jimcollinson
MaidSafeCoin (MAID) that is currently traded, is just a temporary token that was created in a crowdsale in 2014 to support the project, and is not the Safecoin that is the subject of the whitepapers, code on github etc.
Safecoin will exist when the network launches—it is the token and incentive mechanism for the network, and is secure, fast, and not blockchain based. At the point of launch MAID can be swapped 1-to-1 for Safecoin.
On (1): keep an eye out in the dev updates on the forum for the Safe Network App, this will fit the bill for what you are describing. Although remember, the network isn't complete yet, but we are on the trajectory for launch, so a fully featured version of the Safe Network App is on that same timeline.
On (3), I see what you are getting at, and this has been discussed a lot over the years. I'd make the distinction that there are killer _features_ of the network which will blow up, and enable all manner of amazing individual apps to be built on top.
There are a lot of features to highlight in that regard, as it's such a multifaceted project, but one I've aimed to highlight in this YouTube video is the 'Perpetual Web' which will have some pretty big implications:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GJZYS7ZJYs
And then there are some other really cool aspects that get me personally very excited, such as the serverless, infrastructure free nature of it (from a web dev pov), the possibilities for it to be a middle-man free ecommerce platform, and that's not to mention the private communications strand too.