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October 29, 2018, 01:11:43 PM
Do you know that most of the ICO's are scam .

Well if you don't here are some reasons behind it :-

1.) Most of these ICO's have no business model  Angry
2.) Most of these ICO's would never be profitable  Sad
3.) High Market cap for a project / ICO with no development , code or any past experiences  Tongue
4.) Most of them have a 1 year roadmap which means no vision  Huh
5.) 5 months of hard work and for that they get Millions in funding  Undecided
6.) Dumb people running the shitshow  Grin
7.) Behind the scenes it is all about Money


What makes an ICO legit ?
1.) Working product
2.) Practical Use case
3.) Legit Team
4.) Limited Funding ( Based upon Fair Market valuation )


Why are these days ICO raising so much money ?  Shocked
Answer :- People are dumb and greedy they want to invest in the next ETH , STRATIS , WINGS , EDG , IOTA , XEL but they do not understand that Stratis had less than 1000 contributors and most of these ICO's happened during bear season when most of the people were not active in the scene .

Should I invest in ICO's ?  Huh
Yes , some ICO's are legit and can be good investments such as MobileGo , Edgeless ,  Civic etc which can yield you good ROI in long term but then always due diligence is important .

Should I invest in ICO's with high marketcap ?  Roll Eyes
No , High marketcap means a lot of people have invested in an ICO seeking for quick buck or the ICO team has been dependent on marketing to get more investors which makes a lot of weak hands so when the marketcap is not able to sustain the demand and supply the price will likely go down . When the price goes down is the time to invest but not during the ICO .

I fomo like a noob during ICO as I don't want to miss it .  Cry
Well then you are a fuking sheep who want to buy in today and be a millionaire tomorrow well it does not work that way , you can always buy after it hits the exchange . Always have a good risk management system in place where you are able to manage your risk/reward ratio according to your portfolio .  

Always :- Ask tough questions to the team and you will know the reality  

Best Regards ,
VerthagOG

Everyone is trying to take advantage of the momentum right now. My strategy is the same for all investments whether cryptocurrency, stocks, and startups.

First and foremost:
  • Team
  • Traction
  • Idea / Concept

Team
First and foremost, I invest in people. The questions I ask are:
  • Are these individuals I can trust and share the same values with?
  • What experience does the team have in this space?

Traction
Traction enables me to understand someone's passion, hustle, and results over a period of time. The question I ask here is:
  • What traction has the team achieved over the past quarter, six months, etc?

Idea / Concept
It's never about the idea. It's always about the execution. Hence why this ranks lower than traction. The questions I ask are:
  • What problem does this solve?
  • Is this an idea that I'm passionate about and care offer value to?
  • Is the idea / concept aligned with my values?

The answers to all of these questions give me a good sense on whether or not I should invest.  While it is still possible to make money from momentum investing, I recommend everyone employing due diligence and ask the same questions above prior to making an investment.


I am totally disagreeing with this subject because I can confidently say that in myself that most ICO are not scam. Maybe youre in out of luck but ive experienced it myself joining bounty signature campaign and luckily the most of the ICOs ive joined have a succesful journey and I got so much money from that.
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October 29, 2018, 01:06:45 PM
The problem is that people just love easy money. I'm talking about the creators of scam who do not want to do something useful and just cheat, and about investors who do not understand what to invest.
Both are looking to take quick earnings without dealing with real projects that will progress after some time, investors need to be more furious about projects that they will invest their money while developers needs to prove that project is reliable and have a good future outcome, ico scammers are very tricky as they can really attract people to invest even there's no possible progress they just provide promises that very attractive and unnoticeable with
newcomers and grab their money very quickly.
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October 29, 2018, 12:12:14 PM
The problem is that people just love easy money. I'm talking about the creators of scam who do not want to do something useful and just cheat, and about investors who do not understand what to invest.
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October 29, 2018, 12:06:22 PM
I think that at a minimum you need to understand and focus on the features of the project, how it differs from others, and not to jump into the first ICO on the long-battered topic... And yes, now there are a lot of banal "money collectors".
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October 29, 2018, 12:01:35 PM
#99
The skeptical investor doesn't need to look far in order to see this in practice. In fact, the scam-filled nature of ICOs is so widely known that the SEC created a fake ICO just to warn people away from them.
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October 29, 2018, 11:38:05 AM
#98
Because people want to make easy money on gullible people and rest the rest of their lives. Izi
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October 29, 2018, 11:37:12 AM
#97
Not most of the "scam" you think are actually scam. I have seen a talk in some of the discords of big "scam" coins that failed and mainly cost almost everyone their money, I was involved in some marketing and talked with higher ups of the coin and you can be certain that there are a lot of coins that came out to become a legit great coin and get funding and create the most beautiful coin out there even considering taking bitcoins seat.

However, those same coins when faced with challenges and hackers and all kinds of problems started to fail with the bear market on top of all this they started to realize they paid a lot of money as ICO funding whereas they now have a lot less money to achieve those promises, they pay their workers decent amount of it and usually left with nothing.

