Now there are a lot of presales, especially on the TON network, many are participating in this movement without even fully understanding what it is and why. Presale is a pre-sale, that is, a sale before the start of official trading on stock exchanges.
How does this happen?
A new project decides to launch its own currency (its own token), users are invited to participate in the presale, that is, buy tokens before the start of trading.
The interest of users is to buy cheaper than the listing price, and then sell at a higher price and earn money.
The developers' interest is to get money for the development of the project, for marketing, development, liquidity for listing, etc.
Is it necessary to participate in this?
If you are new to crypto, then my advice is: definitely not! I understand that the promises of developers can be very sweet, they build beautiful castles in the air and promise mountains of gold. But in 99% of cases you will lose your money partially or completely.
Understand a simple thing: if the project is really worthwhile, it will receive funding from large investors. Big guys will study the project and pay the developer from several million to several tens (sometimes hundreds) million $ And these same guys will then ask the developers for their money. You can’t easily hide from them by boarding a plane to Dubai...
If a project is forced to “beg” by collecting money directly from mere mortals like us, then this means that the big guys have already sent developers. Or the developers understand the quality of their product and don’t even try to get normal funding. Presales of meme tokens are generally a lottery with a near-zero chance of winning. The project initially states that there is simply no IDEA. There's a funny picture/meme and that's it. It will be fun! Especially the owner, of course, he will earn his money, but you will lose. Haha, fun, right?
Many projects, such as PEPE or GATO, attract users precisely by the opportunity to participate for free, just activity without investment. And then, gradually, they start warming up the presale, promising mountains of gold on the listing. We all know the result, most often you will get not x10 for your investment, but x0.1 or x0.01. Moreover, there is always a chance that the developers will collect the money and stupidly leave. This has already happened more than once. And even those who showed their faces and gave interviews on YouTube did this. Be smarter. Be smarter. Don't part with your money so easily. Have you been invited to play or call? Ok. How about giving away the money? Go ahead... This is definitely not about investment. This is about gambling addiction and deception of naive users.
What if you really want to?
Know your risks. Participate for the amount you are willing to lose. Or rather, even so, imagine that you immediately lose it. This shouldn't be a tragedy for you. Yes, there are exceptions when everything works (for example, the DUREV meme token), but exceptions do not change anything, but only confirm the rule.
