Not a scam at all, now even acepted by 18 merchants since jan 2018. but this is a new BTC thread as the previous one was a bit to outdated and the coin have now been overhauled and re-organized with a new dev team and a strong community since dec 2017/jan 2018. previous btc thread is: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2016963.2960. Check out the roadmap at the new website and new social media sites for more info at https://nycoin.community/