I wouldn't say we're dead... But, I have made no significant updates to anything in a while. I don't plan on taking the website down, or turning anything off. I'm also here if anyone wanted to chat, or has ideas, or even wants to take over and give another strategy a try.
A lot of the older coins get less frequent updates. We still have an active blockchain, client, website, 2 exchange stores, and a popular exchange.
The one thing we have always been missing is a large community base. It's the same passionate 3-5 people that keep checking back, participating, etc... For some reason, this coin doesn't catch the casual browser's eye anymore.
I wouldn't say as I did, but look like there is no alive pool left, and my last mined coins are "hanging" unconfirmed during ~2 weeks, no activity in the network.
I'm curious if you are on the right fork??? The main Block Explorer "
http://explore.thespt.com" is showing 23 connected peers and new blocks coming in approximately every 70 seconds, as designed. There should be no significant delays in confirming blocks.
Again, the coin is not dead, it's just got low interest / transaction volume right now. The core infrastructure is solid, and working great.