For a coin that is a "scam", the dev is sure investing a lot of money in infrastructure.
1. XCloud service and network. 2. XCloud IM. 3. Custom payment system. 4. Twitter tip bot. 5. New website.
Most devs would have taken their ICO funds and went to some exotic island by now, leaving everyone here holding bags. However, the CLD dev is here almost everyday updating everyone and releasing new stuff. And he is not just releasing BS whitepapers and road maps, he is releasing stuff everyone can actually test and use.