the white reviews are at the same time good - the white paper definitely has ideas which can be implemented. (The exact idea conveyed by the coloumbia reviewers)

The product is well marketed, entities are registered etc and irrespective of the technical supremacy, there is all possibility of success.

Now considering Graphene's proof with GOLOS, STEEM, YOYOW, Bitshares etc, anyone that claims to be faster than EOS should be better prove that first.

eg:- Filecoin guys have proven their mettle with IPFS.