I already posted this before but I will post again:

For the pre-mine/instamine accusations please check this 3 posts:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=696243.msg7883469#msg7883469

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=696243.msg7883643#msg7883643

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=696243.msg7883690#msg7883690

There was no pre-mine/instamine.

And additionally we added 100 blocks with low reward precisely to give people time to get prepared for mining, as you can see in the block reward structure:



Everything is in the Blockchain for you to see.

EDIT: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=696243.msg7899622#msg7899622

EDIT 2: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=696243.msg7916687#msg7916687