I made a proper update to the OP today.
You will see that I've added a list of nodes, the address at which the premine is located, a link to the Bittrex market, and an update on where we currently stand.
I removed the mining pools and Dean's POD certification.
I plan to wait until the end of this week to hear back from Dean about retrieving the XCP fork. If I don't hear from him by Friday, it's time to pursue plan B.
If you have insight or input to offer, or just want to watch us figure this out, please PM me for an invite to Slack.
Thanks for your ongoing support, everyone!
~infinitechaos