was this the winner of the texas bitcoin conference hackathon?
Absolutely not.
Too good to be a scam 
Why do you think it is scam?
Because you haven't detailed anything about the protocol or how it's going to work. Demonstrate your ability through screen recordings of the client working properly.
What? Release some screenshots right now. Prove it.
Please don't buy into this guys' crap. I'm not even kidding. You might as well be better off donating to SeansOutpost or something.
You don't understand me, I think. I'm saying just this thing - more detailed project information - and we have fork of it before our release. I'll be red too - don't listen to this guy he does not know what he talking about
Answer something for us though -- did you get this idea from the hackathon winner and are trying to launch your own version before they can release theirs?
I'm answering - I didn't hear about Hackathon or it's winner before this conversation.