I believe the market is big enough to support multiple similar projects, no need for one to be above the other.
Before any marketing is taken to the limit I think that the platform should be working to its fully extent.
I doubt it will be fully working before sale and if you want the sale to be successful you need a lot of marketing.
I don't know these days. People are more careful when it comes to investing in just a white paper.
Many scams in crypto world have embarked on people, it is understandable that investors are looking for something far more than just the WP.
Not only that. Control measures like escrow needs to be in place and of course as much transparency as possible.
I would add a working product and a use case to all of this.This should be minimum to consider investing in a project.
Those are the essential parts of any project, aren't they? You have to have a product at some point!
Hah,many ICO raised hard cap while barely having proper whitepaper,but i think those times are behind us.You need atleast alpha/beta to show before starting with sale,so itsa good thing that Agate has something to show.
I think what's even more important is that Agate reached soft cap while giving normal bonuses. So for sure there won't be any dumping after end of sale.