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Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized

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Re: Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized

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"Still, all investors should probably sell their coins within the first six months, the study found." If all investors should sell their coins, who is the counterparty that should buy them?

the industry standard term for them is "the suckers"

Re: Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized

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The research in the article was not quite clear. Was their only “sign of life” measured by tweets? What about capitalization, transaction volume...anything?

It’s almost like... they got busy and started working on what they promised to do.

Re: Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized

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I'm so surprised that smart contracts aren't being used to release the funds over some set of time, with the ability for community to vote to block it if they feel team has stalled. Nobody needs $20 or $50m on day 1.

Why would anyone running an ICO agree to that? Clearly the current system ‘works’.

They get money, no accountability, and everyone just moves on.

No wonder crypto-currencies enjoy such a positive image among the ‘haters’ and ‘doubters’. Because they keep earning it.

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