There is no point in joining projects that have no prospects for the future. It is important to study the project development team, perhaps these people have already done successful projects and can be trusted. For successful participation in the project, I also study the opinion of competent and respected people of the cryptocurrency world. It helps a lot to make the right decision and not to miss the benefits in the future.
Agreed, we're looking for the prospects to decide investment first. It's rarely any core developers done a successfull projects and doing another project from the beginning anymore, i never seen that project, could u mention any? My experience only on Callisto Network, which Dexaran are from Ethereum Classic.