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.
the shadowscam have developed nothing, all they have are copy/paste and deleted all traces of credential back to original owners. like you said, they're or he's good with sleek graphics and buzz words. oh! yes! attacking other coins so it can ride on it hype.
again and again if someone would of listen or read my posts they would of save ton of btc.