Seems like the pool is not working for this coin.
Syncing the wallet worked fine for me.
It works at Cryptopia again, so let's get this party started
I created an extra node to connect to:
addnode=194.135.93.28
This is one from bitnodes, so it will be operational for at least a year and it can be longer if you also support it here: https://bitnodes.net/node/194-135-93-28/ This site also gives an overview of the othe online nodes.