2025-12-07 03:23:30

Recently noticed the ASTER project. The team background is quite interesting—the founder is from Asia, and their marketing approach is pretty unique, often involving models and pretty faces as brand ambassadors.

If you’ve been in this space for a while, you’ll notice a pattern: some projects are especially keen on putting on a flashy front, bringing in influencers and models for hype, but are vague about actual tech progress and product implementation. This kind of marketing strategy is often a red flag.

Experienced folks know that you can’t just look at the surface. Team transparency, code update frequency, and genuine community engagement are the real hard metrics. Projects that dump their budget into marketing and packaging usually don’t end well.

Just a reminder to everyone—do your own research and don’t be blinded by a polished surface.

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OffchainWinner

· 16h ago

I'm so tired of the whole pretty-girl endorsement thing... I've seen it a million times, it's always the same trick, and then nothing ever comes of it. --- No code updates, just daily posts of pretty girls—how ridiculous is that? --- ASTER, huh? Got it, I'll be waiting to see how it tanks. --- Yet another flashy project with no real tech behind it. --- These marketing schemes might fool people once or twice, but who still falls for this nowadays... --- Honestly, I've seen through it all. The flashier the project looks on the surface, the quicker it usually runs off with your money. --- The team doesn't disclose anything; all they care about is creating hype. Unreal. --- I just want to ask, if you’re not investing money in tech but on influencers, what’s the point? --- I've seen too many projects like this—the model is always the same, and so is the ending. --- Don’t believe in any of those background stories. Look at the code, look at the transparency—everything else is just fluff.

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GhostAddressHunter

· 16h ago

I've seen too many of these pretty girls endorsing projects—it's a classic trick for scamming newcomers. They don't even bother updating the code, yet they still have the nerve to raise funds.

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GateUser-e87b21ee

· 16h ago

I've seen this trick many times before. One word—run. The codebase hasn’t been updated for half a year, the GitHub is all copy-paste, and yet they’re holding press conferences every day.

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FundingMartyr

· 16h ago

I'm way too familiar with this trick—every time it's the same thing: tons of pretty influencer girls everywhere, but as soon as you ask about technical details, they start dodging the question. Exactly. Real quality projects don't rely on this kind of gimmick. You should look at the code, check the development progress, and listen to genuine community feedback—that's what really matters. This ASTER approach... no need to think twice, it's almost certainly a scam. Wait, another Asian team pulling this stunt? Why do so many projects never learn? Translation: “We have nothing real to show, so let's throw in some pretty faces to distract people.” Unbelievable. Don’t be lazy when doing your research. If you still get fooled by such an obvious smokescreen, then you deserve to lose money.

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DegenMcsleepless

· 17h ago

Haha, same old trick again—when influencers start promoting, it usually means an exit scam is around the corner. Damn, bro, you hit the nail on the head. I got burned by XXXX before, so now I have a conditioned reflex whenever I see this kind of stunt. They never update the code but keep pumping out marketing articles every day. Must be really desperate for cash. Seriously, those projects with technical docs that read like elementary school essays—I don't even bother looking at them anymore. The key thing is, do people still believe this? Every time they pull the same scam and people still FOMO in, it's just unbelievable. Just dig into their GitHub, check the code activity—it's obviously fake, just an empty shell.

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BridgeJumper

· 17h ago

Hmm... it's the same old trick again, I'm tired of seeing it. --- Influencer hype ≈ technical hollowness, this logic holds true everywhere. --- Seriously, I've seen enough of the pretty-girl endorsement routine—it's basically just a countdown. --- A project that's not even brave enough to open its GitHub, what can you say about that? --- I just want to ask, has anyone ever made money from these marketing-heavy projects? --- Be wary of these; nine times out of ten, it's a prelude to a rug pull.

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