scam
Child.
Lol, it might have died but that statement is absurd. In what way could this possibly be perceived as a scam? In order for there to be or have been a scam surely somebody has to have been tricked into something, usually, in the world of crypto, resulting in a financial loss of fiat or BTC.
Nobody forced anybody into mining the coin and AFAIK it's not traded anywhere so unless you're suggesting the dev is part of an elaborate worldwide conspiracy between power generators to increase fuel consumption what possible basis is there for your pointless one word contribution to this thread?
EDIT: (for your future reference)
scam
/skam/
noun
informal
noun: scam; plural noun: scams
1.
a dishonest scheme; a fraud.
"an insurance scam"
synonyms: fraud, swindle, fraudulent scheme, racket, trick; More
pharming;
informalcon, hustle, flimflam, bunco, grift, gyp, shakedown
"the scam involved a series of bogus investment deals"
verb
verb: scam; 3rd person present: scams; past tense: scammed; past participle: scammed; gerund or present participle: scamming
1.
swindle.
"a guy that scams the elderly out of their savings"
synonyms: swindle, cheat, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double-cross, gull; More
