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>Immediately after the site launched, users had created death pools — or assassination markets — on famous people.

>Augur's user numbers dropped off sharply after launch in 2018: from 265 daily users in early July, to 37 on 8 August.

Maybe not a scam, but this does not convince me of the value of ICO-backed projects

The common theme with this and some of the other answers is that they're actually adding value, and in a way that's directly related to cryptocurrency, rather than just providing a "greater fool" securities offering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augur_(software)

too few users to even be considered, in my opinion