Here is some pertinent information on some of the trustworthy Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) that will hit the market in May 2017. Please do your own research before executing any trades.
HumanIQ
Timeline: Completed
Tagline:
Humaniq is a simple and secure 4th generation mobile bank. We are developing a completely new banking experience by dissolving all the barriers of archaic banks such as the need to come to a branch, doing endless paperwork, dealing with hard-to-use, buggy mobile apps, and protecting data with hard-to-remember, complex passwords.
We have created a safe, strong financial tool, specifically designed to be used by people who are undereducated or who don’t possess identification. Most of them live in emerging economies on less than two dollars a day. We believe we can change that.
My take:
I have a very small position in HumanIQ (60 tokens) but its ability to leverage the ethereum-blockchain makes it an intriguing play. If they are truly able to serve the huge number of unbanked people in the world, this will certainly take off when it hits trading platforms this May.
PeerPlays
Timeline: Ongoing - Nearly Complete
Tagline:
Peerplays introduces the next generation of sports betting - where anyone can become a bookie. There is are no central servers where betting takes place - but rather all bets and trades are made over the peer-to-peer network.
My take:
I participated in the Peerplays ICO because a provably fair betting system online is like printing money. I will be very surprised if this doesn't take off.
ZrCoin
Timeline: Upcoming - May 11th
Tagline:
ZrCoin is the world’s first investment-grade blockchain product. It is a derivative that leverages both cutting-edge financial and industrial technologies to manufacture and sell a highly in-demand product, synthetic zirconium dioxide (Synth. ZrO2), which is traded on the global market of refractories.
My take:
I haven't decided whether to participate in this ICO, but a commodity-based blockchain product seems very intriguing. I'll continue to do due diligence on this project.
VIVA
Timeline: Upcoming - May 1st
Tagline:
The VIVA project recognizes that an extremely inefficient and top-heavy financial system is playing a significant role in aggravating the inequalities inherent in our society.
My take:
VIVA is no stranger to steemit. Creating a basic income for those who need it is a worthy cause that VIVA has the knowhow to deliver. I will be a crown holder after the ICO and you should be too.
(images via CrowdfundInfo)
I'm in on VIVA and also PeerPlays which is built on Graphene the same as Steemit and Bitshares. It was interesting to learn about the other 2, thanks!
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A good round up and the last being VIVA! Good take on it!
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So many ICOs, so many possibilities...
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I've been VERY much on the fence about investing rather deeply into PeepPlays, but am afraid of an initial dump. I want to jump in, but I also want to see how the free market treats it. My good friend and colleague @robrigo is very bullish about PeerPlays and is getting his fair share, but I suppose I'm a little baby and am scared haha.
How do you feel about PeerPlays? I see the have 14-15 days left and are still working on selling out tier 1 of 4.
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I took a small position in the ICO, but am very bullish on it. I'll most likely buy some if there is a dip after the tokens hit exchanges.
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I like to make big swings, but it's hard to not shit my pants when I do that haha. I think that I might dump 1 or 2 BTC into it and watch it closely as it ICO's, but I'm still not fully decided on whether or not I want to bite the bullet on it and jump in. Diversification is extremely powerful and doing your diligent research is oh so important as is knowing your dev team in the blockchain world.
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I only put .1 BTC in it myself. As a wee little minnow that was pants-shitting enough for me :)
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.1 BTC is a good chunk of change these days! But still, that could (hopefully) exponentially reward you. I really like the idea of Peep Plays. Gambling is evil as fuck, but hey, it's a force of nature, it's something that will always exist, so you might as well do it PROVABLY FAIR. That's why I like their idea. No human error, greed, or corruption is in play. And to me, that's beautiful.
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As we know I am interested in VIVA but you have peeked my interest with Peer Plays. Thanks for the wonderful post!
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I also invested in Humaniq but from my perspective now this was not a good investment because what they want to achieve is to authenticate people just through face recognition which is definitely not securely possible today. I am really unsure if they can do what they want to do.
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Very informational! Resteemed! :)
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Pretty exciting time. Will VIVA change the world?
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Great! thanks for sharing!
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I think i should take a look at peerplays. been seeing the name fly around here but not done much diving in. I'm very excited for VIVA tho!
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