There is no way in hell this is not a scam.
Let's review:
Get rich quick schemes promise:
Get rich quick schemes deliver:
So far, bitcoins are promising:
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL DELIVER? I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE!
So what the fuck is this shit? Can't someone else just make a similar competing system and make your fake money worthless? What backs the currency aside from faith? At least fiat currency has a government with assets to back it up.
Why not just take one of your worn out tinfoil hats and stamp it into coins? See who takes them… That's pretty much what happened with this scam except you were dumb enough to take tinfoil coins and now you have to perpetuate their value lest you end up with nothing. It's not going to last forever…