"{
  "blocks": 13699,
  "currentblockweight": 4000,
  "currentblocktx": 0,
  "difficulty": 8192,
  "errors": "",
  "networkhashps": 114692712835.9859,
  "pooledtx": 0,
  "chain": "main"
}"

looks like they got us. pretty easy to bring back the RPC commands and do a custom (compatible) build.

So now there's a decision that needs to be made... revert the PoW code to the original?  Or just let it run and see how the behavior plays out over the course of time?