Solidcoin IS better than Bitcoin no question about it.
Bitcoin has community momentum and developers who understand the protocol and the issues.
SC dev (is there even more than 1?) put in BETA code from bitcoin and then uses that as if to say it's ahead of bitcoin? Pathetic.
Trust in the open source development team and other volunteers who eyeball the code is a critical part of why bitcoin is vastly more sound than SC.
Solidcoin is 'solid' like the Democratic Republic of North Korea is 'democratic' - and if the slimy claims on the solidcoin site didn't clue you in to that, you should be embarrassed.
Read my post I edited. The truth is undeniable at this point... I love Bitcoin with all my heart, but it has fundamental problems that
NEED to be fixed. This entire notion that beta software should NOT BE CHANGED, is cult like, and totally opposite to how software development should be conducted.
One way to sustain Bitcoins viability is for Bitcoin to adopt a fast re-adjustment algorithm that isn't effected by huge network swings.
Regardless, I see Bitcoin going very much the same way Linux did. Multiple versions of the same project will complement each other, and in the end we will all come out with a high grade product.
Remember this no matter where, SC goes it will never stop being a BITCOIN. Just like no matter what Linux you are talking about (ubuntu, redhat, debian), they are all still Linux in the end...