I'm going to stay out of the Shadowcash controversy, but I must say... they are some of the best in the business when it comes to PR... road maps, buzz words, sleek graphics... they almost convinced me to invest.

It is still too risky at this point, but if the developers deliver it could be a successful project. It doesn't matter what *open sourced* community they got the idea for their X, Y or Z feature, they could still be successful regardless.