While most of HN is skeptical of crypto (as I am), there are some crypto fans that hang out on this website.
I would love to hear from a crypto fan, which was the most successful ICO? And where is it today?
I would love to hear from a crypto fan, which was the most successful ICO? And where is it today?
Quite a few legitimate organizations raised money via ICOs. The most notable being Brave and Ethereum.
In terms of real-world use cases - I am familiar with and excited about WindingTree. https://windingtree.com/
They are building a platform to make the distribution of travel products (hotel rooms, flights and more) - arguably digital tokens with real-world value - more inclusive.
They did an ICO with a token called LIF that I bought at that time (not to dump later, but because I could identify with the problem and wanted to support them)
It is more common now for a project to distribute tokens after it has a running product to incentivise early users and integraters. ICO's still happen but are oftne restricted to venture capitalists and registered investors.