it shows not synced because so much time has passed since last block was solved. no block solved = no transactions. 
the issue with doing a coin swap on a working blockchain is the 13 coin premine the vanishing dev holds.  that would be looming unless you tried to not honor his coins.  the issue with us getting 1/2 coins we had and issuing a new 50 set to encourage adoption is that while many got .01 for free, a lot of us paid on bittrex in the .4 range.  i guess anythings better than nothing.. but the current blockchain is pushing up daisy's as they say.