Thanks cryptohunter for the considered reply.  I understand your analogy,  but I have to ask--and I'm trying not to come off as completely dense--who are the initial people locked out of the cake room and what was their initial stake in Dash? Are these miners you're talking about?

The other question I have is, does all this matter to people who buy dash now?  The devs can no longer victimize people, am I right?