SONM main benefits comparing to competing projects are:
1. Modified p2p version of widespread BOINC protocol , used to distribute computing tasks between the miners in the network. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing)
2. 3 years old functional DrugDiscovery@home project, first system implementing SONM technologies (http://www.drugdiscoveryathome.com)