It is very hard to find a good project on the earlier stages of development. But EDC Blockchain is not a new project. It started to develop in 2017.
Yes, this is the biggest difficulty in investing. If the project is promising, then ordinary users, as a rule, are not given the opportunity to invest. We can invest in other projects, but it is impossible to understand which one will give +100X. We have to guess in the literal sense.
It is very hard to find a good project for investing from the stage of IEO. All the projects declare only the advantages of the project but it is necessary to realize all the advantages and sometimes it is very difficult to realise all planned ideas.