I think this was part of the premine, but I'm not sure as I can't find any blockexplorer. Maybe the dev can explain better the situation.
Exactly yes.
The blocks up to 10k were PoW/PoS with the intention of putting aside this amount for pre-sale. As mentioned before, this will be used for funding of IT developments, extra staff and marketing.
We have never pretended to be available for public PoW, it was always our intention to be a PoS coin.
It's understandable that people want free coins, this is why we have an extensive bounty for people to participate in. In return for the free coins, you are helping our network by spreading the word.