ok lets break it down here if I can
1. The dev disappeared
Humans tend to do that however if the coin is working like its supposed to(It is) wtf are they supposed to be available 24/7? get real who cares if dev took a hike for awhile as long as the chain is moving and staking I fail to see a problem let the dev enjoy his earned bitcoin
4. The dev put code in the wallet that would give him a % of every stake without disclosing it to the community, He shoold have maybe but I dont see this as a condemedation and any reason to sabatoge him he uses crap code plain and simple go from there
The problem with him disappearing isn't that he hasn't been around for a bit. His last post was April 16th, more than 3 1/2 months ago and certainly more than a bit. If he wanted to keep working on the coin that would be great, but it seems like he gave up on the coin and cashed out. I for one liked what he was doing with the coin and he was about to introduce masternodes, but then stopped posting. Maybe the code didn't work as he had planned for the masternodes and that is why he disappeared. That once again would have been fine if he had updated the community about what was happening but he didn't and then went dark.
I agree about the fact that the coin works well and stakes well, but typically when a dev abandons their coin, things eventually die out and everyone who had the coin either sells for what they can and loses out or holds. When this happens and no updates occur, the coin will eventually get delisted from all exchanges. How is a community that believes in a coin when this is about to happen respond to this? They have 2 options: Do nothing and let the coin die or do something about it.
It seems to me that the community members that are taking over the coin are tying to do something about it so that the coin does not die (I consider no exchanges + dev being MIA for an extended period of time(or indefinitely) with no notice to the community as being dead) Once the is no longer listed then this coin would be all but dead. That is why I believe that the community members involved in the takeover are doing what they are. It is a rational move. If the dev wants to come on here and say that he is still around and will still be involved in the coin then that would be great and this would not be necessary, but just because the blockchain is moving and the staking works well is not enough to keep this coin alive.