Thanks for following the rules! I am glad someone finally brought up GridCoin, it's a project that has fascinated me for a while. The geek in me loves this blockchain, but the investor in me wonders why it stays undervalued. Do you believe the more recent distributed computation chains simply benefit from the knowledge of the ICOs that came before them and are simply playing a better "marketing game," or could there be a design difference that keeps GridCoins' price from rising as quickly? Also, I didn't realize about the team requirements, will have to circle back and take another look. Thanks for the well thought out comment and links!
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What Golem/iEX/SONM do better than Gridcoin is focusing on establishing a direct 'crypto:computation' market. Anybody can potentially come forwards with token and direct computation power to a compatible task they desire completed where as with Gridcoin rewards are distributed to the volunteers of a BOINC project without the project administrators having to pay.
A 'GRC:Computation' market could potentially be built into a Gridcoin pool (open-source kit WIP), or perhaps directly into the Gridcoin reward mechanism through a proof-of-burn system (directing more rewards to project A over project B proportional to GRC burnt against project burn addresses) or directly within a commercial BOINC project.
It's a reality that GRC has distributed its tokens against verified BOINC computation without a premine/instantmine nor ICO, where as iEX/SONM/Golem all performed ICOs upon the ETH platform. By raising millions through an ICO you have that large initial marketcap & you have a lot of money to hire marketing experts; raising a large amount of money through an ICO isn't a sign of a successful project though (note that none have any deliverable in production yet? It's all speculative).
There's no proven compute capacity behind iEX/SONM/Golem as all asset holders are investors, where as GRC was distributed to individuals with proven computing power.
Thank you for this insight! I suspected there must be something to it and all of this certainly seems like a plausible explanantion. It also makes the coin more attractive as an investment opportunity now that I understand better how it's system works. Seems like this could be a solid long-term play since the tech is up and running. Just wait for the competition to make the sector famous. Thanks again for the information!
You're welcome, if you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask.