Indeed there is a small sect that say that are all alt-coins are scams, but those guys usually are no clue what alt coins really are and think they are just Bitcoin rip-off currencies, when in reality a large majority of them do have some unique features. And of course, there are the tokens, which should not be compared to coins, as those usually are specific for a platform and do have a reason to exist.

Platforms like ETH and NEO allowed to foster an ecosystem completely impossible to imagine on something like Bitcoin.
Of course, we can also say that there lots of scams in the market, and that's true, thats why doing proper investigation not only about usage of a coin but also the team, roadmap etc is extremely important

Here's my personal top of upcoming NEO ICOs:

• Moonlight - A decentralized Linkedin with some data learning on top.
• Phantasma - A decentralized storage for NEO dApps like email.
• nOS - This one is like a decentralized browser.
• NEX - A decentralized exchange with support for fiat gateways.

All of those are teams with guys from City of Zion, so I can expect success right there.

Dia 17 de Abril a equipa de desenvolvimento e marketing da NEO vai estar em Lisboa para um encontro integrado na sua tour europeia.
Software developers onde vão poder usufruir de um workshop sobre elaboração de smart contracts seguido de um meetup onde serão anunciados novos projectos na blockchain NEO.

O Local será no Hotel Fenix no Marquês de Pombal.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-lisbon-workshop-tickets-44629022608
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neo-lisbon-meetup-tickets-44628229235

KCS used to be a great option but Kucoin decided to suspend the referal system of the exchange, which was part of their whitepaper, so at this point I would not be suprised if they changed how Kucoin shares work

If a currency has smart contracts, then that implies dApps, which in turn brings in ICO, platforms, services and lots of other things, which require that users spend the currency, thus increasing the demand.
Is that simple

ICO risk free? Is this a joke?
How many ICOs are scams and never deliver a product, or once they hit the exchanges the tokens price drop to a price below ICO value?

It's possible to make a good return with a ICO, but certainly not risk free, far from that. It's necessary lots of research on the team, do a background check on them, read the whitepaper carefully, check if anything is plagiarized, the list goes on...

So NEO reached an ATH of 50$ yesterday.
I've seen too many people dismiss this coin as a scam, however before investing in anything its necessary to do proper investigation.

The thing about being the "chinese Etherium" does have some sense, however it is also being used as a hype machine...

NEO is not just a ETH token like most ICOs are today, but it is a coin running in a custom blockchain similar to Etherium, thats the main reason many investors like me consider this a very important coin.
Their team basically created an alternative blockchain tech, based on the weak points of ETH, and improved on their ideas.

Here's some interesting points:

• NEO blockchain supports smart contracts like Etherium, however they are coded in C# instead of Solidity, meaning its easier to learn, as it does not require learning a custom language
• Instead of spending NEOs to run the smart contracts, you spend GAS that is generated by holding NEOs in your wallet. This basically incentives persons to not sell their NEOS, and it is a form of an inflation system.
• While talking about inflation, let's say that Etherium is basically unlimited, however NEOs and GAS are both capped to a couple millions.
  So in the long run we could see ETH price going down while NEO should keep going up.

Now not everything is sweet, so here's so points to think about:

• The number of NEOs is limited, however the devs currently hold half of them. While NEOs cant be mined, we can consider this a form of premine.
  The devs guarantee that this NEOs will be used for development / investment and that they wont give away more than an certain ammount per year.
• Rumours about the project only having 2 devs. In theory yes, but in reality there is also City of Zion which is a western open-source group dedicated to improving the NEO ecosystem. And lets not forget that most of the big projects like Bitcoin or Litecoin never had that many devs in the beginning.

I hope this info is useful for those wandering if they should invest or no.

Candidate for Portuguese translations here, I'm a native speaker with technical background, I can translate the whitepaper and anything else necessary.
Promising project, and very professional presentation, let's see how this pans out.

I'm going all in with NEO, pity that I was going to join when it was still Anshares at 3$ but backed out with doubt.

I think it is a very solid coin, and one of the top contenders of 2017. It is a custom blockchain done in C#, supports smart contracts (written in C# too, devs dont need to learn a custom language like Solidy).
Also it is capped unlike ETH, which pratically forces the price to up long term. Besides that owning NEO generates GAS that can be sold, so thats too a solid plus.

Currently the only western exchange with it is Bittrex, but once it hits larger exchanges it will bloom ever more.

Warning: Bittrex does not give NEO owners GAS, they actually are keeping all gas to themselves.

For that sole reason I recommend anyone dont invest in GAS at all, since Bittrex is probably sitting on a very large ammount of them that they can dump anytime.

Binance is alternative exchange that gives the generated GAS to NEO owners, however the best way is obviously having the NEO in wallet owned by yourself

My opinion is that this coin had a promising tech with potential, and I've been waiting one month, following the dev team and any news.
Sadly the price seems to be tanking, and that will drive off many potential investors.

Storj appearing is also a gamer changer, but at this point, its difficult to decide which one will be the winner (and since the idea behind the tech itself is actually quite interesting, I can see some new spins on it appearing soon from other coins).

Anybody still mining MAGA?

And any news about plans for exchanges?

I was too late for the mining, can someone send me some magas?

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And any news about this coin?
Seems the dev is silent about it and interest is disappearing? 

How I can mine this coin?
Do I just need to leave the wallet running or something else?

Thanks, I confirm I now received some magas. However it seems now its already required to have a very powerful rig to get any interesting ammount

Boas se ainda precisares de Monero diz, eu vendo-te em Lisboa, manda PM se ainda procuras

How many shares you found already?
It seems the address is only reported after the miner reports a few shares


However I'm not receiving any payments even after a couple hours...

I'm new to mining, can someone tell me why in the minerd I'm getting 9 khash per threads (4 in total) but in the pool my address appears with 450 khash, which seems much more that it was supposed?

I too mined for around 30 minutes, saw my address in the workers list, but it then disappeared and I never more saw it there again, any clue why?
I did receive some magacoins in my wallet after a bit though...