Honestly, bytecoin has been a known scam or a long time. They made the coin very cheap and set up block rewards were the most when the currency started (by a LOT). They then pumped the price several times to make a profit. Also, they claimed it had been used on the deep web for years, yet no one at all at heard about it. It was a get rich quick scheme which was only mine on minergate and had a shockingly bad command line wallet. Why are you surprised?