Quote from: bobby on April 06, 2018, 01:55:54 PM

Hi guys! I am wondering what the advantages of having no airdrop are for investors? I've been looking at the Cultural Coin recently and read that they have no airdrop. Does that mean any advantages for investors? 

I personally think that it may have little or no advantage  to investors. Most projects has plan for air drops before it take off, and it's obvious that in such situations, the investor has no advantage in air drops but for the to projects to increase it awareness campaign.

Quote from: bobby on April 18, 2018, 07:17:20 PM

Quote from: Chiannis on April 15, 2018, 03:12:45 AM

Well, on the one hand, no airdrop could mean that the leaders of a project believe it is "strong" enough without additional free pr or "forcing" more people to have at least some skin in the game  and on the other hand, if there is a clear roadmap before some ICO starts and the number of coins is exactly described etc...either they planned from the start to give away a part of the coins...not a good look for the actual buyers...or they are changing their plans like that in the mid of the project...also not exactly creating a lot of trust. So if the people behind this ticketing project you are interested in aren't doing an aidrop, don't worry...and cryptothief ofc also got a point, re: the limited effects.

Quote from: ambrose92 on April 17, 2018, 12:56:07 AM

some airdrops later become a shit coin with no value

Fair points, thanks guys. It's kind of true that giving away big amounts of free coins kind of has a desperate feel to it. Almost like: Take it otherwise we won't be able to get rid of it. Cultural coin looks professional so you would think they will be able to manage without. I've seen some people participate in loads of airdrops at the same time - I kind of wouldn't be able to keep track. Do most ICOs have them?

Yeah, you got that right....more of a bad trait now and some people even expect an aidrop and just wait for it, instead of participating normally! Seems like economical malpractice. Not most ICOs but many, especially those with an unlimited number of coins ...easier to give them away if they practically cost next to nothing. Major reason why it is better or more professionally if the number of coins is locked early and with a plan. Re: you question - yeah, if there is a decent roadmap and enough interest in the first place, the ticketing with cryptocurrency crowd won't need one and even if they would need one it usually does not help, haha.

Websites can give a clue on the originality of the project especially when you compare their social media platforms with the websites - check out for information consistencies on these platforms. But the team can be of great importance. Look out for the credentials of the developer and his team - do they have any past experience?, who is the advisor? etc

Its really tough, as some of you in crypto know Antshares before NEO had one of the WORST white papers I've ever seen.   It was full of poor English grammar and misspelled words which really scared me off at first.  I think you'll have to work out a combination of judging product, website, whitepaper, etc on some sort of grading scale where everything matters but one specific thing can't be a pass or fail..or you might miss out on a 30000% gain like NEO.  Food for thought.

Yes and no I would say.
 
Of course you will be able to judge when looking to website if this coin is well funded or just anew coin with no money to invest. I have seen a lot of projects in early stages with bad pages but they upgraded it very soon. So if you see a shitty page and the team does nothing with it for a very long time you can assume that there is no future for this project.

Regarding the question how to judge different reviewing sites or more correctly different review outcomes on different sites...this may be a bit contra-logical since we build such sites to help with quick judgements in the first place but if you want to understand such a site, you should dive a bit into the descriptions, how those reviews or - most of the time - the comparable numbers added to each project (stuff like Marketing: 7/10 points or Team: 8/10 points ) are created.  Sometimes the makers of the site make some kind of equation which they apply with respect to all available information, sometimes its more of a group-thinking thing and its just the average result from all global reviews of its members. If you find out how a site does create its numbers, you can also decide yourself, if you think their process is helpful to the kind of decision you wish to make. ;-)

Icobench for example also works with average numbers but since you are able to read every single review which participated to reach this outcome, you can judge the outcome in a transparent way and just disregard singular opinions which - in your eyes - are, for example, biased or concentrating on faults which you don't think are that important.

Well, on the one hand, no airdrop could mean that the leaders of a project believe it is "strong" enough without additional free pr or "forcing" more people to have at least some skin in the game  and on the other hand, if there is a clear roadmap before some ICO starts and the number of coins is exactly described etc...either they planned from the start to give away a part of the coins...not a good look for the actual buyers...or they are changing their plans like that in the mid of the project...also not exactly creating a lot of trust. So if the people behind this ticketing project you are interested in aren't doing an aidrop, don't worry...and cryptothief ofc also got a point, re: the limited effects.

some airdrops later become a shit coin with no value

Quote from: bobby on March 22, 2018, 03:23:59 PM

Hi everyone! I'm new on here and hope you'll forgive possible beginners mistakes. I was was wondering what you think about this one: I always have my eyes on some new projects, platforms, coins, ICOs etc. and browse through quite a lot of different websites on my research. How do you decide whether a coin is trustworthy/worth investing in? Is the whitepaper enough? Or do you have recommendations for review websites for new ICOs? Thanks so much for your help.

Before investing should read wp and see the website, social media and team that handle the project. do not forget to take a look at the ICO review website.