>THERE WILL BE NO FORK TO BAN THE COINS.
>NOTE: THIS PROPOSED HARD FORK WOULD NOT RISK YOUR FUNDS — IT MAY NOT EVEN BE ACTIVATED

Why not just couple the two into a single hardfork? When you go to change the algorithm just denote bad transaction flags to the addresses.

> After talking with pool operators, they have made it clear they will not support a fork to ban the 40k.

Weren't some of the pool devs apart of the original dev team? So it would make sense that they don't want a hardfork if they were the ones with the coins?