Auroracoin showed how it can be done, although they ultimately failed for a couple of reasons, the concept is good. Maybe in a decade from now a similar thing will be done with a Bitcoin successor, who knows.
Even Aurora that were distributed were dumped immediately by icelanders and exchanged into btc. So much for adaption. Anything that is distributed to a very large group for free will not have any value. I doubt the idea will ever work.