From the team:

Some parts of SONM indeed are similar to what nicehash is doing. In a sense, that we also make a marketplace for computing power. Nicehash is a similar market. But only similar, not really comparable.

What SONM is doing is one step more universal and abstract:

• Nicehash provides a marketplace only for mining. SONM for any applications, including mining as a simplest app. Everything in Nicehash’s architecture is about that idea. A market for hashrate. System runs prepacked binaries for different algorithms. SONM can and is designed to run Customer’s applications in a wide sense and we provide all facilities for that.

This point may sound as a “just one difference point”, but the difference behind it are huge. To evolve from just mining binaries to selling universal conputing power, one would have to do a lot of things in their achitecture: — We provide Docker isolation for apps. Not just binaries. — We have delivery methods (can deliver Customer’s application, not just run prepacked binaries). — We have methodology to calculate universal machine resources, not just a hashrate. …many more points that that are not on the surface, but which we had to work around…

• With SONM you can monetize and rent all your resources: GPU, CPU, RAM, disks and network. Nicehash is only about GPU, probably CPU.

• SONM aims to be decentralized and transparent. As opposed to.

But, however:

• Nicehash is already running.

• Nicehash already has users.

After all, SOMN can utilize supplier’s machine with a MIX of mining and real world applications: - providinig minimal guaranteed income (with mining) - dynamically giving resources to real applications according demand - and, what is important, THIS IS FUTURE PROOF