In the beginning, everyone formed orderly queues and calmly sent funds to bitcoin addresses and smart contracts, but as the excitement grew, especially during the hype of 2017, tokens and cash were flying everywhere. This was primarily due to token holders doubling or tripling their investments in a very short space of time. In some cases, investors made ten times their initial investment in a matter of weeks or even days of the tokens listing on exchanges.
First, it was all about just getting the tokens. Then it became a race to buy the tokens first because bonuses were often linked to buyers in the first week or days or even the first "Power Hour." The next level was a pre-ICO, where a second smart contract would be created to handle the receipt of the funds. Then we saw private pre-ICOs before the pre-ICO. It was utter madness.
Let's start by understanding how bonuses worked.