No.
I am talking about a cryptocurrency that has a system FOR EXAMPLE:
50% Mining Rewards , 50% Transaction Rewards.
1) Miners get rewards independently.
2) Transaction rewards go to affiliates.
- Which means that if I recruit a referral, all their transaction fees to go me, when they do a transaction
How is that a ponzi scheme? It's just a referral based cryptocurrency.
The coin is still indenependent and it's based on mining and investors, it's just that it has an affiliate part where people can refer others to earn TX fees.