For skeptics, I invite them to look at my repositories on github. They can find our older initial pre-fork repo named "placeh".
https://www.github.com/xagau/placehIf you look at the commit history then you will have the answer to to whether or not there was any premine. Make sure to check the dates, and look at the original commits and how the project progressed.
The second fork; when we switched to X16R, we did this shortly after Ravencoin had been having success of deterring asic miners.
Anyone can fork BTC and if your coin receives any attention at all I guarantee you will run into the same issue - your difficulty will go up so high (people will use Nice Hash) to grab all of the coins in the series and then pull away quickly as the 2016 difficulty adjustment algorithm kicks in. Fortunately with Dark Gravity Wave it keeps our blocks moving at a steady rate. 1 per minute.
The main reason for our announcement is that we are moving to a headless PI solution that we believe will add value to the cryptocurrency space.
Although I am a "newbie" please, check the date of registration of my account. I assure you I was involved in cryptocurrencies before you.