They try to do as much as they can but after certain amount of tries they give up which makes the coin go to worthlessness and called as scam even when they are not.
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October 29, 2018, 11:15:34 AM
#96
ho ho)
quite often projects have a good base for work, team, product. Collect their given capital. pay the first some income and even start work (or imitation of work) and then collapse. perhaps because of one or two "black sheep" in the herd, and perhaps this is how it all just shows.
I am leading to this, that you should not equate all. among the obvious scam projects, good ones stand out as well as among the good ones - fraudulent ones
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October 29, 2018, 10:58:30 AM
#95
I agree to you mate because based on my own experience one of the reason why the project that have ICO is a scam because of the people who behind it or the team of the project. Some of the ICO being extend because of the team want to more money then gone when they gather many funds to the investors then the coin will just a dump coin.
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October 29, 2018, 10:55:48 AM
#94
I invested in some ico during the 2017 and all of them have gone from rich to rugs.  funds gathered from ico gives the developer team big temptation to run away with the money, specially when the team members' identities are unknown to the public.  many projects are purposely built just to scam people.  tactics include giving huge discount for ico investors and promises of very high return.  others also come up with unrealistic visions and unreachable goals.
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October 29, 2018, 09:02:58 AM
#93
I don't know but the ground is available for this. HSHC (hashcard) it was an example. 20k dollars was garbage. first time I got ripped off. they screwed me =(
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October 29, 2018, 08:54:49 AM
#92
scammer will find their way on scamming money in any industry regardlessly.
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October 29, 2018, 08:52:48 AM
#91
Most but not all you gotta be selective on what ico you are going to invest cause a lot are just into the money ( ICO FUNDS ) so you gotta choose the team that are capable for long term gains / dependable
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October 29, 2018, 08:51:14 AM
#90
Any company or organization that has the ability to create a coin can also make capital calls through the ICO. This is also a weakness that many individuals, organizations take advantage of, making coin worthless, cheat investors to their equity and of course a coin worthless, this project will not To the end, these organizations will clean up the money of the private and high run away.
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October 29, 2018, 08:45:27 AM
#89
many people who want to get big profits plus the incessant promotion they do with the lure of the ICO coin prices will soar 10 to 100 times the ICO price.
and plus newbie people who got tricked by the promotion of their Coin ICO SCAM.
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January 30, 2018, 01:51:38 PM
#88
I cannot agree that all ICO's are scam. Yes, there are some, but most of the time it is obvious that the ICO is scam. Inrealistic project, limited team, the project is not profitable. You need just to read the whitepaper and you will see this in 10 min. There are other ICO's that are good and realisitc, also the team have what it takes to make the project. For example, for me, wepower is one of those ICO's.
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January 30, 2018, 09:49:23 AM
#87
it is easy to know why most ICO now are just scam, first, ICO is just a way the project call for cryptos investment from investors, but the problem is that the cryptocurrency is anonymous, so it is easy to scam people without being traced, second, the amount of money that project raised too much that the more greedy the company becomes, and third, investors are too careless that they didn't do any research about the ICO that they about to invest.
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September 28, 2017, 12:12:46 PM
#86
Let me share with you something about my view on ICOs. The biggest problem I see, what do I get out of it. Do I invest merely on greed and prediction something will rise? No. I want something in return for my coins, for my money. And there is where most of Icos fail. They offer a part of a project, they offer an investment, they offer a speculation. BUT what is behind the story. Most of it is crap and they rely on your greed. Can I see the Coin I just bought still valid in few years. Can I see this coin making some value in time? Can I see a ROI on my investment beside speculation. Can I see a demand for this coin in the future?

So at the end, you have to decide a few things. Entering an Ico or even Preico with a total hope for speculation and easy money, or entering with all the right reasons supporting your decision. We all se coins growing 100, 200 and even 300% in a short period of time, we all want to be on that train, but take a look et ETH or Bitcoin. They are still here, they made much more percentage in a long run and they are nowhere near the end. AND this my friends, what I seek for. Because with shitcoins the game is always against me. Did I catch the right moment to enter, did I catch the right exit strategy, Am I  in just for a short time, what do I get in return? People on crypto and Forex markets act the same. All looking for easy money and a quick way to make some. But at the end, a lot of them stop because they lost it all. Don't be that one. Make smart decisions and move with smart money. IF you don't trade smart, the odds are against you big time, you just don't realize it yet.

My 2C for starters…
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July 25, 2017, 02:42:02 AM
#85
Most ICOs I have seen are sold at a higher price than the coins or tokens will be sold for. How will you know you won't be scammed afterall? They want to take your money. Why? For development? Most big and real coins did not need to do a pre-sale to be able to develop and work for the coin. There are over 810 currencies at the moment, I think this thing has to stop... The creation of cryptocurrencies. Too many aren't good, because the community will be splitting up in too many coins.. but we cannot do anything to stop them. Scams are all around us and this should be an eye opener for all of us.
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July 25, 2017, 12:08:12 AM
#84
we are responsible for this circumstance..
we need to be aware when we invest our money.
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