Im feeling confused, unless this coin is dead. Where are the devs? Are they alive?

This coin is not dead. The devs are on slack. They have recently released a roadmap Scroll up to check it.
Happy to see movement in this direction!
The sync just takes forever. It may be more valuable to have a electrum type wallet, but this is probably out of the question as tor-nodes are necessary. Either way, I love this little project. I dont know about the aforementioned 10 dollars but the rebranding should help everything!