Whenever I see a token and staking in a project, I assume it is a scam 🚩

I don't see how this differs from TOR, other than some money exchanging hands.

Exit nodes are still going to deal with a ton of abuse, and become useless for browsing the clearnet.

This is very exciting. I intend to become an early adopter. I'm sure it will take some time before the network is built out enough for this to be effective, but it will be worth it.