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Comparison to other technologies
Difference between Freenet and Maidsafe
https://www.reddit.com/r/maidsafe/comments/273lj2/difference_between_freenet_and_maidsafe/
The SAFE Network differs from many of the organisations and products in the space because it offers the decentralized Internet at the core of it's design. Some of these projects are currently trying to add components that bend them into the shape of a decentralized Internet, but this is not what they were designed for. As a result, many of these projects require significant set up and only work on certain platforms. It is worth noting that MaidSafe, and it's community, supports any project that backs a decentralized Internet, however we don't see any with the same goals as the SAFE Network: Privacy, Security and Freedom for everyone!
Bitcoin vs Safecoin
David Irvine explains.. "User Defined data" of a SafeCoin can hold a file/directory (no blockchain bloat issues cos SafeCoin confess with its own storage, accessible to everyone, free, all the time - nothing to pre-download as in bitcoin-QT).
Safecoin can be used for anything, such as bets, shares, trades, smart contracts etc." ----> SAFE is bitcoin/Ethereum on steroids!
Safecoin are held differently to immutable data chunks (to be documented):
"Coins are held as group data and maintained by that group, so not distributed like immutable chunks, but managed more like structured_data_versions." ~ David Irvine
Safecoin Differentiators
Safecoin is a secure decentralised currency secured by cryptography and a decentralised network, with similar characteristics, but wholly different technology.
Secure (safecoin is at least as secure as bitcoin. For example, the famous bitcoin "51% attack", would require at least 75%, and even then have only limited vulnerability.)
Truly Anonymous (no blockchain--only anonymous IDs are recorded, and only the current and immediately preceding owners' IDs are retained.)
Massively Scalable (Instant or near-instant transactions, regardless of transaction volume--no blockchain bottleneck.)
Accessible (Anyone with a computing device can obtain safecoin simply by joining the network and farming by sharing bandwidth and disk space with the network, whereas this was only feasible with bitcoin during the early days and now a small number specialised "miners" earn almost all the bitcoin available. On the SAFE Network, farming capability will remain much more evenly distributed even as the network matures and farming rates decline. See @fergish's post).
These factors have very significant implications for the widespread adoption, application and longevity of safecoin as opposed to other cryptocurrencies which are, in the case of bitcoin and other blockchain based currencies, for example, severely hamstrung by deficiencies in several of the above areas.
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Ethereum vs SAFE
Architecturally, Ethereum and the SAFE Network are quite different. Ethereum is based on a blockchain that features a turing complete scripting language, while the SAFE Network has no blockchain at all but achieves consensus within close groups. As for the applications that can be built on top of each system, it's too early to say. Ethereum is primarily envisioned for the writing of smart contracts while SAFE has the potential to replace the entire internet.
https://forum.safenetwork.io/t/how-does-ethereum-compare-to-maidsafe/456
Storj vs SAFE
The goal of Storj to provide a decentralized solution for users to store data and uses a blockchain-based approach to achieve this. While the storing of data is also a very basic goal for the SAFE Network, its scope is much larger. The SAFE Network is a fully decentralized data and communications platform upon which every existing service of the internet can be built. Furthermore, the SAFE Network will offer advanced features such as distributed computation in time.
https://forum.safenetwork.io/t/how-does-ethereum-compare-to-maidsafe/456
Bitcloud vs SAFE
https://www.reddit.com/r/maidsafe/comments/257vz5/maidsafe_vs_bitcloud/
Tor vs SAFE
Tor is a routing layer that is built on top of the current internet. It works by routing traffic through a relay of nodes, thereby concealing its origin. While Tor can offer anonymity, it comes at the cost of decreased performance. One problem inherent to Tor is that the exit nodes remove the last layer of encryption and therefore are able to read the traffic. Governments can maintain a large number of exit nodes and thereby read some of the traffic. Furthermore, successful attacks on the Tor network have been reported [citation needed]. There is no built-in reward mechanism to incentivize individuals to run nodes, hence their number is still rather small.
The SAFE Network is designed from the ground up to provide strong anonymity by default and does not suffer from any of the weaknesses of the Tor network. Successful attacks on the SAFE Network would require the attacker to gain control over very large percentage of vaults. Even then, the damage an attacker could possibly do is very limited.
https://www.reddit.com/r/maidsafe/comments/2bnbeo/will_maidsafe_be_a_network_with_some_properties/
Bitcoin will most likely remain the #1 cryptoCURRENCY out there with the most potential to reach worldwide mainstream approval at "official" govermental-level sort of type as well, but when it comes to decentralizing everything else... why would you trust anything that isn't Maidsafe? why would you deal with the bloat of a blockchain when Maidsafe uses an anonymous system without blockchain and instant transactions?
Why would you build all of the things that can be done on Maidsafe on top of Bitcoin? or even on top of ETH (maybe beyond some specific stuff...)
I just don't see anything as exciting and huge as Maidsafe right now. Is there anything that Maidsafe cannot do that justify other technologies to be used instead of it?