Why Eve Online's economist thinks Bitcoin could be a scam

His main argument boils down to: there is a risk because I don't know and/or understand the code; but with the reference source code being public, this is his limitation, not the system's.

Whilst I am dubious about the value of Bitcoin for everybody, I can see that it has two very strong benefits it gives to its users.

It's main benefits are in its anonymity and unregulated border transfers. These two things give the currency something which others do not.

Also someone sitting on a lot of bitcoins cannot just dump them because there is limited demand. Flooding the market would drop the price and therefore remove the reason for dumping the coins, like a real commodity.

pot, kettle, black.

I think "takes one to know one" might also apply. I don't think "hidden massive pre-mine" is such a stretch, but I'm not a... Crypto-economist? Forensic crypto-accountant? The mining difficulties were much lower in the beginning, right? So mine a load in the beginning, sell the scam, cash out?

I'm not saying it's a scam, but is it unreasonable to suggest it might have started as one?