Project is far from dead, still in it's infancy actually. Head over to the discord for the latest info.
https://discord.gg/v3ppcVc



Staking is only available to people that run nodes. To set up a node read this info.

https://github.com/blockpool-io/BPL-node

Or you can vote for a pool that shares their stake rewards.
http://forums.blockpool.io/t/profit-sharing-pools/47

You can visit my pool to check it out.
http://bplpool.cryptooz.com/


Cheers
Troy