I'm gonna chime in and vouch for this, as this is part my own project, along with srcgpsmp.
This is the same thing I've been saying on irc.
Protoshares isn't just another alt-coin. It's an investment of either computing power or money into an asset that is essentially the skeleton of all other assets that will be traded in bitshares.
I think with current and projected difficulty, and given the low (relatively) quantity of publicly available protoshares, 0.25btc/pts will soon be a reality for people who have no interest exchanging or mining protoshares.
Take of it what you want, but please don't spread FUD about this site as we've never, and are not going to, ever steal, scam, lie, cheat or fraud you out of your btc/ltc.