simple criteria, you can learn closely if the project bring something new, such as features and tech buddy
also the project has a great and smart team inside, that always keep their promises
The features and tech didn't give a guarantee about the success of the project. The fact that if the project already supporter by so many VCs and Famous company and it can be used as verification to make sure if that's a legit platform.
I personally will not take the tech as the main consideration to invest in an ico project. It must be from the strategic partnership that already created.
The majority of legit projects were coming from this criteria. We know that injective protocol has so many strategic partnerships.