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		buryat on July 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CoinDash’s ICO Website Has Been Hacked I tend to believe that it was a scam because they refused to disclose the contract beforehand and there were some people claiming that it's a scam few months before [1]. [1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1905500.0

Obi_Juan_Kenobi on July 17, 2017 [–]

I say this without an ounce of hyperbole: I assume all ICOs are a scam until convinced otherwise.

The majority aren't outright scams (willful intent to defraud), but most are capital grabs with virtually no chance of being successful businesses.

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