How is this project compared to competitors such as Elastic and Ethereum?
Ethereum is not a competitor for Golem. These are completely different projects. iEX.ec and Elastic competitors for Golem. First and last best in this industry.
Golem could be also developed by carsen klock. Carsen knows how to get shit done, hes a smart cookie and theres a good possibility that hes being involved in golem insider affairs. Be careful now, polo market-maker is also a golem whale, he has known carsen since 2014 but hes not aware that carsen wrote the major part of golem code. If he realizes that carsen is into golem bad things will happen.