"... there are currently ~580K Ixcoins (as of 10th August 2011)..."
Who, as a matter of interest, has these 580k ixcoins?
"Early adopters! Its not fair! They should make sure all miners know about the proposed new blockchain and set a start date in the future for the date its genesis block is to be created so miners can be ready to start mining it the moment its genesis block is created!" - Anon
-MarkM-