICO) launched by a co. to raise crowdfunding from the public all around the world. It helps entrepreneurs to raise funding for their project. If ICO get overwhelm response than its price increases otherwise will get decrease.

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There is no as such difference between token sale and ICO. ICO is Initial public offering and token can be defines as the unit we purchase. Just like in IPO we got shares....in ICO we got tokens and after listing in an exchange these tokens is called coins.
So don't worry ICO sale and Token sale both are the same thing.

The two are the same.  Initial coins Offering (ICO) is when a startsup want to raise fund to start their project or expand it. They will sale tokens which will eventually become the coins.

ICO is a way to crowdfunding find money to projects, and sometimes it is good investing, but u also can fail
Token sale could happen after ICO, or like another event, less profitable and not risky, as i understand

Not all ICO are scam, but majority off them. It is your responsibility  to know which one is a legit one. Information is not so hard to find any more. All you have to so is to do some research before investing in ICO.

I always buy my tokens from EtherDelta after the ICO and under ICO price. Which leads me to think they are all scam..

I am not sure about it, I know few companies doing token sale without ICO

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