When we consider the cryptocurrency space, there are more than 6,000 cryptocurrencies that are actively traded.
Cada criptomoneda es diferente y, a menudo, el valor de una criptomoneda no proviene necesariamente del oro o de una moneda fiduciaria del banco central, sino que proviene de una variedad de vías como:
- Tipo de token
- Equipo Fundador
- Design of Tokenomics/Supply
- Comunidad
- Negocio / caso de uso
Tipo de tokens
Fichas no fungiblesy los tokens fungibles tienen diferente oferta y demanda, lo que afecta su valor. Los tokens fungibles son tokens que se pueden usar como moneda o medio de cambio. Estos son los tokens que las personas comercian en el mercado abierto, usan para transacciones del mundo real o para comprar productos digitales en la web.
Los tokens no fungibles o NFT, por otro lado, son como piezas coleccionables, arte digital o coleccionables de juegos. Y debido a que no es fungible, no es divisible ni reemplazado por otro NFT. Cada pieza de NFT es única en sí misma.
Owning an NFT is like having the Mona Lisa in your living room. To the right buyer, one will be able to sell a NFT for a high price. To someone else who is not able to appreciate art, it is just another bunch of pixels.
Equipo Fundador
The founding team is the brain of a crypto project. Like any company or business, having a strong founding team can point the project into the right direction and create value for its community. Strong founding teams usually have a clear shared vision, a mix of technical, marketing and management expertise, and years of experience in the crypto industry.
When a project has a weak founding team, or a team that is only thinking for themselves, chances are, it usually ends up in rugpulls or exit scams.
This is not only detrimental to the community that the project has built, but also the crypto community as a whole.
Design of Tokenomics
Tokenomics is the economics of a crypto token. This covers the Token use case, Token Supply, Fund Raising and most importantly, it affects the supply and demand of a token.
When investing in a new token, one of the most important things to look out for is the token use case, or in short, “What problem is this project solving for the world?”. To create value, the token should be able to solve a problem that is affecting a huge number of people and not only for a niche group of individuals
En esencia, un proyecto que puede resolver grandes problemas tendrá más potencial de crecimiento que los proyectos que resuelven problemas más pequeños.
¿Cuántos tokens hay disponibles?
The other important metric to look out for will be Token Supply. When a token has higher supply, it does not mean that it is a bad project, it simply means there are more people who can hold this token. For example, Ether (ETH) does not have a max supply: this means miners can continuously mine for new ETH, as compared to Bitcoin (BTC) which has a maximum of 21 Million Bitcoin.
In ETH’s case, to counter the oversupply in the market, a few measures were taken, like the introduction of a mechanic for burning ETH during the London Fork Upgrade and increasing the difficulty of mining ETH.
Comunidad que tiene el token
Si la fundación es el cerebro del proyecto, la comunidad que tiene el proyecto es la columna vertebral. Las comunidades son los fieles seguidores del proyecto. Ayudan a evangelizar el proyecto y comparten sus aportes para mejorarlo.
When Ethereum had a hard fork into Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, this cause a split in the community as some believed that Ethereum Classic is the way to go, while others believed that Ethereum was the one to back.
Lively, engaging communities help to bring in more investors, increase adoption, and provide liquidity for the token in the market. Therefore, do not underestimate the power of community as they are an integral part of the cryptospace.
Negocio / caso de uso
At the end of the day, every business and every token project exists to solve a problem. Does this project solve a problem? Is it a significant problem? Is it a good and elegant solution?
These areas of evaluation will give a clue as to whether a token is perhaps entering an already crowded marketplace, or which other projects it is competing with. Investors will need to decide if it can grab market share, or if it is trying to solve a prblem that does not exist or does not require blockchain technology to solve.
¿Qué ficha es la mejor?
No existe la mejor ficha del mundo porque todos somos diferentes en términos de carácter, hábitos de inversión y situación financiera. Sin embargo, con estos consejos, puede servir como una guía para ayudarlo a detectar proyectos potenciales que pueden ir a la luna o filtrar proyectos que no le parecen adecuados.
¡Siempre haga la debida diligencia antes de invertir en cualquier inversión!
