Why all this new currencies don't have merged mining?
It could be an interesting experiment before the namecoin chain changes its protocol.
Also they could have the same difficulty as bitcoin in little time !!
Or is the purpose of the currency to "steal" computing power from the bitcoin chain?
No, the purpose is to hype it, then cash out and let the project die off.
Not in SolidCoin's case, at least that wasn't my intention as the developer. I have only been able to mine 2600 or so coins since the public start using 600MH. So yes if I cashed out now I would make some BTC, but I also would have made BTC mining BTC, so it's nearly a zero sum game there. I have actively tried to get as many individual people holding SolidCoins rather than a few (Ixcoin/iocoin/etc), more so because I want as many people as possible to share that early wealth.
Over 15000 SC have gone to bounties, with more to come, all verified. I think with any new coin starting you're always going to have people trying to make some money by being an early adopter or whatever, there's no real way around that. Is it bad? It's up to people to decide, people seem to think it's fine many of the early BTC adopters are apparently rich.
But as to whether I will get rich of am trying to hype it to get rich, it's quite ridiculous. I already have enough money to live comfortably but I think the possibilities of being able to transfer funds around the world anonymously without centralization a goal worth my time . I just want a better network.
Ok, so the whole bitcoin thing security is based on proof of work, how does your faster processing make it any better? Since more blocks != more work. You still 'need' the 'hour' of work.
I don't see how SolidCoin solves anything here.
Also, the static fee, how would that hold up if SolidCoin were to gain value? You release a new version with lower fees? Thats the same as BitCoin does now.
Only real issue addressed here is lowering the difficulty when masses of miners quit. Very usefull if SC remains very small. BitCoin has a lot of dedicated miners who don't quit just because the exchange price would drop low. If either currency were to drop to zero, both blockchains die.