is this project still being actively developed? how many devs are there? how may hours a day about do they spend working on it? what are their credentials?
You should think by your brains and don't look at fud-shills. This project is in active developing stage. Full team is about 10 persons and lead devs are full-time dedicated in this project. You should try to research all info at this places:
http://shadowcash.info/http://shadowcash.io - IRC logs with lead devs
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=985039.0 - Comparison leading Anon currencies