An ICO is a fundraising operation for a project through the sale of cryptographic tokens. The tokens are sold at a discount and later on may be used within the project or sold for a profit. ICOs are unregulated and hold a lot of risk for uneducated investors.
Altcoins
Bitcoin1$ 67,714.930.18%-6.01%-15.89%details. There are four main factors to take into account when evaluating a cryptocurrency – Adoption, security, innovation, and incentives.
That’s ICOs and altcoins in a nutshell. For a more detailed explanation keep on watching the video, here’s what I’ll cover:
0:38 What are altcoins?
0:56 Why do we need altcoins?
1:49 How to evaluate altcoins?
3:56 What is an ICO?
5:36 The Ethereum ICO
6:23 A disastrous ICO example
6:52 ICO caveats
9:34 How to evaluate an ICO?
10:30 Conclusion
