If this is true, then I'm extremely upset. I hope trenton, who seems to be an honest and hardworking dev, can take over Block_Erupter's DEV position since trenton has been helping everyone and making wallets and updates for free for everyone.

This is the people's coin, not the OP. If it was premined, this coin would be a scam. But it wasn't. The people have control over it, that is, the majority have control, not a centralised developer. Remember that.