Just wanted to give you guys the point of view of a potential investor...
On the positive side, MMC2 has the attributes of what I think the Bitcoin Beating coin will have.
1. They need central bank proof mining. (They may already control Bitcoin network.)
2. Central Bank proof developers. (Most core devs are already compromised.)
Your coin addresses this. It has a commitment to keeping mining distributed and you have a voting system that allows suspected compromised individuals to be voted out.
I was really excited, it's exactly what the successor of Bitcoin needs, but of course then we get to the pre-mine scandal.
The fact that you gave yourself 160k coins is not a big deal, the fact that this lets you influence the voting in the beginning is actually a good thing. (Personally I would have had the voting system only kick in after 6 months so it gives the founding team the ability & incentive to develop the coin and prove themselves, and only if we feel they're compromised, eg. by joining circle, or they are not up to task then they would be voted off.)
Unfortunately what is a big deal is that you thought you were entitled to some priivacy regarding the pre-mine!? Pre-mining etc. is very controversial anyway and if it is done it needs to be as clear and transparent as possible. The way you avoided, deflected and justified not answering the questions is SO disappointing. Even the tongue in cheek/humorous way you finally addressed it was wrong and paragraphs like this are still very dubious...
fork all the balances from the old coin, but dilute anyone who wasn't voting, or just voting to share the grants out amongst the winning voters. So the fork rewarded people who were really engaged and trying to make the project work, but still kept balances for everyone.
People in crypto are literally waiting for a coin that has the ability to stay true to the vision Satoshi created, I believe that coin will look a lot like MemoryCoin, but I can't see anything of substance being built on such a shaky foundation.
At the moment my conclusion is that MemoryCoin has managed to snatch defeat from the Jaws of victory.
It's a pity because if it wasn't for this I would have bought a boat-load.
But good luck, you never know. If you can re-lay the foundation you might still be able to build something, but I doubt it.