ICO Projects Can Only Go As Far As The Community Can Take Them
Technology, idea and team are considered the main factors for the success of a blockchain project at the ICO stage and beyond. Yet, the community surrounding a blockchain platform appears to be a determining force when it comes to observe the prosperity of a blockchain project ...
ICO Scams and How to Avoid Them – Part 3
In this, the third part of the series on ICO scams, we will look at some of the subtler warning signs to look out for when considering investing in a token. Some ICOs are not outright scams, yet the fundamentals underpinning the token economy ...
ICO Scams and How to Avoid Them – Part 2
In the second post of this series we look at ICO scam white papers and code repositories ...
ICO Scams and How to Avoid Them – Part 1
In this three-part series we will cover some of the things to look out for to make sure you aren’t being conned. In the first two parts we will look at the red flags that may signal an ICO is not what it claims to be. In the third part ...
How Can ICO Platforms Retain Value in An Open Source World?
The projects with the best technology are not going to be the ones that win in the long term. They may have an edge in the short term, but ultimately, if they have a winning formula it will be copied by others. ICO teams therefore have to find other ways ...
What Does an ICO Need to Do to Drive Adoption of Its Product or Service?
It’s obvious that one of the factors that will lead to token appreciation, is that the platform or protocol needs to be useful, and people need to be using it. If it’s not being used, it’s probably not of value, and there is little reason for the token to have ...
What Does an ICO Need to Achieve for its Token to Appreciate?
To date there has been little discussion about what really makes a token valuable. Most ICO investors look at the whitepaper, the team and the idea to decide whether a token is worth investing in. This strategy has worked fairly well to date, and as far as generating short term ...
