CryptoSteam please add me too in the list. Not a big big bagholder but interested in working to save this if there is any chance.
There's a couple of ways to fix this to eliminate the premine, but it would be quite a bit of effort. At minimum it would require some kind of transaction/block crawler script that would trace the premine and eliminate it from either a brand new blockchain (that is all valid minus the premine transactions), or through some huge If-statement baked into the new wallet code that blocks those "bad" coins. Basically the equivalent of carefully orchestrated database rebuild... So it's possible since the old code was archived, and we have the blockchain..
But then after that would require someone to rally all exchanges/multi pools.. create a new website, etc..
It will surely take some time.. and I'm not sure that it would all be worth it at this point due to the reputation damage to the coin.
with the amount of people involved...it will be worth it. Rising like a phoenix from the ashes will actually generate more interest in the coin, people will be amazed at how communities can rally together in the face of adversity.
The exchanges will not ignore us, the amount of trading volume this coin brings is INSANE. We need to restore confidence. We will adapt and overcome.