I understand good is relative, but I don't want to find out in a year's time that the project was just a blatant scam and ruined my own reputation (eg for this

I understand good is relative, but I don't want to find out in a year's time that the project was just a blatant scam and ruined my own reputation (eg for this purpose Bitcoin wouldn't be considered a scam as no matter what happens in a year's time, Bitcoin developers would be highly unlikely to be called scammers from a technical perspective)