I'm not sure where you've gotten the idea of an abandoned project, but allow me to clarify a few things,

Currently, we've started development on the networking layer of Rebirth. This month, we'll be aiming to publish a whitepaper for Rebirth broken into segments for release and review by the community. We're open to feedback and criticism and of course we're open to adapting based on new information and ideas that come to light.

We're also actively looking and forming connections with press related marketing personnel as we begin our development in 2017.
It's but a matter of patience