now, I am astonished that you ask me how I know this, and that you do not ask the same question to those who make the opposite claim.
why ?
Bias, of course. The point of ixcoins was to try and ride the bitcoin bandwagon to easy riches for people who were jealous they didn't take the ride in 2009... So you've got a ton of people not wanting to accept that they got scammed by the guy who pre-mined all the coins up front. And hoping that maybe if they deny it enough they might still make money.