It's still very much alive guys. Also - why are you so afraid of the ponzi name? It's just a game inspired by ponzi scheme. It's gambling. Treat it like that.
because they are low odds and you get scamed easily,thats why people are afraid of ponzis
because people made them to scam others!
I'd have to disagree. The traditional Ponzi Scheme worked because there was little, if any, transparency. The open ledger of bitcoin makes Ponzi related Scams more difficult, but there are some things to watch for.
For example rotating addresses, if the deposit address changes then this should be as warning sigh. It makes tracking the faithfulness of the Ponzi more difficult, if not impossible and reduces or eliminates the transparency.
The biggest issue information faces is it's general lack of dissemination.