The coins will be available in the genesis block and whomever has the keys will be able to access them.
We don't have any control on that front which is why we recommended to use a real wallet, but, Poloniex have said numerous times that they have kept the logs and they know which users had what coins at that block, and they will use this so users can redeem their coins.
I don't know which addresses in the list are poloniex addresses, not sure anyone does for sure apart from them.
Thanks for the answer snailbrain I'll get in touch with Polo to try sorting that out, any idea about the timeframe we can expect for these coins to be released? Just so I can get my head around the idea? Basically any projection about an estimated time for that genesis block to be mined?
Cheers,
np.
Poloniex won't be able to do anything until Chimaera launch.
we have 1st half of 2018 for the launch date of the blockchain.