This seems like a logical explanation for the pre-mined blocks for the upcoming BTC fork. - We are currently on 488973 block for BTC right now…so the fork has possibly already happened, however this is no official info on their website. They could have possibly moved the block number, or we could be in a testnet.

According to the original website text, Bitcoin Gold was even planning an initial coin offering (ICO) by which 1 percent of the bitcoin gold coins would go to the developer team, but these details have since been removed.

h4x3rotab did say this:

“Organisms derive benefits from creating offspring. With bitcoin gold we are conducting an experiment to see if that principle holds true in the world of blockchains.”

Kinda sounds like a possible testnet scenario. The possibility of a pump and dump is still not out of the picture, however I do believe h4x3rotab is doing this so he/she can successfully realign Bitcoin back with Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision of what the coin really means.