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An ICO, or Initial Coin Offering, is the initial offer of sale of a digital token or asset on the blockchain.

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What rights/value do ICO tokens give their holders?

I've done a bit of research on ICOs, but it seems the most important information is always missing: what do ICO token holders get for their tokens? How can those tokens be used to derive value from investing in them? I understand every ICO is…
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Where can I find a smart contract code for an ICO?

Since the creation of tokens is a standardized process following the ERC20 specifications, I want to know if there is also a "common code" or a default way to create a crowdsale for an ICO Thanks
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Why weren't ICO's possible before cryptocurrencies?

ICO’s are used today to distribute and fund decentralized products. I’m curious why companies, before Bitcoin, could not have launched the sale of their own centralized currencies or reward points of some sort. If it were technically feasible before…
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How do companies register ICO ticker

For example Did bitcoin have to register "BTC" as their ticker if thats what they call it,the three letter symbol
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What are locking and unlocking tokens?

I've seen these notions in ICO articles and didn't find an answer on the internet. What are and why we use this(locking, unlocking) mechanism?
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How to do a trustworthy ICO?

From the looks of things, most ICOs are scams. It's an easy way to take in money and once it's in there isn't much incentive for the founders to continue working? How is it possible to do an ICO where the founders only get paid when they achieve…
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Offline transaction time

Hi there I made a transaction offline then published transaction for a ico. My full deposit is still showing in my wallet. Should the wallet show less the transaction?, Or does it have to be on the block before showing less transaction ammount in my…
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Least Technical description of an ICO and how it is useful(monetarily)

I need to convince my boss ( completely not technical, I don't know how that happened ) that an ICO is a good way of generating revenue. I've been trying to compare it to an IPO but I know too little about this to make any sort of authoritative…
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ICO: circulating supply vs total supply

After an ICO, the circulating supply (like you can see on https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bancor/) is what was sold in crowdsale? I assume founder, reserve, bounty tokens are not included in the circulating supply? Once a founder sells his…
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Where can I find and check the source code of a token

How can I find the source code for a token launched via an ICO? What is for instance the source code for this token and where do I find it: https://tokenmarket.net/blockchain/ethereum/assets/herocoin/ p.s. could be any other ico, I just want to be…
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When ICO doesn't take place?

If company that produce ICO want to get N money, but the company did not collect as much of necessary amount of money. Is it means that ICO did not take place and company will not launch?
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Which laws have to be followed for an ICO/STO in Europe?

Which laws have to be followed for an Initial Coin Offering / Security Token Offering in Europe? P.s.: Don't worry, the purpose of this question is NOT to rely on the answers solely. Consultation of Lawyers is an absolute must for any kind of…
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EIP20 and ERC20 not compatiable in token contract?

I am issuing a token coin via ERC20 and I also include a crowd sale within this contract? ie start time end time bonus period total supply ? 8 or 18 public decimals ? I got confused with the EIP20 interface,,,,,,,,,,,,,learning still,…
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Conducting an ICO

I am quite new in the ICO boom. I understand ICO's from the technical point of view - issuing your own token for exchange of ether, then selling ether and you have funds for your project. But I don't quite understand the law structure of it. Why one…
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all these ICOs tokens offers to finance new startups are under ethereum technology?

or they start their own blockchain on any new ICO? If the answer is that they can be both, what are the advantages of every approach? Thanks in advance
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