I think that bit of the article is 'artistic license'.  ;-)

Good article.  Clear and informative.

Interesting what one of the commenters says about Gridcoin:

"......commercial operators just don't want to trust unknown actors with their data processing, so open science projects is the mainstay of work on Gridcoin."

The Elastic Supercomputer software is built on top of NXT, with an adapted protocol. What this means is that the basic elementary functions of NXT (send, receive, message, account controlling) are retained and everything else has been removed.

Here's the remaining comparisons:

iEX.ec
iEx is not a standalone supercomputer software in the same sense as Elastic, since it requires several other pieces of technology to function. It is more a resource for distributed applications. iEx.ec seems to be aiming at providing distributed applications (running on the blockchain) with scalable, secure access to various services, data-sets and computing resources. The technology relies on Ethereum smart contracts and allows building a virtual Cloud infrastructure that provides high-performance computing services on demand.

iiEx.ec relies on XtremWeb-HEP, a open-source Desktop Grid software which implements all the needed features : fault-tolerance, multi-applications, multi-users, hybrid public/private infrastructure, deployment of virtual images, data management, security and accountability, and many more.

SONM
SONM is a collection of technologies used to create their SOSNA technology and not a standalone supercomputer in the same sense as Elastic, since it requires:

Ethereum smart contracts - A consensus system ensuring transparency and security for the system’s participants
Fog computing - A decentralized and more efficient computing model compared to cloud
Yandex.Cocaine - An open source Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technology, and a decentralized computing platform
Docker Container - An isolated environment ensuring computing parallelism and appropriate apps running on any device
BtSync - A peer-to-peer system for fast and safe data transfer
Whisper - A peer-to-peer technology for node communication

I know!  The guy also talks about us pretending old videos are new, when the videos he's talking about are clearly marked as historical.  

I've just checked his account on Twitter and he only set it up in August.

Why are people so nasty just to try and make a few bucks?

Anybody know why this guy is giving us grief and talking nonsense.

https://twitter.com/_mr_BTC/status/898496084137263104

Wow, there's a lot of videos appearing on youtube that mention Elastic.

Why you should buy Elastic (XEL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ddVM8FYL8

What Is ELASTIC? For A Thousand Alex... Cryptocurrency Crypto Coins ICO Tokens News & Questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81P6UAOluz4

Quick Analysis of ELASTIC!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N01Iy3em0gE

Plus all the original videos about Elastic that I think EK created last year and By rallier has now put up on the Elastic Youtube page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l1ht8HrB1Q

Excellent.  :-)

@IMI can we link to this on the front page of this thread?

Project status update from EK:

https://talk.elasticexplorer.org/t/status-update-porting-elasticpl-c-to-elasticpl-java/799

We're at a transition point at the moment.  We're moving over from a working virtually for free approach to one where people get paid for the work they do.

We need to detail out the work that needs to be done and by whom.

We need to look at who we need to hire, how we can hire them, mechanisms for paying them and so on.

Do we set up a foundation? How do we control the funds? Do we have a voting system for the issuing of bounties for work?

This is a major transition and we need to understand how similar community projects have dealt with these issues.

The price of Elastic may well dip on the Exchanges, but we need to get ourselves sorted out, so we can have a clear path forward.

The input of the Elastic team is vital to this process and when they're ready, I'm sure they'll step forward and state their views and opinions.

Sometimes trying to compare things is not as easy as you'd think.  Elastic is a programmable, decentralised supercomputer, which means it's very versatile, since the only limitations are what can be programmed in the language, which is Elastic PL.  
Here's a use case example video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo4bn550YEk

There's also this comparison with some of the other supercomputer projects out there:

https://talk.elasticexplorer.org/t/elastic-compared-to-other-competitors/30

SONM clearly know little or nothing about Elastic, since in their review of us, they got lots of things wrong.

Also, reading their material does not give one confidence that they have a clear idea of where they're going.

I'd be interested to hear why you think their team is top-notch and what their proven track record is.

Yes, the article is somewhat chaotically written and you can see where some of the information has come from the old white paper and refers to XEL as ELC.  But the basic argument of the article is a positive one.  :-)

That's an excellent question.  I'm not the expert in Elastic PL, but I don't think you could write malware in such a custom built language.  If I'm wrong, please correct me.

They'll all be gone by tomorrow.  Then we'll see a genuine price.

Yep, you're good.  Go here and find out how to redeem your XEL.  Welcome to the party! https://talk.elasticexplorer.org/categories 

I've been asked, "does Elastic use a transactions pool for tasks, a mechanism similar to that used by traditional blockchain systems such as cryptocurrencies?"

Does it?

Anybody know?

This isn't a trading thread.  Trading threads are:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1804795.200
https://talk.elasticexplorer.org/t/wtb-wts-elastic/346/209
https://elasticfans.slack.com/messages/C5VB057HQ/

How did Elastic suddenly drop through the floor?

It's showing on CMC as having had a 50% drop!!!!!!

What the hell is happening?  Is this because of HEAT?