CC, somebody in JD chat has repeatedly stated that this coin is experimental.
Cryptocurrency in general is experimental, even Bitcoin, possible we have in some years another leading cryptocurrency or not, who knows.
Due to this, he, let's call him Uck for the time being, the experiment can be changed at any time and therefore rules such as digging or staking can be altered for the sake of improvement.
the question is not, if the coin can be altered or not, the main question would be in what way, by the community or the creators of the coin.
Unfortunately, his line of thinking has infected even hard sciences as publish or perish rules and the rankings game persist.
actually i feel quite infected by your strong believe nothing should be changed and all is set in stone..
I would write more but pain has returned.
Hope you feel better soon...
PS: Greet your buddy, lets call him Avaman..